Program Manager at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

About the Position: This position is with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ft Worth District with a duty station of Ft. Worth, TX. This announcement is NOT intended for current, permanent Army employees. Current, permanent Army employees who would like to be considered for this time-limited assignment should instead apply to Announcement # CEDD-27-13098760-MP. See "Qualifications" section below for further TERM position details.

Major duties

• Manages a variety of special, one-of-a-kind regional-wide programs/projects critical to the accomplishment of the USACE and Southwestern Division mission.
• Coordinates, reviews, and integrates broad programs containing complex features undertaken by USACE districts at numerous locations under diverse conditions.
• Prepares and interprets policy relating to installation support, planning charrettes, design and construction management, work authorizations and funds and other pertinent matters.
• Monitors the progress of priority and/or high visibility program segments and projects and keeps informed of progress through the review of reports, programming documents, funds authorization documents, and other program material.
• Represents the Southwestern Division in installation support, planning, programming and review conferences with customers to ascertain operational requirements and future plans.
• Attend meetings with agency officials, Architect-Engineers, contractors and representatives to discuss and/or resolve problems, which may arise to management of planning charrette, design, construction, funding, and execution for assigned programs.
• Develops and establishes policies to facilitate implementation of program initiatives.
• Serves as the District Champion for Knowledge Management. Leads efforts to implement Knowledge Management information sharing at the District and regional levels.

Qualifications

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. More Information about this TERM NTE position: Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 13 mos. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. 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. Current, Permanent Army employees that are eligible and would like to be considered for a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 5 years will need to apply to Announcement #CEDD-27-13098760-MP. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Leading the coordination, review, and integration of complex district-level programs executed across numerous geographic locations under diverse operational conditions; AND 2) Conducting line-item project reviews to provide technical guidance and resolve complex engineering, design, construction, funding and schedule issues; AND 3) Ensuring absolute compliance with congressional intent by reviewing legislative appropriations and authorization language for all assigned projects. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. 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).