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Would you like to lead a dedicated in-house construction team preserving, restoring and maintaining awe-inspiring monumental and historic building facilities? The Construction Management Division (CMD) performs construction, renovation and artisan projects for jurisdictions serving Congressional and Supreme Court clients. The Director provides professional engineering policy formulation, strategic planning, program oversight, administration, safety and operational management.
Learn more about this agency07/12/2024 to 08/05/2024
$147,649 - $197,950 per year
SR 00
No
No
Occasional travel - The AOC may expect you to travel for this position.
No
Permanent - This position serves at the pleasure of the Architect. This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer Civil Service Competitive Status. ***This is a re-advertisement.***
Full-time
Excepted
00
Yes
Yes
OCE-2024-342R1
799608100
Applications are accepted from all U.S. citizens. Please see detailed guidance regarding employment eligibility under "Requirements." This position is eligible for direct hire.
At the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), our employees are passionate about AOC’s mission to serve Congress and the Supreme Court, preserve America’s Capitol and inspire memorable experiences. AOC is a legislative branch agency, the recognized authority for the preservation, maintenance and construction of the world’s most iconic treasures and buildings on Capitol Hill. As a global destination for thousands of visitors every day, Capitol Hill intersects history, architecture and art with the birthplace of our nation’s laws.
The AOC’s mission centers on our stewardship of the structures and grounds of the nation’s Capitol. The Director, Construction Management Division, serves as a key advisor to the Chief Engineer on construction and execution matters relating to new and historic buildings under the stewardship of AOC. In such capacity, the Director will perform major responsibilities such as the following:
This is a re-advertisement. Persons who submitted application under previous vacancy announcement OCE-2024-342 need not re-apply.
To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:
You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. For the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications, you are required to submit a narrative response addressing your specific knowledge, skills, and abilities that demonstrate your possession of the qualifications. For more information about the Executive Core Qualifications, please visit this site: http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/GuidetoSESQuals_2010.pdf
Must meet the Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual for all all-professional Engineering positions, GS-0800 or Architecture Series 0808. Candidates’ possession of a bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university is preferred.
Applicants must clearly show possession and demonstrated leadership experience, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent for each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Professional Technical Qualification (PTQ). Failure to address and meet any of the ECQs and PTQs via the vacancy questionnaire, will eliminate you from further consideration. Review the ECQ competencies guidance and sample resumes in OPM’s Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualification.
Executive Core Qualifications:
ECQ 1 - Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2 - Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 - Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments or international organizations to achieve common goals.
Professional Technical Qualifications:
PTQ 1 - Demonstrated experience leading an operational construction organization including full cycle delivering of construction, renovation and remediation projects of various size, scale, scope and magnitude; managing business operations including financial and performance objectives; and supervising a variety of staff from professional to trade employees.
PTQ 2 - Demonstrated experience leading an operational construction organization including full cycle delivery of construction and renovation projects and supervising a variety of staff from administrative, professional, technical to a large in-house construction trade workforce.
PTQ 3 - Demonstrated experience leading a construction organization that performs moderate size construction and renovation projects in support of high visibility clients. Describe your ability to deal effectively and persuasively with high-level executives resulting in major accomplishments in support project delivery.
An engineer or architect with an active license and 5 years of experience or more is highly desirable.
Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
A. Degree: Engineering or Architecture. 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:
Education must be from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Therefore, provide only the degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education: You must show a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs have evaluated the education credentials and deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course-by-course listing if selected. For further information, click here.
Veteran's preference does not apply to AOC's senior executive positions.
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information.
The AOC is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC’s suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. The AOC will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test.
The selectee for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to become eligible for employment.
The AOC is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records, to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If selected, the documentation you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 is verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more information on E-Verify, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1185221678150.shtm
The AOC is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information and/or disability.
The AOC provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The AOC makes decisions on granting reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
The AOC does not authorize moving or relocation expenses.
All application materials become the property of the AOC.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
The AOC Human Capital Management Division (HCMD) reviews each resume for basic eligibility and demonstration of executive experience for each Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) and Professional/Technical Qualification (PTQ) via accomplishments and experiences provided in the resume. An executive panel reviews applications, selects candidates for interviews, rates and ranks applications based on ECQs and PTQ(s), and refers the best qualified to the selecting official for further consideration. The Architect of the Capitol provides final approval.
Your resume will be evaluated to determine if you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) required for this position or possession of any technical expertise, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. All applicants must submit online written statements describing accomplishments that would satisfy the ECQs and PTQs. You must address each ECQ separately and are required to respond to all ECQs and PTQs.
Applicants currently serving in a Senior-Rated (SR) appointment (other than a temporary promotion), career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and have been certified by the Office of Personnel Management do not need to address the ECQs and must address each PTQ.
Your resume and narratives must support your answers to the self assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.
Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).
You must provide a complete application package. If you do not provide all required information, the AOC will not consider you for this position. Provide the following:
1. Resume showing relevant work experience (start/end dates stated in month/year and description of duties), education (degree type, accredited college/university and major), license number (if applicable) and your contact information (name, address, phone number and email). For current or previous Federal employees, also include the pay plan, series and grade for each work experience entry.
If additional documentation is required, AOC HCMD will ask you to provide it during the interview or selection process. The AOC HCMD will ask you to provide your college transcript prior to selection. Therefore, we encourage you to have documents prepared and ready when requested by AOC HCMD. If you fail to provide the required documents within the stated time-period, we may withdraw a job offer and/or remove you from further consideration.
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.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section.
Applicants must submit a complete application by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/799608100. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The mission of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is to serve Congress and the Supreme Court, preserve America's Capitol and inspire memorable experiences. The AOC is responsible for the maintenance, operation, development and preservation of 18.4 million square feet of buildings and more than 570 acres of land throughout Capitol Hill. The AOC provides a welcoming and educational environment for millions of visitors through the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and the US Botanic Garden. Learn more at www.aoc.gov.
The AOC prides itself on its Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Safety and Empower (RISE).