Project Manager (Architect)

About the role

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking a civilian Project Manager (Architect) to support the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The position is located in the 88th Civil Engineer Group (88 CEG), Engineering Division (88 CEG/CEN).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a professional architect, performing project planning, design, and construction execution management for real property facilities and infrastructure on a military installation.
• Lead project teams for multi-phase new construction, renovation/repair, and improvement projects, including utility systems.
• Review, prepare, and/or develop design calculations, cost estimates, schedules, underlying analysis, technical drawings, and specifications for projects of varying size and complexity.
• Evaluate design objectives and requirements to identify economical and efficient procedures for building design and performance.
• Apply standard architectural theory and practices to create architectural/engineering solutions without technical instruction or guidance, and identify problem limits.
• Coordinate projects with other architects and engineering disciplines to ensure all design considerations are addressed and applicable criteria, codes, and instructions are followed.
• Develop statements of work and other documents to support contract solicitations from various contracting agencies.
• Provide professional consultation on difficult architectural issues and problems; consult with contractors, A&E firms, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and other agencies to resolve design interfaces, regulatory limitations, and expedite work.
• Serve as the primary liaison with customers during design requirement development and with contractors, A&Es, USACE, and other agencies during contract execution.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge of architectural concepts, principles, and practices; familiarity with engineering disciplines; broad range of O&M engineering and construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, materials, and equipment to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of standard contracting regulations, practices, and procedures; work classifications; regulatory and statutory restrictions on appropriated and non-appropriated funds.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental requirements as outlined in applicable standards, regulations, and/or technical orders.
• Knowledge of program planning and budgeting cycles, automated data processing concepts, financial control and budget systems, environmental principles, economic usage practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and current legislative issues.
• Ability to plan, conduct, lead, and record site/facility surveys and inspections; research, analyze, interpret, and apply rules, laws, regulations, and procedures to recommend timely and economical solutions; plan and organize work and coordinate with other disciplines.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and maintain good working relations.

Additional Requirements

• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• Incumbent is required to file an OGE Form 450 (Confidential Financial Disclosure Report) upon appointment and annually thereafter.
• Must obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• May act as project liaison with the Army Corps of Engineers or other design agencies as required.
• May be required to serve on A&E and/or Construction contractor source selection boards.
• U.S. citizenship required.