Lead Project Manager

Summary

This position serves as a team lead for the Project Management section of the Building and Project Management Branch. The position serves as the senior technical resource for the Project Management Section by providing technical guidance, coordinating project activities, reviewing work for technical accuracy, and assisting management in the effective execution of the Branch's space and facilities management program.

Duties

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The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year.

This position if perfect for you if:

• You enjoy providing technical leadership and project management of space project management activities involving multiple small-to-large projects from initiation through completion as part of the Agency's planned space program. Independently plans, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements to ensure projects are completed within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• You are eager to lead or represent the Branch in space planning meetings with Office Directors, Move Coordinators, Space Planners, and GSA officials, contractors, and other stakeholders to address space planning issues, alterations, and discrepancies involving reconstruction of existing space.
• You are well versed in coordinating and reviewing the preparation, consolidation, and finalization of floor plans for offices upon request.
• You are excited to lead the development of tasks using appropriate obligation funding information and GSA reimbursable work authorizations to support alterations.
• You thrive when providing oversight of cost analysis and project scoping activities in support of new space or expansion requests, budget projections, and long-range planning.
• You are energized when providing oversight of Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) responsibilities, as applicable, including inspection, review, and verification of contractors' work efforts, reports, plans, and invoices.
• You are excited to serve as a team lead by coordinating daily assignments and tracking the status of space project management tasks to help ensure timely completion of project requirements.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• Suitable for Federal Employment
• Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Miscellaneous Administration and Program Series 0301

Specialized Experienceis experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service: For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS- 13.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience managing multiple space, construction, or renovation projects of varying sizes from initiation through completion, including monitoring schedules, milestones, deliverables, and budgets to keep project within scope and timeline;
• Experience developing space planning recommendations, such as reductions, expansions, or reconfigurations, using utilization data, surveys, floor plans, or organizational requirements, and resolving layout or workflow problems in coordination with customers, space planners, and building or leasing officials;
• Experience overseeing project funding, cost estimates, and scopes of work for construction or alteration projects, including reviewing work orders and funding documents and providing oversight of contractor performance and invoices as a COR or in a comparable role; and
• Experience serving as a team lead or in a comparable role, such as assigning and balancing work tracking progress, reviewing work for accuracy, mentoring staff, and informing management of workload issues or project risks.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.

Additional information

Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band.

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information.

If selected for this position, you may be required to complete the Fair Credit Act Memo, which gives consent so that one or more consumer credit reports may be obtained for employment purposes.

This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "moderate".

Background Investigation - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.

Relocation Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid.

More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued.

All application materials become the property of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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