Contract Performance Specialist

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Bonneville (OR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking a qualified professional to manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including drafting acquisition packages, conducting field inspections, and ensuring compliance with contract specifications.

This role functions as the liaison among contractors, customers, and the Contracting Officer, evaluating bids for compliance and tracking payments of service invoices to support multi-million dollar budgets.

Qualifications

• Experience developing specifications for service contracts.
• Experience evaluating bids or proposals for compliance with contract specifications.
• Experience tracking payments of service invoices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in development of specifications for service contracts.
• Evaluate bids or proposals for compliance with contract specifications.
• Assist in development of standard service contracts for routine services.
• Track payments of service invoices.

Skills

Contracting knowledge

Quality assurance

Bid evaluation

Documentation

Education

Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree

LL.B. or J.D. in a relevant field

Job description

About the Position:

Performing quality assurance evaluations, in this position you will manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle-drafting acquisition packages, executing rigorous field inspections, monitoring multi-million dollar budgets, and reconciling GPC accounts. Serving as the vital liaison between contractors, customers, and the Contracting Officer, you directly enforce performance compliance and resolve operational discrepancies.

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.

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel
• Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement
• Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician
• Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)
• Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference
• Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference
• Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience OR education 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:

Qualified applicants will describe in their resume at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in federal service with 1) assisting in the development of specifications for service related contracts; and 2) evaluating bids or proposals for compliance with contract specifications; and 3) assisting in the development of standard service contracts for routine services; and 4) tracking payments of service invoices. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

-OR- Education:

Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Management, Accounting, or Procurement/Logistics. Transcripts are required at the time of application.

-OR- Combination of Education and Experience:

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Transcripts are required at the time of application.

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-07).