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III. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR KEY PERSONNEL TO BE FMPICYED UNDER THE CONTRACT
A. TITLE: PROJECT MANAGER
1. Functions: The Project Manager must successfully manage large multi-
disciplinary teams, meet deadlines, and keep a project within the
contracted budget. The Project Manager will provide supervisory,
technical and administrative direction for personnel performing under
this contract. The Project Manager will coordinate with the VA
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) to ensure problem
resolution for individual tasks. To ensure success, the Project Manager
must have the capability to communicate both orally and in writing with
the CO5R to express conceptual as well as pragmatic ways to maintain a
high quality documents while ensuring a timely delivery within the
agreed budget.
2. Qualifications:
a. Education: A bachelor's degree, preferably in the environmental
or geophysical sciences; however, a degree in engineering is
acceptable. Training in management principles and practices is also
acceptable.
b. Experience: Evidence of five years of work, within the last seven
years, at increasing levels of difficulty in successfully managing
large multi-disciplinary teams, meeting deadlines, and keeping a
project within the contracted budget. Demonstrated work experience
in medical facilities is important. Knowledge of Federal and state
environmental laws, regulations, and guidelines, and preparation of
sections of Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS) pursuant to the rules and regulations that
implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), are
essential. The Project Manager experience must include three years
of professional work in the field of environmental impact
assessment.
B. TITLE: PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
1. Functions: The Principal Engineer will be responsible for validity of
the engineering studies performed under the contract and specifically
any traffic engineering evaluation and analysis required by the EIS
process.
2. Qualifications:
a. Education: A Bachelor's degree in engineering and license to
practice in any of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.
b. Experience: A total of 10 years experience, within the last
twelve years.
C. TITLE: CIVIL ENGINEER
1. Functions: The Civil Engineer shall have a demonstrated ability to
successfully conduct flood control studies, grading and drainage
feasibility studies, and prepare erosion control plans or studies.
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