Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.

Job Information

The Building People Construction Project Manager in Washington, District Of Columbia

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for an experienced Construction Project Manager with a Secret Clearance. Responsibilities include providing the federal client with professional on-site construction, facility, and project management services across a variety of small to large-scale construction projects. Projects may include space upgrades or modification/reconfiguration of spaces to meet the mission needs of clients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Effectively manage an assigned portfolio of projects while addressing challenges related:

  • Space acquisition, budgeting and cost management, Scheduling, estimating,

  • Construction, space reconfiguration, tenant outfitting

  • project administration, program management, logistics, furniture

  • Building upkeep and general management of client facilities.

Required Experience & Skills

  • A minimum of 4 years’ experience in commercial/government facility construction project management relating to:

  • interfacing with GSA, A&E firms, building suppliers, and construction trades

  • Understanding of construction methodology and scheduling

  • Experience developing government project cost estimates and tracking funding

  • Ability to develop project schedules in MS Project and/or Primavera P3-P6

  • Ability to direct facility construction activities and run construction progress meetings

  • Ability to electronically review, store, and print AutoCAD documents

  • Experience on commercial/government projects that included a large percentage of systems furniture.

  • Ability to pass a “suitability” background investigation and ability to gain a MINIMUM OF TOP SECRET CLEARANCES (with eligibility for SCI access) required.

Preferred Experience & Skills

  • Registered PE, PMP, and/or RA

  • Experience managing complex new construction or major renovation commercial/government building projects with experience managing simultaneous construction and/or building projects.

  • Ability to work independently, in groups, and in a stressful environment.

  • Familiarity with design/construction of secure (SCIF) spaces is preferred, but not required.

Required Education

  • An architecture, engineering, or construction management bachelor’s degree (civil, mechanical, electrical or architectural, etc) from an accredited University recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
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