This position is located in the Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center - PDC in Fort Worth, Texas. The duties of the incumbent include verifying the repair or replacement cost of such damage; and making disbursement recommendations to complete the needed restorations. Properties include single family homes, smaller apartments and condominium buildings and typical commercial businesses.
As a Construction Analyst at theGS- 0828-11, some of your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a senior technical authority responsible for the desk based verification and evaluation of a wide range of property types, including single family residences, multifamily residential complexes such as apartments and condominiums with specialized building systems, and distinctive business structures. Independently reviews and analyzes comprehensive project documentation, including contractor estimates, engineering reports, detailed plans and blueprints, insurance assessments, and varied financial records to determine the extent of disaster related damage, associated repair costs, and applicant eligibility. Frequently resolves unprecedented or technically challenging cases with limited guidance, issuing authoritative recommendations regarding loan eligibility and disbursement amounts while ensuring strict adherence to agency policies, regulations, and applicable statutes. Regularly mentors and reviews the work of lower graded analysts and loss verifiers. IMPORTANT NOTES: TRAVEL STATEMENT- You may be required to travel to a disaster site during increased disaster activity for extended periods with little or no advanced notice. If so, you may encounter hazardous working and/or living conditions; i.e., no water or electricity and/or minimal lodging facilities. Travel expenses are compensated based on SBA policy and Federal regulations. This position works on an as needed basis. This means that employees are in a pay and duty status only when activated to respond to workload needs, especially in response to heightened disaster activity. When no longer needed, employees return to a non-pay status until the next event necessitates additional staff. However, depending on the workload and/or level of disaster activity, your work schedule may be changed to full-time. Subsequently, if the workload decreases, you may be placed in a NonPay Status. Mandatory Overtime: In order to respond quickly and efficiently to disaster survivors, substantial compensated overtime hours may be required while on assignment (up to seven days a week and twelve to fourteen hours a day). A valid driver's license may be required.
APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: 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 (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Verify School accreditation. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty. *** If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. *** For further information, click on: Foreign Education.
brandon.pimpleton@sba.gov
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