Summary

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Chief Engineer. The Project Scheduler serves as an in‑house, GC‑level scheduler responsible for developing, maintaining, and governing an Integrated Master Schedule across multiple, concurrent construction projects across the Capitol campus.

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This job is open to

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

See Requirements section of this announcement for information on who may apply.

Duties

The Scheduler ensures defensible CPM schedules—fully cost/resource‑loaded, field‑validated, and contract‑compliant—and provides clear reporting and recovery guidance to project managers, construction managers, engineers, and leadership.

The individual selected for this position will perform the following:

Construction Project Scheduling, Oversight and/or Coordination

Coordinates and integrates the development, maintenance, oversight, and reporting of Critical Path Method (CPM) schedules for multi‑phase construction projects.

Develops baseline schedules from scratch using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, including full cost‑loading, resource‑loading, procurement sequencing, and phasing.

Performs monthly schedule updates: validates field progress, statuses actual starts/finishes, corrects logic issues, analyzes float and critical path movement, and ensures schedule accuracy.

Creates schedule reports, narratives, look‑ahead schedules, progress metrics, and variance analyses for project managers, construction managers, engineers, and leadership.

Coordinates scheduling needs and updates with PMs, CMs, engineers, field personnel, and contractors to maintain alignment across all project phases.

Performs risk mitigation by identifying schedule risks and recommending corrective actions or alternative sequencing.

Evaluates and optimizes resources through resource‑loading and leveling to support efficient execution across multiple project activities.

Multi‑Phase Projects

Analyzes scheduling requirements for multi‑phase capital projects occurring within historic and actively occupied facilities.

Develops and maintains an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) or Master Scheduling Program that consolidates milestones, dependencies, and cross‑project constraints.

Coordinates with project managers and engineers to ensure multi‑phase sequencing reflects operational restrictions, access limitations, safety requirements, and historic preservation constraints.

Reviews contractor schedules for feasibility, multi‑phase logic integrity, compliance with sequencing constraints, and suitability for integration into the master schedule.

Technical Construction Schedule Advice and Guidance

Provides technical scheduling expertise and guidance to project managers, construction managers, engineers, and contractor organizations.

Advises project teams on schedule feasibility, constructability, phasing, resource planning, and coordination in sensitive or constrained environments.

Performs Time Impact Analyses (TIA) to evaluate delays, changes, and claims; reviews contractor-submitted TIAs for accuracy, logic quality, and compliance with requirements.

Identifies schedule risks and recommends recovery strategies such as resequencing, alternate work windows, resource adjustments, and acceleration options.

Develops schedule standards, calendars, activity coding structures, and reporting formats to ensure consistency across project schedules.

Maintains schedule data for forensic analysis, documentation integrity, reporting needs, and future reference.

Contractor Oversight

Reviews and evaluates contractor schedule submissions for compliance, accuracy, and feasibility.

Verifies CPM schedules submitted by contractors for correct logic, cost/resource loading, proper sequencing, and adherence to project requirements.

Coordinates with contractors to resolve schedule discrepancies, logic issues, sequencing conflicts, or resource concerns.

Reviews cost‑loaded schedule updates to validate invoice support, progress representation, and earned‑value accuracy.

Ensures contractor schedule updates accurately reflect actual field progress and required corrective actions.

Supports project managers and construction managers in evaluating contractor schedule performance and identifying risks or delays.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.

To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:

• A citizen of the United States;
• A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B);
• A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;
• A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or
• A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at OPM qualification standards

Specialized experience: is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Candidates for the GS-13 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-12) grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as the following:

• Developing, maintaining, analyzing, and updating CPM construction schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Serving as an GC scheduler or equivalent role providing schedule oversight, technical review, contractor coordination, and compliance validation.
• Experience with cost loading, resource loading, progress validation, schedule reporting, and change/claim analysis including Time Impact Analysis (TIA).
• Experience supporting multi phase construction projects or Master Scheduling/Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) development.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced proficiency developing baseline schedules from scratch, with full cost and resource loading.

Scheduler specific certifications:

PMI SP (Scheduling Professional)

AACE PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional)

AACE CEP (Cost Engineer Professional)

PMP is advantageous, but not required.

Education

No education substitution.

Additional information

Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable. For more information, please visit OPM vet guide

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information.

DRUG TESTING: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC’s suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide, and cover the cost for the drug test.

The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol.

The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more information on E-Verify, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc\_1185221678150.shtm

The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation and/or disability.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

Moving expenses are not authorized.

Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Probationary Period- A newly appointed selectee(s) is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probationary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probationary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol.

All application materials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol.

Note: Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc.

The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:

• Knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling

• Knowledge of project scheduling software

• Knowledge of construction procedures and practices, materials and equipment to design

• Contract Administration

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

• Ability to communicate effectively orally.

Your responses to the self assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or disqualification for further consideration.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).

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Required Documents

The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job application process is designed to ensure you only provide information necessary to evaluate your qualifications and eligibility for the position vacancy.

To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant information. No additional documentation or attachments are required at the time of application.

Your resume should list your education, training and work experience including job titles, employment dates, duties and accomplishments.

Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC’s Human Capital Management Division. If additional documentation is required for the position, you will be asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At that time, you may be asked to submit documentation to support statements made in your resume.

For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment status. If the position requires licensure or certification, you will be asked to provide proof at the time of selection.

If Veterans’ preference is claimed, you will be asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by that form).

Failure to provide the required documents will end further consideration and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentative job offers.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

You MUST apply online. FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

If you are a new user to the USAJobs Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to create an account profile with your basic contact information and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJobs user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help setting up an account or for general help using USAJobs, go to USAJobs Help Page.

NEED HELP?

If you experience any difficulties with the application site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line application, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk at 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The help desk is available Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message at all other times.

All required supporting documents will be collected electronically via the USAJobs “Saved Documents” feature.

If you are unable to apply on-line, you may visit our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your application. The Employment Center is located at 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call (202) 226-7000 for directions.

Agency contact information

Nyika Hinson

Phone

202-226-7000

Email

[email protected]

Address

Architect of the Capitol
United States Capitol
Washington, District of Columbia 20515
United States

Next steps

You will receive a notice generated by the USAJobs System when you have successfully submitted your application. We will review your application and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on education) to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements.

You can check the status of your application by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov. You may also sign up to receive automatic emails anytime the status of your application has changed by logging into your USAJobs Account, editing your profile and changing the ‘Notification Settings’ to indicate that you want to be notified by email when the status changes. Information regarding the status of your application should be updated in the system within 2 weeks after the closing date of this job announcement.

Overview

Accepting applications

Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

Architect of the Capitol

Washington, DC

1 vacancy

No matching locations found.

Work site options

Telework eligible

Yes—Telework eligible as determined by agency policy

Remote job

No

Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

Salary

$121,785 - $158,322 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 13

Promotion potential

13 - Full Performance Level is GS-13

Learn more about pay scale and grade

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule

Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer Civil Service Competitive Status

Travel Required

Not required

Appointment type

Term - Temporary 24-month appointment; Full Time

Occupations and job series

• 0809 Construction Control Technical

Supervisory status

No

Federal service type

This job is in the Excepted Service

Represented by a union

No

Drug test

Yes

Security clearance

Other

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.

Background check type

• Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure required

No

Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number

OCE-2026-402

Control number

888970300