Summary This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will NOT be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants should review the "How to Apply" section of this flyer for more information on how to be considered. This flyer will be used as positions become available. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. GS-12 Pay Range: $95,694 - $124,398 GS-13 Pay Range: $113,792 - $147,934 Responsibilities As a Project Manager, you will be assigned as the primary point of contact with the project team throughout the project life cycle and have simultaneous overall responsibility of several projects of moderate and high complexity and cost. Projects include designs for new construction as well as repowering or major modifications to existing vessels. Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to, the following: Responsible for the overall project plan, development and management of schedules, budgets, and milestones in coordination with the functional elements to manage projects, identify issues. Provide expert-level project management for floating plant projects of high dollar value, of high complexity of extraordinary urgency, or having similar requirements. Provide expert technical advice to other lower-graded project managers. Plans, integrates, and coordinates the development of the Marine Design Center Project Management Plan (PMP) which is mutually acceptable to the PM and the functional chiefs to meet the project needs. Monitors and maintains project milestone dates, budgets and expenditures anticipating problems and effecting changes to original plan when necessary to keep project on target. Executes the contract action to select an architect/engineer. Administer the contract, resolving issues, initiating contract changes, ensuring QA inspections, and coordinating provisional and final acceptance for the Government. Issues are elevated to supervisor or Contracting Officers Representative. Coordinates with functional managers and project engineers to provide appropriate level of review of architect/engineer or contractor submitted materials. Execute Contract Officer Representative authorities in accordance with appointment letter, the Federal Acquisition Regulation hierarchy and established policies and procedures. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications THIS IS A DIRECT HIRE SOLICITATION - THIS POSITION IS BEING ADVERTISED THROUGH THE DIRECT-HIRE AUTHORITY (DHA) FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL (MODIFIED DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY, SECTION 1109; PL, 116-92, DATED 12/20/2019). (This authority is primarily being used to appoint qualified candidates who are not existing Department of Defense competitive service employees with permanent status.) 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 for this position you must also meet the basic education requirements listed below: Basic Educational Requirement for Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Electrical Engineer or Naval Architect: 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. 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. 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. In addition to the education above, you must also meet the experience described below: Specialized Experience GS-12: One year of specialized experience which includes experience: 1) Coordinate with superiors an interdisciplinary project team to complete projects such as Marine Vessel construction. 2) Review formal proposals for technical feasibility and efficiency and cost acceptability with assistance from superiors. 3) Conduct checks on projects to perform quality assurance oversight inspections with assistance from superiors. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Specialized Experience GS-13: One year of specialized experience which includes experience: 1) Coordinate an interdisciplinary project team to complete projects such as Marine Vessel construction. 2) Review formal proposals for technical feasibility and efficiency and cost acceptability. 3) Conduct checks on projects to perform quality assurance oversight inspections. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications. Additional Information This announcement uses the DIRECT-HIRE AUTHORITY (DHA) FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL (MODIFIED DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY, SECTION 1109; PL, 116-92, DATED 12/20/2019) 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. At the GS-13 level, 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 an Engineer & Scientist - 18 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. Parking is available for a daily, weekly, or monthly fee in the vicinity of the Philadelphia District office building, at employee's expense. However, most employees commute through public transportation or high-speed rail. The Army currently provides up to $300 per month for mass transit subsistence. Most employees commute via regional rail and public transportation.