About the Position: This position is with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Programs and Project Management Division, Program Management Branch located in Galveston, TX.
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1.) Managing a project schedule to include developing budgets for planning studies utilizing an automated project management system; AND 2.) Analyzing project management issues as they arise in order to provide recommendations on schedules and/or costs. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).
Perform duties in support of project management, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects.
Conduct analysis of project execution, measures performance and takes the necessary corrective actions to maintain agreed upon schedule and cost.
Collect project execution data from the project delivery team.
Review and analyze cost reports to assure that costs incurred are consistent with resource plans and progress recorded.
Utilize progress reports, baseline comparisons and other tools to identify performance variations in cost and schedule from the plan.
Run monthly report of scheduled/actual project expenditures/obligations for the current fiscal year (2101 Report) and milestone reports to indicate each project’s schedule, cost, future execution and milestones
Prepare a wide variety of project management reports for upward reporting, monthly project status reviews with customers, monthly PRB briefings, Command Management Review (CMR) data validation, and other project data calls as required.
Prepare project documents for the PM and researches regulations, directives, and identifies conflicts, non-compliance, and recommends potential solutions.