INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEER/ARCHITECT

Full Job Description

You will serve as an Interdisciplinary General Engineer/Architect in the Programs & Project Management Division, Planning Design & Construction Directorate of NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND ATLANTIC.

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates.

The selective placement factor is: You must currently be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or a Registered Architect (RA).

Your license or registration must be held in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

NOTE: You must submit a copy of your current license or registration with your application package.

A copy of a wall certificate that does not have an expiration date will not serve to verify this requirement.

In addition to the SPF and the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing consultative services on cost engineering issues for the entire range of architectural and engineering activities related to facilities design and construction; 2) Providing recommendations on complicated issues and problems that require new applications or development in cost engineering to resolve unique problems; 3) Executing project cost estimates for design, construction, and maintenance of shore based facilities; 4) Conducting studies and analysis of requirements for cost, labor, and/or materials; 5) Using software products, such as Parametric Cost Engineering System Software (PACES), Micro-Computer Aided Cost Estimating Systems (MCACES), and other computer systems and software.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/general-engineering-series-0801/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/architecture-series-0808/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will develop and review all cost engineering deliverables to program adequate project budgets for all facility project types, both CONUS and OCONUS, based on preliminary studies, programming and planning documents, and conceptual designs.
• You will develop comparative cost, constructability, and availability evaluations for alternative design scenarios.
• You will provide advice and assistance to NAVFAC and other Navy DOD program and project budget managers on costs of facility design and construction in order to maintain cost control while determining the project's plan of action and milestones.
• You will manage cost risk and perform cost schedule risk evaluations at the program and project level.
• You will mentor other cost engineers in the techniques of parametric estimating and use of software products used to develop predicative costs, such as Parametric Cost Engineering System Software (PACES) and other software and systems.
• You will provide independent, timely and professional cost engineering product services and consultation for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of facilities for the Navy, Marine Corps, and other Supported Commands.