Summary What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? GS-12 Salary: $98,811 (Step 01) to $128,460 (Step 10). NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. This vacancy is being advertised concurrently with the following announcement: USGS-DEN-26-12853530-DE-TW which is open to the public. Responsibilities As a Construction Control Representative within the Geologic Hazards Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Leads the maintenance, repair, and upgrade of scientific facilities. Ensures that maintenance is completed according to schedule and that the facilities and systems operate to standard. Identifies potential repairs, improvements, and upgrades to ensure the facilities remain in good working condition. Leads the project procurement process, including documentation, scope of work, schedules, and project reviews, to ensure projects are completed to the required specifications. Serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for the project. Serves as project manager for multiple complex and technical projects that routinely overlap and are often multi-phase. Leads or oversees the technical design, planning, budgeting, construction, and commissioning of the project. Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget. Works as part of a team of scientists, engineers, contractors, and management to maintain a network of fourteen magnetic observatories across the U.S. and territories, including the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Operates a government owned/leased vehicle as an incidental driver. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The work requires the incumbent to be on your feet throughout the day, possibly for long stretches at a time. Regular and recurring field surveys and construction site inspections shall occur. Inspections involve a considerable amount of physical activity, including walking, climbing, bending and stooping. May be required to operate a government owned or leased vehicle in the performance of official duties. Physical moving of bulky and light to moderately heavy items may be required, which could include recurring lifting of light to moderately heavy items weighing up to 75 lbs. The remainder of time may be sedentary and include writing of Statements of Work (SOW), reviewing submittals, billing and making payments. The work environment requires the incumbent to continually stay alert, take special safety precautions and may require wearing special protective items of clothing. WORK ENVIRONMENT Most work takes place in an office setting, with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Office conditions do not require special safety precautions. There will be occasional visits to facilities and construction sites in remote areas. Such visits expose the incumbent to a variety of hazards associated with facilities operations and construction activities, including high noise levels, dust, moving equipment, chemicals, potentially hazardous waste, etc. Field conditions may include extreme heat or cold, rain or snow, and hazardous conditions such as exposure to extreme temperatures, noxious or toxic gases, ice, or flooding. When not in the office, incumbent may work in confined areas such as utility closets, near or above ceilings, in machine rooms, etc. Incumbent may work from various heights on ladders, lifts, and scaffolding. Duties are performed both inside and outside in weather conditions varying from hot, humid summer heat to below freezing winter temperatures. Requirements Conditions of Employment Key Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information. Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license & safe driving record. Selectee subject to successful completion of a pre-employment medical exam. Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position? Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment. Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued. A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system. If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures), you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement. You may be required to operate a government-owned or -leased vehicle in the performance of your official duties. As such, you must provide proof that you possess a valid State driver's license. Taking and passing a pre-employment medical examination at Federal expense is required due to the physical demands of this job. Qualifications Definitions: EXPERIENCE: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.) For GS-12: Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-12 level: Possess at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of such experience may include: Planning, leading, coordinating, and tracking facilities and construction tasks and procedures with the Lead Engineer and contractor personnel; Writing Statements of Work for maintenance or construction projects; Performing quality control evaluations of maintenance and construction projects to ensure compliance with plans and specifications; or Managing and maintaining complex facility systems. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. Conditions of Employment for this Position: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Education 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 completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:https://www.usgs.gov/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs Additional Information Other Information: This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies in the advertised office or other U.S. Geological Survey offices in the local commuting area. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs. Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position. USGS employees are subject to Title 43, USC Section 31(a) and may not: (a) have any personal, private, direct or indirect interest in lands or mineral wealth of lands under survey; (b) have any substantial personal, private, direct or indirect interests in any private mining or mineral enterprise doing business with the United States; or (c) execute surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations. The application contains information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 USC 552a). The information is used to determine qualifications for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361. DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. As part of the application process, a series of four short essay questions will be included. Applicants must certify that their own words were used to answer the questions. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. Agency Benefits: USGS has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework in accordance with the DOI Telework policy and with supervisor approval. The official worksite for the selectee is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. The selectee will typically report to this duty location on a regular and recurring weekly basis. For additional information on our internal telework policy, please reference the Department of the Interior Telework Handbook at: https://www.doi.gov/telework/policies. Working for the U.S. Geological Survey offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; health, life, dental, vision, and long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.
