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Construction Control Representative.

US Army Corps of Engineers · Rapid City, SD · 3 wk ago
Full-time
We need to produce HTML fragment with sections for duties, responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay, schedule as appropriate. The posting includes Duties (list of duties). It also includes Requirements (conditions of employment). Qualifications (who may apply, experience, education, etc). It also mentions benefits: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." but no specifics. According to rule: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It mentions benefits package but no specifics; is that enough? It says "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's a statement but not specific benefits. The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The phrase "comprehensive benefits package" is vague but still states that benefits exist. However it's not specific. Might be considered filler? The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state that there is a benefits package, but not details. I'd lean to include a Benefits section with that statement as prose. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might be okay to include Benefits with that sentence. Pay: Not mentioned besides "Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement." That's a statement about salary includes locality pay. That is specific enough? It says salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. That is a statement about pay. So we can include a Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: Not mentioned. No schedule info. So omit Schedule. Skills: Not explicitly listed; maybe we can infer from duties but not explicit. Better not to create Skills unless explicit. Thus sections: Duties (maybe as Responsibilities?), Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay. We need to use

for section headings. Use
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    for prose. Duties: The posting starts with "Duties Provides technical assistance..." It's a paragraph with multiple sentences. Could treat as list? It's not bullet list. Could wrap in

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    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If not a list, use

      . So we can put duties in

      . Requirements: Contains "Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination..." plus other paragraphs. Could be multiple paragraphs. We'll put in

      maybe multiple

      elements. Qualifications: Contains "Who May Apply..." etc. Could be multiple paragraphs. We'll put in

      . Benefits: The sentence about comprehensive benefits package. We'll put in

      . Pay: Sentence about salary includes locality pay. We'll put in

      . We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must remove boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes some boilerplate like "Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests..." etc. That's likely boilerplate; we should remove it. Also "Candidates should be committed..." etc. That's also boilerplate? Might be considered generic. We should remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The RA request etc is likely part of application instructions; we should remove. Also the part about "Direct deposit of pay is required." That's a requirement; keep? It's a condition of employment. Might keep. The part about "Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees." That's also condition; keep. The part about "If you have retired from federal service..." etc. That's also condition; keep? Might be considered specific. We'll keep relevant. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep all substantive content, but we can remove boilerplate. Determine what is boilerplate: The sections about Reasonable Accommodation, Direct deposit, Selection restrictions, reemployed annuitant, etc. Those might be considered substantive? They are specific to the job. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The RA request is part of application instructions? It says "Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments." That's application instruction. So we should remove that. Also "You must complete all assessments within 48 hours..." etc. That's application instruction. Remove. Also "Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government..." that's maybe generic but could be considered substantive? It's a statement about desired candidate traits; could be considered part of qualifications? Might keep as part of qualifications? It's not a requirement but a desired attribute. Might be considered boilerplate? Not sure. Safer to keep as part of qualifications? It's not a standard EEO. I'd keep it as part of qualifications prose. Also "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package." That's benefits statement; keep. Also "As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding." That's also benefits; keep. Also "Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered." That's generic but still about benefits; keep? Might be considered boilerplate but it's about benefits. I'd keep. Now we need to format. Let's extract substantive content: Duties: - Provides technical assistance and support on the review of project plans and specifications to determine site compatibility and anticipated problems. - Coordinates with other contractors, private concerns and government agencies involved to preclude conflicts of interests or jurisdictional disputes and to maintain effective public relations on assigned construction projects. - Observes all construction phases to insure compliance with contract schedules, specifications and shop drawings; identify actual or potential problems and determine necessity for changes or remedial action. - Investigates need for contract change orders, controversies which could lead to formal claims by the contractor, deviations requiring engineering determination and other matters. - Makes on-the-spot decisions and commitments to avoid delays in construction with respect to minor changes in construction, deviations from schedules, substitution of materials, and resolution of disputes over the acceptability of work. We could put as

      • each duty. Requirements: - Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. - Direct deposit of pay is required. - Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. - If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the This is an Engineers & Scientists Career Field position. (maybe keep) - Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. - Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. (actually that's pay) - Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest. - A relocation or recruitment incentive MAY be authorized based on the needs of the agency. - Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. - You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. - This position requires a 1 year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. - Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 5 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE [specific date or number of months and/or years]. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. That's a lot. We'll keep as paragraphs. 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 Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement - 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 Specialized Experience One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Monitoring construction quality such as adherence to approved production schedule or proper installation of material components; 2) Analyzing various phases of construction to ensure compliance with contract specifications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). 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. 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-10). Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement. - Additional information Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 5 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE [specific date or number of months and/or years]. Term appointments may be extended beyond of six (6) years, up to eight (8) years. With DoD approval, term appointments may be extended beyond eight (8) years. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If

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