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The Office of Construction and Facilities Management (CFM) is responsible for the planning, design, and construction of all major construction and major lease projects for the Department. The Office of Design & Construction is responsible for the execution of major construction for VA. It develops and facilitates effective, standard construction management and implementation strategies, the work is performed in the VA Headquarters environment in Washington, DC.
Learn more about this agency08/06/2024 to 08/23/2024
$147,649 - $221,900 per year
For purposes of pay and benefits, the employee continues to encumber the position from which detailed.
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1 vacancy in the following location:
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Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
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Detail - 120 day increments for up to 360 days.
Full-time
Senior Executive
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803473800
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
Current excepted service federal employees.
Those who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Announcement open to current status Federal employees interested in a detail opportunity.
The Associate Executive Director oversees and directs program activities for the Office of Design & Construction and reports to the Executive Director, Office of Construction & Facilities Management. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1) Provides oversight of field operations, defines and prioritizes strategy, and leads a team who will execute.
2) Manages teams of engineers, architects, and others focused on ways to facilitate rapid establishment of agile forces composed to provide evolutionary, high quality, cutting-edge delivery of facilities to serve the nation's Veterans.
3) Provides oversight and management of budget development and support for field operations through strategic planning, project leadership, process improvement, training and education, business application and technical consultation, reporting.
4) Ensures implementation of effective management strategies with a solution that positions VA for success in future growth of facilities.
5) Supports acquisition programs to meet aggressive cost, schedule and technical objectives.
6) Participates in Congressional briefings on proposed legislation and program oversight.
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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.
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B. 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:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)
Veteran Preference does not apply to the Senior Executive Service.: https://www.opm.gov/faqs/topic/Senior-Executive-Service/index.aspx
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Step 1: Assessment of qualification requirements.
Step 2: VA Executive Resources Board
Step 3: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews
Step 4: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)
A complete application for this position includes the following items:
All Applicants: Resume not to exceed 10 pages (anything over 10 pages will not be considered). The resume should include the following:
1. Personal Information (Full name and mailing address, Day and evening telephone number and Email address);
2. Professional Experience incorporating the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and technical qualification competencies described in the qualification requirements above for both paid and unpaid experience and include:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm EST on the closing date, 08/23/2024 in order for you to be considered. Please read all instructions before you begin.
To begin click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register, and submit all required documents. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ and click on "Application Status". Click on the position title and select Apply Online to continue.
The Corporate Senior Executive Management Office (CSEMO) will review all applications to determine if applicants meet the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and technical qualifications of the position as outlined in the Resume. Those resumes that meet the qualifications will be referred to a VA Executive Resources Board (ERB) panel of SES members for review and recommendation for structured interview. The VA ERB panel will recommend a list of Best Qualified applicants to the selecting official for final review/selection.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/803473800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Senior Executive Service (SES) is comprised of the men and women charged with leading the continuing transformation of government. These leaders possess well-honed executive skills and share a broad perspective of government and a public service commitment.
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