Project Manager (Interdisciplinary)

This position is located in Gateway National Recreation Area, in the Project, Planning and Asset Management Division.

Qualifications:

Requirements Continued........

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period -OR- 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/05/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Candidates who do not meet the basic requirements from one of the following (General, Civil or Electrical Engineer or Landscape Architect or Architect) by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position.

Basic requirements for General (0801), Civil (0810) or Electrical Engineer (0850):
Education:
Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. You must include a copy of your transcripts. -OR-
Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1) Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. 2) Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3) Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4) Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) You must include a copy of your transcripts or license.

Basic requirements for Landscape Architect (0807):
Education:
Degree: landscape architecture or landscape design. You must include a copy of your transcripts. -OR-
Combination of education and experience: for each year short of graduation, the applicant must have had 1 year of experience under professional leadership and guidance of such character and diversity as to be a satisfactory substitute for the required education. This experience must have included original landscape design. You must include a copy of your transcripts and hours worked per week.

Qualifications Continued under Education...........

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes facility needs with parks, develops project need statements and justifications, and identifies potential funding sources.
• Prepares basic project outlines and preliminary cost estimates to support project scoping and funding prioritization.
• Develops detailed project narratives and cost estimates; maintains proficiency with NPS facility and project management systems.
• Participates in the Division's project-tracking processes to provide timely project-status information to management.
• Verifies project requirements, validates funding-request information, and prepares pre-design documentation following NPS standards.
• Reviews compliance, sustainability, and code requirements using the NPS Quality Assurance Checklist.
• Assists in developing schematic design alternatives, prepares Class C estimates, and supports EA/EIS environmental compliance activities.
• Applies value-based decision-making methodologies and participates in Value Analysis processes.
• Contributes to design development and construction document review, including CAD drawings, specifications, and Class A/B cost estimates.
• Ensures integration of safety requirements in all project phases and completes required Quality Assurance documentation.
• Provides technical expertise to parks and Division staff; identifies when inquiries develop into potential projects and informs supervisor.
• Assists the Contracting Officer (CO) in developing scopes of services, IGEs, and acquisition materials for A/E design and Design-Build projects.
• May serve as COR during design, ensuring contractor products meet NPS requirements and coordinating technical reviews.
• Verifies contractor invoices, monitors A/E performance, and completes final performance evaluations.
• Supports pre-award activities including site visits, proposal evaluations, negotiations, and processing contract modifications.
• Performs COR duties during construction, coordinating with park inspectors to ensure contractor compliance and obtaining as-built documents.
• Completes required COR certification and maintains credentialing.
• Provides general program support, including committee participation, tool development, training delivery, and review of technical program documents.
• Assists parks with preparation of Development Advisory Board (DAB) submittals and enters project data in the Automated DAB system.

Salary : $105,481