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US Army Corps of Engineers; Rock Island (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Army Corps of Engineers in Rock Island, Illinois seeks a Contract Specialist with expertise in Government A-E contracting procedures to support engineering and environmental projects. You will coordinate contracting of A-E contractors and other professionals for studies, designs, and environmental work.

Responsibilities include developing scopes of work, RFPs, independent estimates, and conducting A-E proposal analysis with negotiation objectives.

Qualifications

• Education and experience in architecture or engineering with professional licensure requirements.
• Experience advising on government A-E contracting procedures and related design/ construction work.
• Ability to develop scope of work, RFPs, and independent government estimates.

Responsibilities

• Advise on Government A-E contracting procedures and their relation to design and construction.
• Coordinate contracting of A-E contractors and other professionals for studies and engineering work.
• Ensure timely execution of a wide range of contracting actions aligned with district goals.
• Work with project managers to develop scope of work, RFPs, and independent estimates.
• Perform A-E proposal analysis, negotiate objectives, and administer post-negotiation documents.
• Serve as COR on A-E Task Orders and administer A-E contract actions.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Project coordination

Stakeholder communication

A-E contracting procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Duties

• Act as advisor concerning Government A-E contracting procedures and their interrelationships with engineering design products and construction projects.
• Coordinate and implement contracting of services of A-E contractors, engineering consultants, and other professional experts engaged in performing studies, designs, criteria preparation, and engineering and environmental work.
• Responsible for accurate, thorough, and timely execution of a wide range of individual contracting actions in accordance with District goals.
• Coordinate with project managers and clients to develop scope of work, request for proposal, develop independent Government estimates.
• A-E proposal analysis, negotiation objectives, A-E contract negotiations implementing District engineering/procurement techniques, post negotiation documentation, contract package, and contract award.
• Serve as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on A-E Task Orders for various types of projects. Administer A-E contract actions.

Conditions of Employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires a Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license. Must be able to obtain and maintain a COR (Contracting Officer Representative) certification within 6 months.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and/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

Basic Requirement For Architect

• Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in architecture or in a related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.

OR

• Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: (1) Related Curriculum - Degree in architectural engineering provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in statement A above, or (2) Experience: 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of any college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This experience must have demonstrated that you have acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture

Basic Requirement for Engineer: Civil Engineer (0810), Environmental Engineer (0819), General Engineer (0801), Mechanical Engineer (0830), Electrical Engineer (0850)

• 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

• 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:

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

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.

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. 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

Specialized Experience for the GS-12

One year of specialized experience related to execution of a variety of assigned Architectural and Engineering (A‑E) contract actions. Contracts involve all A‑E professional services for the design of new facilities, maintenance and repair of existing facilities, engineering studies and survey work of high complexity or of a highly technical nature. Serve as advisor concerning contracting procedures and their interrelationships with engineering design products and construction projects.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION:

• Incentives may be authorized.
• 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.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• 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
• This is a Career Field 18 Engineers & Scientists position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit
• 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.

Additional information

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.