Project Manager

Full Job Description

About the Position: Winchester, a city of 30,000, is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley 70 miles northwest of Washington, DC.

Visit the US Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District website at the link here. This is a developmental position with a target, full-performance level of GS-12.

Selection may be made at either the GS-07, GS-09, GS-11 or GS-12 grade. 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 Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) 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 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer 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 Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Qualification for the GS-0301-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.

providing administrative support for project management functions under direct supervision; 2. assisting with data collection and basic project documentation; and 3.

performing basic research on project requirements and regulations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement.

In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above.

[Note: Remove the words "such as that identified in Education above" if the position you are filling does not require education in specific fields found in an Individual Occupational Requirement.] Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/).

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18.

Add the two percentages. Qualifications for the GS-0301-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.

supporting project management activities under close supervision; 2. assisting with basic project planning, scheduling, and budget tracking; 3.

participating in project delivery team meetings and coordination activities; and 4. conducting research on project requirements and compliance standards.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

[remove LL.B or J.D., if unrelated] in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Qualifications for the GS-0301-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.

Managing the design and construction projects to ensure timely accomplishment of activities while leading and coordinating project planning, design, construction and contracting team members; 2.

reviewing designs for compliance with stakeholder requirements and to ensure the project does not exceed funding limitations; and 3.

involvement in the decision making of projects plans to attain customer goals.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.

[remove LL.M., if unrelated] in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: [insert applicable field(s) of study].

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Continue below ...

Major Duties:

• The Project Management Plan (PMP) establishes Project Delivery Team (PDT) responsibilities, sets expectations, documents project scope and criteria, schedules and milestones, budgets, dependencies, and responsibilities of the participating parties.
• Serve as life-cycle Project Manager that is responsible for the overall management, control, coordination, and execution of assigned projects.
• Interpret and implement program policies, directives and procedures and ensures the timely accomplishment of all activities in areas of planning, programming, design, and contracting responsibilities.
• Endorse all products produced in support of the project and ensure the project schedule incorporates sufficient time and resources for the PDT to produce quality products.
• Ensure introduction of latest forecasts, resolves in advance anticipated problems in the areas of performance goals, timing, and potential costs.
• Review concept designs for compliance with project scope, requirements, functionality, and ensure that the project design does not exceed authorization and funding limitations.
• Implement corporate decisions, guidance, laws, regulations, and policy in the development of the projects and intermediate products in support of the project through the entire project life cycle.