About the Position: This position is in the US Army Corp of Engineers, Galveston District, Operations Division, Navigation Branch, Located in Galveston, TX. This is a term position NTE 12 months and may be extended up to 5 years.

Duties

Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing project standards and monitoring for conformance. Identify anomalies and potential problems with existing and proposed workload plans and recommends alternative solutions. Use an understanding of the business processes, identifies errors in the data, independently develops alternative solutions, and coordinates at all levels in the organization to implement improvements and corrections. Provide coaching and guidance to staff and project delivery teams on the use of project management tools and techniques, policy, or procedural revisions that will improve schedule and budget accuracy. Independently develops, recommends, and coordinates implementation of processes and methods for incorporating unique situations and correcting problems that occur with existing protocols.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

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. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan 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: I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Analyzing programs to ensure project objectives are being met; AND 2) Preparing program budgets for an office; AND 3) Identifying funding/cost deficiencies. 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial ManagementPlanning and EvaluatingProject Management 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).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address HB-APF-W2SU03 US ARMY ENGR DIST GALVESTON -GALVESTON DO NOT MAIL Fort Worth, TX 76102 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk