Construction Control Representative

Summary

This Construction Control Representative position is located in Facilities Management Service at the Leeds - MA location.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-12 grade level:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service; experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience examples include: engineering aid, technician, surveying technician performing work directly related to construction;

construction inspector or construction representative responsible for interpreting plans and specifications; inspecting materials and workmanship and ensuring adherence to safety requirements; supervising crafts persons; equipment operators; mechanics engaged in construction work, provided that the experience involved responsibility for interpreting plans and specifications and inspecting workmanship for adherence to such plans and specifications. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. All qualifying experience, including volunteer experience, will be credited.

• Participates in design review conferences and reviews preliminary plans and specifications prior to advertisement for practicability, anticipated physical obstructions and other construction difficulties and availability of selected materials.
• Attends and participates in pre‑bid conferences to orient and inform bidders as to features, requirements and special conditions.
• Reviews final plans and specifications for construction feasibility, practical accomplishment and interprets technical portions for other participants.
• Reviews correspondence and reports on construction status and progress, tests, administration, end contractor’s estimates relative to construction and makes decisions and/or recommendations relative to most practical methods of achieving desired results.
• Reviews or initiates proposed changes in contract requirements and makes recommendations for desirability, construction feasibility and reasonableness of costs.
• Decides upon such matters as suitability of completed work, adequacy of construction equipment, practicability of construction operations, feasibility of schedules and estimates, adequacy of inspection and control procedures and effectiveness of earth placement procedures.
• Prepares documentation and sketches of contract changes, estimates of costs for modifications, materials and equipment; evaluates conditions at the work site, field measurements, computations, local prices; negotiates changes with contractor’s representatives and presents data as basis for substantiating contract modifications.
• Prepares progress reports and computation sheets from bid breakdown.
• Recommends progress payments based upon the percentage of work satisfactorily completed and determines any with holdings for unsatisfactory work.
• Assures that all work under contract provisions has been completed and that no deficiencies exist that would preclude recommending final payment to contractor.
• Incumbent furnishes all reports and data required for transfer upon completion of construction.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Work schedule:
  
  Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Physical requirements:
  
  long periods of standing, walking over rough or uneven surfaces, occasionally bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, climbing; lifting light to moderately heavy items weighing less than 50 pounds; regular visits to construction, industrial, marine or other outdoor sites.