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General Engineer/Architect (Project Manager)
Architect of the Capitol · Posted 2 days ago
HybridWashington, DC$122K – $158KApply by Jun 4, 2026General EngineeringENTJESTJEngineeringOperationsTrades
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This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), Assistant Director, Security Infrastructure Division. The Project Manager serves as a General Engineer Architect providing expertise, coordination, direction and oversight of major technical design and construction projects. Coordinates the work of project managers assigned to related projects. The duration of projects is typically five years or more.
What You'll Do
- →In collaboration with higher graded staff, manages significant phases of projects supporting major Jurisdiction-wide renovation and construction projects.
- →Performs periodic review and analysis to assess status and progress toward meeting project goals.
- →Develops, implements, and disseminates project schedules containing all accountable and reportable resources.
- →Provides advice in pre-bid and pre-construction conferences regarding construction methods and equipment.
- →Works with subordinate project managers to ensure arrangements are in place to ensure timely and effective access to worksites by contractors.
- →CONSULANT/CONTRACTOR OVERSIGHT Assists higher graded staff with Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) duties and responsibilities.
- →During project performance, assists contractors in interpreting technical requirements; recommends changes in contract terms to the Contracting Officer; monitors and evaluates contractor performance; reviews contractor invoices; recommends corrective actions; and inspects and accepts contract deliverables.
- →Investigates and reports on matters of concern with contractors which may lead to formal claims by the contractor.
- →Such matters may include contract changes, labor issues, unfavorable weather, or stakeholder scheduling priorities.
- →Works with design consultants, project managers, construction contractors and Jurisdiction officials to resolve problems or conflicts impeding progress.
- →Works with Contracting Officer to negotiate contract specification and design changes with Jurisdiction leads, representatives, consultants and contractors.
- →PROBLEM RESOLUTION Oversees and monitors construction operations to identify unforeseen problems.
- →Coordinates with design consultants, project managers, contractors, and Jurisdiction officials to maintain progress toward project completion.
- →TECHNICAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE Provides guidance, technical advice and consultation on project administration.
Requirements
- ✓In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements for this position, applicants must possess the following: Education Required for Engineers: 1.
- ✓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 professional 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, and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A.
- ✓The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
- ✓For a detailed explanation of the related curriculum or experience, please visit, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Education Required for Architects: 1.
- ✓Bachelor's Degree in architecture; or 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.
- ✓The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: Related Curriculum: Degree in architectural engineering may be accepted.
- ✓Experience: An applicant lacking a degree in architecture must have had l 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 college courses, 5 years of such experience is required.
- ✓This experience must have demonstrated that the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture.
Benefits
- ★A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc.
- ★The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
Personality Fit
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