Project Manager (Architect) - DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to ?????serve as a senior professional architect in support of design duties pertaining to facilities engineering management at a major or complex military installation. Employee serves as a technical consultant on design aspects concerning real property facilities and utilities.

Performs as a professional architect in planning and designing substantial new construction, renovation, and improvement projects on real property facilities. Develops plans, and designs specifications for various types of facility projects. Analyzes and validates the programmed facility requirements and develops the conceptual design and quantitative criteria for complex architectural/engineering projects. Serves as a consulting architect on all design aspects of assigned projects. Provides professional consultations on a broad range of difficult architectural issues and problems. Provides architectural advice to requesting organizations. Consults with contractors, Corps of Engineers, Architect & Engineer (A&E) firms, and contracting officers to resolve difficult or unforeseen problems on space limitations, design interferences, design interfaces, regulatory limitations, and to exchange information and expedite installation work. Coordinates the preparation of and reviews A&E statements of work (SOW). Provides criteria and standards for specialized, difficult, or unusual requirements. Reviews preliminary and final engineering plans, specifications, and cost estimates of A&E firms or other design agencies to ensure design excellence and compliance with specifications. Coordinates projects with engineers in other disciplines. Applies knowledge of other disciplines to determine coordination required to ensure all design considerations have been addressed. Keeps abreast of emerging technologies to ensure programmed development will not prematurely become obsolete. Uses computers and computer software such as information management programs, computer aided design and drafting (CADD) programs, and project tracking programs to solve engineering problems and facilitate work. Keeps current on relevant software applications. In conjunction with the primary duty of design, on a less frequent basis performs work in the construction management, program/base development, and/or operations and maintenance (O&M) functions. Monitors and manages projects for new construction, renovations, and improvements to real property facilities from start to finish including the performance of pre-construction site surveys all the way to completion of as built drawings. Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment. Ensures federal, state, and local codes concerning health, safety, and the environment are strictly adhered to in the programming, design, and construction of real property facilities.