Interdisciplinary (Scheduler)

• Serves as the schedule analysis expert on a variety of construction contracts with experience in Primavera P6.
• Provides comprehensive analysis of contractor construction claims particularly those involving alleged delay of project completion and potential cost impacts.
• Evaluates contractors monthly progress schedules on multiple projects with special attention to the need for coordination between contractors monitoring for potential and actual delays and identifies opportunities for recovery.
• Prepares/develops schedule analysis in connection with REAs modifications or claims.
• Engages with contractors during routine schedule reviews. Develops rapport and a solid working relationship with contractors. Conduct site visits and validate contractor progress.
• Participates in negotiations of contract modifications involving time.
• Collaborate effectively with internal teams building strong relationships with both colleagues and stakeholders.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the employee to drive a motor vehicle. This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Drivers License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• This position is subject to a mobility or rotation agreement as a condition of employment.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify you must meet the education and 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.

To qualify at GS-13 applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-12).
Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Experience reviewing and altering complex schedules in Primavera P6 2) Experience autonomously leading schedule update efforts with multiple stakeholders including meetings 3) Experience interfacing schedules with budgetary systems 4) Experience analyzing contentious contract issues and claims and 5) Experience informing project leadership on schedule risks.

To qualify at GS-12 applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade/level (GS-11).
Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Experience reviewing and altering construction schedules 2) Experience assisting or leading schedule update efforts with multiple stakeholders 3) Knowledge in Primavera P6 and/or similar project scheduling software and 4) Knowledge of the contract change and claim processes.

In addition to meeting Specialized Experience above you must also meet one of the Basic Requirements below to qualify for this position.

Basic Education Requirement for Engineers:

A. Degree: Bachelors degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors 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.

OR

B. 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. 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.

2. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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.

Basic Education Requirement for Architect:

A. Degree: Bachelors degree (or higher degree) in architecture or design.

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B. Combination of Education and Experience: For each year short of graduation the applicant must have had one year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original design.