Construction Management Assistant

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 Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) People with Disabilities, Schedule A 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 Reinstatement 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. For GS-06: Specialized Experience: One year of Specialized experience includes performing procedural and administrative work in an office environment; preparing correspondence; maintaining contract files/records; processing construction contract modifications and monitoring accounting data to stay within the budget. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). For GS-07: Specialized Experience: One year of Specialized experience includes performing procedural and administrative work in an office environment; preparing correspondence; maintaining contract files/records; processing construction contract modifications; performing many business management duties supporting the construction management operation to include: knowledge of the organization, methods, funds, people, equipment, and other resources of management. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For the GS-06 and GS-07 grade levels, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Administration and Management Budget Administration Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Database Administration 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. For GS-6 52 weeks at the GS-5. For GS-7 52 weeks at the GS-6.
About the Position: Serves as a member of the Administrative Team assisting the Resident Engineer. The incumbent has responsibility for performing many business management duties supporting the construction management operation. Duties are split between construction management assistance and administrative duties.