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

As a Program Manager, your typical duties may include the following:

• Developing project requirement documents, cost estimates, risk registers, and preparing purchase requirement requests.
• Coordinating 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. Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years. 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.
• As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards.

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.

NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.

Skills

Certification: Incumbent must possess a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Level III certification or have the ability to obtain this certification within 18 months of placement.

Pay

This position starts at a salary of $115,711.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $150,426.00 (GS-13, Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.