Program Manager

Full Job Description

About the Position: Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230, DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Employment in Foreign Areas and Employee Return Rights.

This position serves as the Chief of the Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement (ROBMCR) Integrated Program Office (IPO) with responsibility to exercise management and control over all assigned program activities to include planning, design, construction, and strategic communications.

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 Applying to OCONUS Positions Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician 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) Leading multi-billion-dollar "Mega-Projects," with authority over project direction, budget, strategic communication with senior government officials, and the resolution of programmatic issues arising from the integration of multiple sets of legal and administrative regulations; 2) Overseeing complex construction contracting, requiring the interpretation and application of unique, non-standard legal frameworks and project management procedures in a foreign country; AND 3) Applying engineering principles to large-scale construction of complex medical facilities, including the demonstrated ability to resolve complex medical and building code conflicts to ensure delivery of fully accredited medical centers.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

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-14).

Major Duties:

• Lead and direct a Program Office, on behalf of USACE and U.S. Forces, for a multi-billion-dollar Mega-Project; the largest U.S. medical facility on foreign soil which provides critical medical support to seven combatant commands.
• Utilize engineering expertise to lead large-scale projects specific to medical design and construction and application in the Host Nation/German government environment.
• Exercise full authority over project direction and decisions. Project work is complicated by multiple stakeholders; incorporation of both U.S. and Host Nation requirements; incremental funding; and mission importance.
• Conduct regular programming and review sessions with German government, agency officials, contractors, and customers to align expectations, requirements, and plans and resolve problems relating to execution of construction programs.
• Supervise a multi-national professional workforce engaged in lifecycle project management work. Perform the full range of supervisory responsibilities including planning, work assignment and review, and supervisory personnel functions.