Program Manager

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 Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to OCONUS Positions Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician 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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service which includes integrating the various technical functions of planning, engineering, construction, real estate, operations & maintenance, contracting and resource management with programs and project management; supervising a team of professional, administrative, technical and clerical staff; and maintaining effective communication with various stakeholders, such as internal management and staff, technical specialists and external management officials, higher headquarters senior level officials, key representatives of customers and project sponsors, and engineering and construction industry officials.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. 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-13).

Responsible for the vertical/horizontal integration of products to produce projects and manage the programs for the district.,Manages projects which include civil works projects such as flood control, storm damage prevention, navigational projects such as channel improvements, lock and dam and aquatic ecosystems restoration construction.,Provides overall vision and leadership to ensure that the Branch is properly organized, trained, equipped, and supervised to achieve optimum mission effectiveness.,Performs personnel management functions to guide, direct, and evaluate the technical efforts and work products produced by subordinates.,Prepares, justifies, manages, and executes budgets utilizing sound business, technical, and financial management principles and practices to ensure resources are applied to maximum effectiveness.,Provides critical thinking and decision making for assessing district mission and work requirements and in developing corporate plans, goals, and objectives.,Monitors studies, design and construction fiscal progress, analyzing deviations and problems, and develops solutions to assure commitments are met.,Represents the District Commander at meetings, briefings, conferences, hearings, etc., on matters relating to district capabilities on proposed and approved civil works projects.