ARCHITECT

About the Role

You will serve as an Architect in the Planning, Design and Construction Directorate (PDC) of NAVFAC Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic.

Responsibilities

• Execute in-house architectural design work products and services within specified milestones and quality standards.
• Coordinate the architectural design with engineering disciplines for Design-Bid-Build (DBB) and Design-Build (DB) projects to ensure overall compatibility and efficiency of the site and building design.
• Conduct site investigation field trips to project sites to collect pertinent data.
• Investigate or evaluate architectural issues and concerns in existing facilities, and develop reports that include recommendations and options for remediation or corrective measures.
• Provide post construction award services (PCAS), including review and approval of contractor's submittals for conformance with the requirements of the contract drawings and specifications.
• Perform technical management and oversight on execution of multi-disciplinary design projects.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must include:

• Developing design drawings and specifications for new facilities or repair, restoration, and alteration of existing facilities using advanced architectural software such as AutoCAD and/or Specs-In-Tact.
• Participating in on-site analysis to collect data and develop scope for construction projects.
• Coordinating the architectural design with engineering disciplines to ensure compatibility and efficiency of the site and building design.
• Investigating architectural issues and concerns to recommend options for remediation or corrective measures.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements:

• Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in architecture.
• Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in a field related to architecture that included 60 semester hours of course work in architecture or related disciplines, of which at least:
  • 30 semester hours were in architectural design, and
  • 6 semester hours were in each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems.
• A combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished:
  • A thorough knowledge of the arts and sciences underlying professional architecture, and
  • 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.
• A degree in either architecture or architectural engineering covering function, aesthetics, site, structure, economics, mechanical-electrical, and other engineering problems related to the design and construction of buildings primarily intended to house human activities.
• If you lack a degree in architecture, you must have 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year short of graduation from a program of study in architecture that demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional architecture (Note: In the absence of college courses, 5 years of such experience is required).