Below are the opportunities currently open for applications via USAJOBS.gov.

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Marketing and Communications Director

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). The CVC is the public’s front door to the U.S. Capitol, offering tours and education programs as well as supporting congressional events. Our goal is to inform, involve and inspire every visitor to the U.S. Capitol. The CVC has 200 employees across five divisions: Visitor Services, Exhibits and Education, Retail, Communications and Marketing, and Planning, Operations and Evaluation.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
1101
General Business And Industry
Grade Level
GS
15
Salary
$167,603.00
$195,200.00

Fire Protection Engineer

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Facilities Support Division. The selectee serves in a developmental capacity as a Fire Protection Engineer with responsibility for performing professional engineering work to protect life and property from destructive fire. The selectee will perform a variety of more difficult assignments to develop experience.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0804
Fire Protection Engineering
Grade Level
GS
07 - 11
Salary
$57,164.00
$109,975.00

Fire Protection Engineer

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Facilities Support Division. The selectee serves as engineering consultant and advisor and provides professional guidance on moderately difficult fire prevention operations, practices, techniques, procedures, national codes, etc., in support of the planning, engineering design, and construction oversight for the repair and improvement of existing facilities.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0804
Fire Protection Engineering
Grade Level
GS
12 - 13
Salary
$101,401.00
$156,755.00

Decorative Plasterer (Painter)

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, Superintendent, Library Buildings and Grounds (LBG). The incumbent performs as a journey-level Plasterer Painter-Decorator and performs coating work on equipment, furnishings and buildings and is accomplished by standard methods and special finishing techniques including graining, marbling and mottling using coating materials prepared in common and special methods.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
3605
Plastering
Grade Level
WG
11
Salary
$36.12
$42.20

Management and Program Analyst

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, House Office Buildings (HOB), Office of the Executive Director is seeking a Management and Program Analyst (Time Lead Manager) to analyze and advise the effectiveness of programs and/or the efficiency of management operations. This role focuses on Time and Attendance and Leave Management operations.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0343
Management And Program Analysis
Grade Level
GS
11
Salary
$84,601.00
$109,975.00

EEO Specialist (Affirmative Employment Program Manager)

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Division (EEOD). As a senior specialist, the incumbent is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Affirmative Employment Program, with oversight of the AOC’s Special Emphasis Programs.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0260
Equal Employment Opportunity
Grade Level
GS
14
Salary
$142,488.00
$185,234.00

Reservation System Coordinator

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is seeking a highly organized and customer focused individual to serve as a Reservation System Coordinator in the Visitor Services Division of the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). This position is responsible for managing the Advance Reservation System (ARS) to coordinate thousands of tour reservations for the U.S. Capitol, supporting congressional offices, tourism groups, and the general public.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0303
Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant
Grade Level
GS
08
Salary
$63,307.00
$82,305.00

Deputy Executive Director of Facilities Operations, U.S. Capitol Building

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) has an exciting leadership role for an exceptional and experienced professional engineer or architect. The Deputy Executive Director of Facilities Operations, U.S. Capitol Building, leads teams of architects, engineers, skilled trades, labor and custodial, technical and administrative staff supporting the U.S. Capitol building operations.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0801
General Engineering
Grade Level
SR
00
Salary
$150,160.00
$207,500.00

Management and Program Analyst (Facilities Management)

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations (OCO). The selectee coordinates key aspects of campus-wide Facilities Management, managing associated systems and support contracts and advises management on facilities management systems, leads initiatives to ensure high-quality facilities support for AOC occupants, and provides oversight of AOC’s Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0343
Management And Program Analysis
Grade Level
GS
13
Salary
$120,579.00
$156,755.00

Assistant Director, Design and Program Delivery

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Chief Engineer. The selectee will be responsible for supervising professional, technical, supervisory, permanent, temporary and contract support staff in completing and executing the roles and responsibilities within the Planning and Design Division.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0801
General Engineering
Grade Level
GS
15
Salary
$167,603.00
$195,200.00

Maintenance Mechanic Assistant Supervisor

This position is located in Architect of the Capitol; Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Superintendent Senate Office Buildings, Maintenance Branch, General Maintenance Evening/Night Section. The incumbent is a Maintenance Mechanic Assistant Supervisor and serves as Assistant Chief of the Section. The Section performs air conditioning, electrical and plumbing work on an assigned shift.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
4749
Maintenance Mechanic
Grade Level
WS
10
Salary
$44.64
$52.00

Botanist

This position is at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG). The USBG is a public garden in the legislative branch and was established by Congress in 1820. The Garden inspires people to appreciate, study, and conserve plants to enrich society locally and globally. We provide educational experiences to 1 million visitors annually, present horticultural displays and exhibits, strive to break down barriers to inclusion, and advance the exchange of ideas and information. Learn more: U.S. Botanic Garden.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0430
Botany
Grade Level
GS
11 - 12
Salary
$84,601.00
$131,826.00

General Engineer/Architect (Senior Project Manager)

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief Engineer, Project Management Division is seeking an exceptional General Engineer or Architect (Sr. Project Manager) to manage major construction projects having agency-wide impact. The selectee will provide overall project management direction ranging from conceptual design through commissioning.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
0801
General Engineering
Grade Level
GS
14
Salary
$139,395.00
$181,216.00

Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings, Maintenance Branch, Air Conditioning Section. The incumbent installs, maintains, evaluates and adjusts, repairs and calibrates electronic control equipment and systems in support of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) operations in the Senate Office Buildings (SOB).
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
2606
Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic
Grade Level
WG
12
Salary
$37.97
$44.29

Custodial Worker

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings (SOB). The Senate Office Buildings is seeking a reliable and hardworking (Night) Custodial Worker to perform a wide range of cleaning and other custodial duties in an assigned group of rooms, offices, and public spaces in the Senate Office Buildings.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
3566
Custodial Working
Grade Level
WG
04
Salary
$22.02
$25.66

Floor Maintenance Trainee

This position is in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Client Services Division, Labor and Custodial Branch, Night Labor and Custodial Section. Floor Care Unit. The purpose of the position is to provide assistance to journey level workers in, and learn the skills associated with, cleaning floors, carpets, and walls for areas in the Senate Office Buildings.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
3501
Miscellaneous General Services and Support Work
Grade Level
WG
04
Salary
$22.02
$25.66

Painter-Refinisher

This position is in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Painting Branch. Serves as a skilled journey level Painter-Refinisher and does coating work on furnishings and buildings.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
4102
Painting
Grade Level
WG
10
Salary
$34.36
$40.14

Painter

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC); Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings; Assistant Superintendent, Tenant Services Division; Painting Branch. As a Painter, the incumbent’s tasks include coating working on furnishings and buildings accomplished by standard methods and special finishing techniques including graining, marbling and mottling using coating materials prepared in special and common methods.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
4102
Painting
Grade Level
WG
09
Salary
$32.52
$38.02

Sheet Metal Mechanic (Roofing)

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings is seeking a journey level Sheet Metal Mechanic for the Assistant Superintendent Tenant Services Division, Sheet Metal Section to form, join and assemble and install sheet metal components of air conditioning, heating, ventilation, copper roofs and kitchen appliances.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
3806
Sheet Metal Mechanic
Grade Level
WG
11
Salary
$36.12
$42.20

HVAC Electronics Mechanic (DDC)

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, Superintendent, Capitol Building, Assistant Superintendent, Tenant Services and Facility Operations Division, Maintenance Branch, HVAC-R Section. The incumbent performs progressively more complex assignments on electronic equipment and control systems frequently solving multi-dimensional problems while inspecting, troubleshooting, maintaining and adjusting heating and cooling systems.
Opening Date
Closing Date
Job Family (Series)
2604
Electronics Mechanic
Grade Level
WG
12
Salary
$37.97
$44.29