Summary This is an open continuous announcement. Applications will expire after 90 days of submission. See the 'additional information' section for further information. About the Position: This position is located with the: US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Programs and Project Management Division, Military Branch and can be filled in one of the locations listed below. Recruitment incentives, including student loan repayment, may be offered to highly qualified candidates. Responsibilities We are looking for a result-driven Project Manager to be responsible for a multi-disciplined project delivery team with responsibility for assuring that the project stays focused on the customers' needs and expectations. We value skills accredited to being a leader and thriving in a team environment. We encourage using action oriented words to describe your experience and accomplishments in your resume. Serve as a Project Manager, responsible for the overall management, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects. Serve as the organization's primary point of contact for assigned projects with customer(s), Federal, state and local government agencies, Congressional interests, and other external organizations. Coordinate the planning, design, cost engineering, construction, and environmental considerations, etc., for projects of normal scope and complexity. Control and manage project milestones and budgets from preliminary assessments through construction and initial operations. Examples of programs include Military Construction (MILCON) and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization (SRM), and Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP). *Potential opportunities for remote work may be available on a case by case basis after 90 days of employment. 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 Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities 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 Requirements Conditions of Employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. Must obtain and maintain possession of or ability to acquire a valid state driver's license. Position may be filled under one of the following position titles: Project Manager (0101, Social Science) Project Manager (0401, Biological Science) Project Manager (0801, Engineering Science) Civil Engineer (0810, Engineering Science) Mechanical Engineer (0830, Engineering Science) Electrical Engineer (0850, Engineering Science) Architect (0808, Architecture Science) Physical Scientist (1301, Physical Science) Special Salary Rate (SSR): Positions filled under the Civil Engineer (0810, Engineering Science), Mechanical Engineer (0830, Engineering Science), or Electrical Engineer (0850, Engineering Science) with duty locations of: Sacramento, CA or Phoenix, AZ will be applicable to OPM's SSR Table 0753 or 0754 specific to positions directly involved in the generation and/or transmission of electric power. The salary ranges are as follows: Sacramento, CA: GS-12 Salary Range: $116,618 - $138,947 (Steps 1 - 10) Phoenix, AZ: GS-12 Salary Range: $114,137 - $136,466 (Steps 1 - 10) The salary range for the remaining position titles/series and duty locations are as follows: Sacramento, CA: GS-12 Salary Range: $96,148 - $124,988 (Steps 1 - 10) Phoenix, AZ: GS-12 Salary Range: $90,833 - $118,079 (Steps 1 - 10) Concord, CA & Monterey, CA: GS-12 Salary Range: $108,245 - $140,713 (Steps 1 - 10) Hill Air Force Base, UT: GS-12 Salary Range: $86,962 - $113,047 (Steps 1 - 10) Actual salary will be determined on the geographic location of the incumbent. Determination will be made prior to appointment. Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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. Documenting experience: In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week, if part time. If you are a current/prior Federal employee, please include your grade level in your resume. If you have held multiple grades, please make sure to separate the dates and duties for each grade. Qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their Federal resume. For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing project management including managing milestones, scheduling, scoping, and budgeting with projects and programs such facility design/construction, renovation, environmental restoration, energy/electrical, Public Works, or Civil Works. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications Planning and Evaluating Project Management In addition to meeting the specialized experience above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the basic education requirements listed below: Basic Education Requirement for Project Manager (0101): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in behavioral or social science, or a degree in a related discipline appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR C. Experience: Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. Basic Education Requirement for Project Manager (0401): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Education Requirement for Project Manager/Civil Engineer/Mechanical Engineer/Electrical Engineer (0801/0810/0830/0850): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); OR (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. Education Basic Education Requirement for Architect (0808): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture. Basic Education Requirement for Physical Scientist (1301): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) 18 - Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Field (CF) position. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction.htm for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. Hiring incentives may be authorized. Further selections from this announcement may take place up to 90 days beyond the closing date of the announcement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the open period and will receive notification of results/referral. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the closing date. Applications will expire after 90 days of submission. To continue to be eligible for consideration, reapplying is required at the time of expiration.