PROGRAM MANAGER

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Facilities and Asset Management (OFAM), Operational Support Facilities Division (OSF).

OSF is responsible for overseeing the planning, construction, maintenance, repairs, operations, and sustainment of OFAM's facilities pertaining to the Office of Air and Marine, the United States Border Patrol, and the Office of Field Operations to enable the CBP and DHS missions of protecting America and its citizens while facilitating legitimate trade and travel.

Responsibilities

• Developing project requirement documents, cost estimates, risk registers, and preparing purchase requirement requests.
• Coinciding and communicating with internal and external partners such as the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), General Services Administration (GSA), or CBP Procurement to help execute high priority projects and contracts.
• Reviewing multi-year work plans developed by subordinate organizational units and subsequently coordinating the overall work.
• Serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative for projects where responsibilities include assisting with the development of statements of work, performing independent government cost estimates, reviewing contractor schedules and work plans, performing quality control on contractor work, and reviewing and processing contractor invoices.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.

Qualifications

• You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Completing program objectives and goals, advising the sequence and timing of key program events and milestones and evaluating program accomplishments; Resolving broad and complex planning, evaluation, control, and resource allocation problems, and providing authoritative advice to management on the use of substantial resources or extensive changes in established procedures prior to implementation; Formulating and directing written and oral strategies for a variety of program administrative processes, which may include programming, financial management, budget planning, project control, purchasing of supplies and equipment, logistics management, security management, and information technology support services.

Background Investigation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity.

Residency

There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. 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. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.