Interdisciplinary (Office Engineer)

About the Position: You will serve as a Senior Office Engineer and District Construction Management Platform (CMP) Administrator, performing contract administration duties; managing complex payment estimates and contract modifications; and leading the transition from the Resident Management System (RMS) to CMP, including platform administration, data quality, training, and system integration.

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).

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 in this document. 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). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, at the GS-12 grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Announcement details

• Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Department of the Army)
• Announcement number: CEDE-26-13074301-DHA
• Series: 0810 Civil Engineering
• Pay plan and grade: GS 11–12
• Pay: $80,465 – $140,188 Per Year
• Open to: Open to the public
• Open period: October 23, 2026 to November 2, 2026 (US Eastern)

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