Program Manager

Full Job Description

About the Position: The Walla Walla District US Army Corps of Engineers is comprised of motivated and talented employees providing the very best engineering services for communities in the Pacific Northwest.

The District helps manage local water resources for navigation, flood risk management, disaster assistance, hydroelectric power generation, and other natural and heritage areas.

For information about the Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers, visit http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/ Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: (1) coordination and planning of multiple active and future hydropower construction contracts to include engineering during construction, contract supervision and project administration activities; (2) providing leadership and program development to a multi-disciplinary team for execution of large civil works projects; AND (3) experience using specialized project management software such as P2 Primavera project management software to include upward reporting of monthly execution and project statusing.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Major Duties:

• Serves as Program Manager for the McNary Lock and Dam Hydropower Modernization Program, responsible for all facets of customer interface and program execution.
• Directs, coordinates and oversees the planning, design and construction execution of the program in consultation with functional chiefs.
• Monitors and ensures the performance of all technical division's responsibilities for execution of the program.
• Directs, supervises, and reviews the work of the program execution staff.
• Oversees the development of all project specific Project Management Plans (PMP) to assure optimum product schedule, cost, scope, acquisition plan, budget and quality.
• Provides direction to all project managers to see that planning, design, and construction problems are resolved and that project costs are controlled and established schedules are met.