CONSTRUCTION CONTROL REPRESENTATIVE Job in Philadelphia, PA

Vacancy No. CERD256153102333HW Department U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Salary $81,474.00 to $105,911.00 Grade 11 to 11
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 1/23/2025 Close Date 2/5/2025
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Locations:
Philadelphia, PA


Summary

This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce (Title 5 USC Section 9905)direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position is located in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Operations Division, Technical Support Branch, Operations and Maintenance Section, in Philadelphia, PA

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

See "Who May Apply" in the "Qualifications" section for more information on who is eligible to apply for this position.

Duties

  • Serves as a Construction Control Representative at a construction site responsible for the execution, control, and surveillance of contract operations of assigned construction projects.
  • Reviews plans, specifications, shop drawings, and requests for changes to determine site compatibility; applicability of terrain and soils; feasibility of structures; and to anticipate problems.
  • Conducts inspection of work in progress to insure compliance with plans, specifications, procedures, use of materials, contract provisions and schedules, and shop drawings.
  • Identifies actual or potential problems and determines necessity for changes or remedial action.
  • Investigates need for contract change orders, controversies which could lead to formal claims by the contractor, deviations requiring engineering determinations and other matters.
  • Recommends changes in construction to meet field conditions.
  • Tabulates the results of inspections and prepares site visit reports that are used to keep Project Engineer informed of progress with project construction.
  • Reviews contractor's receipt of material and equipment procured by contractor's purchase orders.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • May be required to serve one year probationary period.
  • A valid driver's license is required.
  • Within 1 year of appointment, the incumbent must complete the USACE Dive Safety Admin course, and maintain Dive Safety Inspector (DSI) credentials

Qualifications

This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce (Title 5 USC Section 9905)direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience interpreting plans and specifications to ensure that contractor's work is performed in accordance with accepted construction practices and good workmanship; Communicating with contractor representatives for mutual understanding and agreement as to interpretation of contract requirements; ensuring strict adherence to all applicable safety provisions to the contract including special regulations; and/or experience conducting inspection of work in progress to insure compliance with plans. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

  • This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce (Title 5 USC Section 9905)direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
  • 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 Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Career Field position.
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
  • Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
  • Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.

If selected, you may be required to provide additional supporting documentation.

Required Documents

Your complete application includes your resume and other documents which prove your qualifications and eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

  • Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
  • If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
  • For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
  • For additional information see: What to include in your resume.
2. Other supporting documents:
  • Cover Letter, optional
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

How to Apply

Interested Applicants must submit resumes/application packages to: jeffrey.s.mcaleer@usace.army.mil

To apply for this position, you must submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Alternate applications (e.g., facsimile applications) will not be accepted.

The complete application package must be submitted to the email address provided above by 11:59 PM (EST) on 02/05/2025 to receive consideration.

Agency contact information

Jeffrey McAleer
Address
RD-W2SF04 US ARMY ENGINEER DIST-PHILADELPHIA
DO NOT MAIL
Philadelphia, PA 19103
US
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