Summary About the Position: You will serve as the Chief, Construction Support Branch and the Deputy Construction Division Chief. Responsibilities include technical review of all programs and projects. These programs and their associated projects are widely dispersed throughout the states of California, Nevada and Utah. This job is also advertised under announcement number CERI256721028186 (Time LImited Assignment). Responsibilities You will plan and coordinate the work of the Branch through subordinate supervisors and technical experts. Exercise technical supervision, through subordinate supervisors and direct supervision, over a staff of approximately 50 engineering, technical and clerical personnel. As the Deputy Construction Division Chief, you will represent the Chief as needed to support District strategic goals and missions. Serve as the principal source of expertise and advice in contract administration and Federal Regulations pertaining to construction procurement. Prepare the full range of documents required for modifying contract documents, including independent Government cost estimates; technical, cost or pricing data and audit analyses; pre-negotiation objective memoranda; price negotiations memoranda. Make final determinations as to necessity for contract modification, whether work is to be done by change order, or supplemental agreement. Provide staff advice and technical assistance to the Area/Resident offices, other District elements and military and civilian customers as appropriate. Review all plans and specifications prior to award to eliminate recurring design/construction deficiencies, operability problems, and potential environmental concerns and impacts and submits recommendations to Design and Technical Services Branches. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Position will be filled as one of the following titles/series: -Supervisory Architect (0808) -Supervisory Civil Engineer (0810) -Supervisory Mechanical Engineer (0830 )-Supervisory Electrical Engineer (0850 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 Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR 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. BASIC REQUIREMENT: 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.ORB. 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. 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 or (2) Experience: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes managing and directing construction engineering staff, at the Section level or higher, engaged in Civil Works planning, design and construction/hydrographic surveys, construction contract administration, in any or all of the following engineering programs: navigation, flood and coastal storm damage reduction, environmental protection and restoration, regulatory, hydropower, recreation, water supply, emergency management and support for other programs; AND/OR Military Projects construction for Army and Air Force installations involving large family housing facilities, multi-storied hospitals, barracks complexes, administration facilities, etc. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13) SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position requires a Professional Engineer (PE) or a Registered Architect (RA). You MUST submit a copy of your current and valid PE/RA license with your application. The expiration date on your license must be after the date you submit this application. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application not receiving consideration for this position. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Building and Construction Contracting/Procurement Planning and Evaluating Reading Comprehension Written Communication 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). 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. Direct deposit of pay is required. A one-year supervisory probationary period may be required (if not already completed). This position requires you to submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter. 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 Career Program (CP) 18 - Engineers & Scientists 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/ 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. Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 13 months. Term appointments may be extended beyond six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, Term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position. SALARY DETAILS: Special Salary Rate (SSR) table 0753 applies to the 0810, 0830 and 0850 series only. SSR 0753 GS-14 range: $145,388-174,8,52 per year Sacramento locality table 2025-SAC applies to the 0808 series only 2025-SAC GS-14 range: $138,041-174,852 per year