Architect

About the role

The Facilities Branch of the Finance and Facilities Division provides a wide range of facilities support and management services across multiple sections. These sections and responsibilities include:

• The National Capital Region Section: Provides timely, suitable, modern, safe and secure working environments/facilities and provides quality facility support services for the HQ Divisions in the Washington, DC area.
• The Real Property Management Section: Administers professional and responsive facilities management, including engineering and design research; construction and spatial modification solutions; maintenance and energy monitoring; and logistical services for the tenant organizations at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA.
• The Redstone Facilities Services Section: Responsible for all planning, construction, occupancy, facilities, and services located across the FBI Redstone campus, Huntsville, AL.
• The Field Operations Support Section: Provides real estate and facility support services for the FBI’s 56 Field Office property portfolios and international Legat locations. This section also supports the FBI’s fleet inventory and firearms range program.

Responsibilities

GS-13: Responsible for designing, planning, evaluating, and coordinating the construction and alteration of FBI facilities. Provides architectural expertise relative to the planning and budgeting of FBI office space, maintenance facilities, and the like, and provides advice and assistance to officials, managers and other specialists in the accomplishment of assigned projects. Serves as liaison architect between the FBI, other government stakeholders, and contract architectural-engineering (A/E) firms. Coordinates the review of plans and specifications developed by A/E firms. Sets architectural standards for FBI facilities including those related to space planning. Serves as professional advisor to senior FBI management and to various FBI entities on all architectural issues pertaining to structural and life-safety requirements. For projects designed in-house, manages the preparation of working drawings, specifications, and construction details, as required. Reviews cost estimates submitted by contractors to assure accuracy and fairness of price. Travels to project sites and conducts on-site reviews of existing facilities and possible future sites. Collects data for updates that need to be made to bring facilities up to code and ensure safety of occupants. Meets with local FBI representatives, officials of other Federal, state and local agencies and coordinates development of plans for new construction and renovations.

GS-14 (in Addition To Above): Serves as senior technical authority on architectural matters and is responsible for architectural aspects of planning, design, construction and alteration of all FBI facilities throughout the United States and its territories. Provides guidance, direction, training, and oversight to lower-level architects within the unit in processing of their individual architectural projects and assignments. Provides written or oral input concerning their performance on specific projects to unit management personnel.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Please ensure that your specialized experience and requirements are clearly identifiable in your resume. Your application will be evaluated using the FBI’s Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. If you are found minimally qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process. The competencies will be used in a Structured Resume Review to objectively evaluate applicant resumes. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies identified below. Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies.

• Communication
• Design
• Project Management
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Problem Solving/Judgment
• Positive Education Requirement

This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants must verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. Basic Requirements Degree: architecture; or related field that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and (2) 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems. OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles, methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by at least one of the following: Related Curriculum: Degree in architectural engineering may be accepted as satisfying in full the basic requirements, provided the completed course work in architectural engineering provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in paragraph A. The curriculum for a degree in either architecture or architectural engineering covers function, esthetics, site, structure, economics, mechanical-electrical, and other engineering problems related to the design and construction of buildings primarily (but not exclusively) intended to house human activities. The courses required for a degree in architecture generally place emphasis upon planning, esthetics, and materials and methods of construction, while the courses for an architectural engineering degree place equal or greater weight on the technical engineering aspects such as structural systems, mechanical systems, and the properties of materials. Because of this difference in emphasis, persons with degrees in architecture may have a preference for work assignments that offer greater opportunities for them to express their artistic and creative abilities. As a result, they may be more concerned with planning and design aspects of architecture, and persons with degrees in architectural engineering may be more engaged in aspects emphasizing technical engineering considerations.

Required Documents

To apply to this position, interested applicants must provide a complete application package by the closing date which includes:

• Uploaded resumes will not be reviewed or used for qualification purposes.
• Other supporting documents (if applicable): College transcripts, if qualifying based on education or if there is a positive education requirement
• Former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your MOST RECENT SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is a requirement