Total 4 job vacancies by Architect of the Capitol

The General Engineer/Architect is responsible for project management with emphasis on projects involving new or existing facilities and infrastructure systems. Also provides project management expertise in the capital construction and facility renewal sector with focuses on providing budget, cost, schedule expertise along with the coordination, direction, and oversight of various projects.

Duties include:

Project Management

• Develops and manages the design and implementation of multiple construction projects. Projects may include repair, renovation, rehabilitation, alteration and new construction of buildings, infrastructure systems, and landscapes.
• Provides life-cycle project management for a wide range of facilities- and landscape-related new construction and renovation projects with responsibility to ensure efficient coordination of multiple projects.
• Works with stakeholders to develop project scopes of work for various projects and tasks, ranging from existing facilities and infrastructure system projects to long-term capital projects and studies.
• Plans and manages various complex project management functions with project teams and makes decisions affecting areas of responsibility that are precedent setting.
• Serves as a specialist and a key source of information for assigned areas of responsibility and accountability. Provides professional expertise in evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the facilities program and project management functions and recommends improvements to management.
• Coordinates with the Operations, Horticulture, Administrative Services, and Learning and Engagement Divisions to develop, fund, implement, and track facilities projects.
• Responsible for the development and oversight of studies and design documents as defined in the AOC Project Management Manual.
• Ensures state-of-the-art design of new construction and renovations, alterations, or upgrades of existing facilities in accordance with established criteria, codes, and design standards.
• Prepares and updates schedules for project delivery, implementing a system for review, control and reporting. Routinely reviews project schedules to ensure reasonable and timely implementation.
• Communicates clearly and often with the Director of Capital Projects & Facilities, AOC and USBG project managers in coordinating with AOC staff and officials of affected jurisdictions to keep them informed on project planning.
• Promptly informs the USBG management of project related issues and recommends solutions to prevent critical problems or failures relating to project performance.

Consultant/Contractor Oversight

• Provides design and management guidance to professional Architect/Engineers (A/E) firms and actively monitors performance.
• Serves as the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) to review compliance with A/E contract requirements and specifications.
• Guides and evaluates contractor efforts and technical progress to the established schedule and allocated resources.
• Reviews and evaluates deliverables, submittals, shop drawings, and progress schedules for conformance to the contract.
• Completes fiscal and physical closeout of the project, including writing the final contractor review.

Technical Advice and Guidance

• Provides guidance, technical advice and consultation on project administration. Conducts studies to develop criteria for situations encountered during field inspections.
• Assess and prioritize work based on past experience, subject matter insight, and organizational goals and objectives. 
• Represents organization on panels and Post Occupancy Evaluation teams to identify and recommend design changes and to recommend new and improved design criteria and standards

Responsible for thoroughly understanding and ensuring compliance with applicable AOC and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety rules and regulations. Efforts ensure that work progresses in a safe manner and takes corrective actions to mitigate unsafe conditions. Ensures that Job Hazard Analysis’ are developed and followed and that required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is utilized.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

The individual selected for this position will perform the following duties:

- Serves as Project Manager with responsibility for managing the designs for multi-million-dollar construction projects which may include repair, renovation, rehabilitation, alteration and new construction of buildings and infrastructure systems.

- Provides expertise in evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of project management functions and recommends improvements to management.

- Ensures state-of-the-art design of new construction and renovations, alterations, or upgrades of existing facilities in accordance with established criteria, codes, and design standards.

- Prepares and updates schedules for project delivery, coordinates schedules with all interested parties, and routinely reviews project and financial schedules to ensure reasonable and timely implementation.

- Plans and implements a system for monitoring, controlling, and reporting to ensure project execution remains on time, on budget, and within scope; Reports project status in the AOC’s Project Management Information System (PMIS).

- Provides design and management guidance for professional Architect/Engineer firms and actively monitors performance.

- Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to review and ensure compliance with A/E contract requirements and specifications.

- Guides and evaluates contractor efforts and technical progress to the established schedule and allocated resources.

- Reviews and evaluates deliverables, submittals, shop drawings, and progress schedules for conformance to the contract.

- Reviews payment requests and recommends payment against the contractor’s progress and in compliance with contract specifications.

- Completes fiscal and physical closeout of the project, including writing the final contractor review.

- Provides guidance, technical advice, and consultation on project administration; Contributes to the resolution of technical issues or problems.

- Conducts studies to develop criteria for situations encountered during field inspections.

- Represents organization on panels and Post Occupancy Evaluation teams to identify and recommend design changes and to recommend new and improved design criteria and standards.

- Performs other related duties as assigned.

At the AOC, we are proud of the services we deliver around the clock to our various stakeholders. The Deputy General Counsel is an executive level position that provides, in collaboration with the General Counsel, leadership and direction of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). In addition, the Deputy General Counsel:

• Provides legal advice and counsel to the General Counsel and AOC managers on a broad range of legal matters including: employment law; employee and labor management relations; occupational safety and health matters; service and construction contracts; ethics rules, restrictions, and best practices; environmental issues; fiscal/appropriations law; acquisition and real estate law; tort law; interpretation of proposed legislation and intent of enacted laws; policies; and liability concerns.
• Independently plans and conducts legal research, and personally prepares or directs the preparation of written memoranda, advisory opinions, and other legal documents on behalf of the agency, and exercises independent judgement in recognizing legal issues and determining the scope of and approach to assigned tasks.
• Reviews the work products of OGC staff preparing briefs, opinions and other legal documents.
• Provides advice on inquiries and responds to procedural questions concerning alleged violations of the law or other areas of legal expertise, while acting in the best interest of the agency.
• Ensures legal integrity by ensuring regulations, policies, and procedures are consistent with the intent of the law, are administratively sound, and are efficient and economical in operation.
• Serves as a senior representative of the Architect in administrative proceedings.
• Leads by example; looks for innovative opportunities; ensures commitment to customer expectations; establishes consistent standards, expectations and policies; and demonstrates genuine concern for and interest in the professional development of AOC employees.
• Exhibits innovative and strategic planner skills, applies legal acumen and communicates effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Exercises tact and diplomacy in handling highly sensitive issues for the organization and exercises independent initiative.
• Evaluates current and proposed programs and operations, and recommends actions to initiate, modify or discontinue projects as needed.

Architect of the Capitol (AOC) executives serve at the pleasure of the Architect. 

The selected candidate for this position must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

As General Supervisor, you supervise the trades, crafts, and labor functions of construction, renovation, installation, maintenance and repair projects.

Supervisory and Managerial Responsibilities

• Perform administrative and technical supervisory functions for subordinates.
• Oversees the preparation of cost estimates from drawings, blueprints or site inspections for proposed or anticipated maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction projects and alterations.
• Through subordinate supervisors, oversees the preparation of cost estimates from drawings, blueprints or site inspections for proposed or anticipated maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction projects and alterations.
• Coordinates with managers of other units to schedule maintenance and repair of air conditioning, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and structural systems.
• Recommends the use of contractors to accomplish maintenance work that cannot be undertaken by the in-house workforce.
• Observes work in progress, investigates work-related problems (e.g., excessive costs, low productivity, workload imbalance, and acquisition or development of specialized tools, out of tolerance environmental conditions, excessive noise, building code violations, hazardous material investigations, and coordinates emergency response to hazardous material safety concerns and events) according to AOC and LBG guidance.
• Tracks and maintains logs of required annual inspections, testing, and maintenance contracts. Leverage technology (WebTMA, handhelds, work-issued smart phones, specific technical equipment, BAS systems, etc.) to maintain these records.
• Develops, forecasts, and manages budgets for service units. Develops spend plans for material and overtime, training plans, and personnel scheduling.
• Evaluates maintenance with Computer Aided Facility management coordinator and adjusts to improve maintenance management.
• Plans and establishes Operations and Maintenance Branch leave schedules to ensure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year coverage for the buildings located in Washington, DC.
• Trains and updates workforce on emergency situations and coordination with US Capitol Police (USCP), Security, Emergency Preparedness Directorate (SEPD), Library of Congress (LOC), and AOC’s Office of Safety and Code Compliance (SCC) on response efforts.
• Responsible for coordinating and communicating with Library of Congress staff on steam, domestic water, chilled water, and related electrical outage associated with maintenance and projects and provide formal notifications.
• Makes recommendations to LBG Senior Leadership Team related to operations and maintenance activities and personnel. Serves as liaison between service units and engineering staff for maintenance, facility condition assessment review, and programs affecting maintenance. 
• Coordinates and communicates with the other foreman, engineering staff, and service unit leaders to properly manage jurisdiction operations and minimize impacts to client operations from projects both internal external to the jurisdiction.

Performs other related duties as assigned