Interdisciplinary (Office Engineer).

US Army Corps of Engineers; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Army Corps of Engineers in Portland, OR seeks a contract administration professional to manage pre-award activities and oversee complex payment estimates for construction contracts. You will support field personnel, lead change order negotiations, and drive the transition from RMS to CMP, including policy development and user training.

Responsibilities include administering CMP, ensuring data integrity, and delivering technical CMP training to district personnel.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction contract administration or office engineering duties, including processing payment estimates and reviewing contractor data.
• Familiarity with construction management systems (RMS, CMP, Procore, Kahua) for data entry, tracking, reporting, and basic user support.
• Ability to enter and manage project data, track submittals, review QC records, and generate reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage pre-award efforts and review plans for errors, omissions, or inadequacies before award.
• Assist field personnel in resolving layout and inspection issues affecting structural adequacy or contract compliance.
• Direct or perform office engineering duties for construction contracts, including processing complex payment estimates and reviewing reports for accuracy.
• Determine the need for change orders and prepare related sketches, drawings, cost and time estimates, and supporting docs.
• Lead negotiations of contract adjustments with contractors.
• Lead the transition from RMS to CMP by developing policies, training users, resolving data conflicts, and promoting consistent CMP use.
• Administer CMP including data structures, user access, project setup, reporting, QC checks, software interfaces.
• Provide technical services and training to District personnel on CMP.

Skills

Contract administration

Office engineering

CMS (RMS/CMP/Procore)

Data management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

ABET-accredited program or equivalent

Tools

RMS

CMP

Procore

Kahua

Job description

Duties

• Managing pre-award efforts and reviewing plans and specifications for errors, omissions, or inadequacies before award.
• Assisting field personnel in resolving layout and inspection issues that may affect structural adequacy or contract compliance.
• Directing or independently performing office engineering duties for construction contracts, including processing complex monthly payment estimates and reviewing inspection reports, computations, and test results for accuracy.
• Determining the need for change orders, preparing sketches, drawings, cost and time estimates, and supporting documentation.
• Participating in or leading negotiations of contract adjustments with contractors.
• Leading the District’s transition from the Resident Management System (RMS) to the Construction Management Platform (CMP) by developing policies and procedures, training users, resolving data conflicts, and promoting consistent platform use.
• Administering the District’s CMP, including data structures, user access, project setup, reporting, quality-control checks, software applications, and system interfaces.
• Providing technical services and training to District personnel on the use of the Construction Management Platform (CMP).

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• 1 year probationary period may be required.
• Financial Disclosure (OGE-450) is required upon appointment and annually thereafter.
• Valid State Drivers License is required.
• DAWIA Contracting Certification is required within 36 months of appointment.

Qualifications

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

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

Minimum Qualifications GS-11

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes1.) performing construction contract administration or office engineering duties, such as processing payment estimates; reviewing contractor compliance with plans, specifications, field reports, and construction data; and preparing documentation and cost or time estimates for contract modifications or change orders; and 2.) using construction management systems, such as the Resident Management System (RMS), Construction Management Platform (CMP), or equivalent systems (e.g. Procore, Kahua), to enter and manage project data, track submittals, review quality-control records, generate reports, and provide basic user or system support. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Civil Engineering, mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, Engineering Management, System Engineering, Computer Engineering.

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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Minimum Qualifications GS-12

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes1.) performing complex office engineering and construction contract administration duties, including preparing cost and time estimates and negotiation documentation for contract modifications and negotiating contract adjustments; 2.) processing complex monthly and final contractor payment estimates and reviewing supporting inspection reports, computations, and test results for accuracy; 3.) administering construction management systems, including managing project setup, user access, reporting, quality-control checks, and system interfaces; and 4.) managing system data structures, resolving data-quality or interface issues, and leading implementation or transition efforts from one construction management system to another. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Education

Basic Requirement For Civil, Electrical, Or Mechanical Engineer

• 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 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