SUPERVISORY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Duties

• Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the 502 Civil Engineer Squadron. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and 502 CES objectives. Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, implement quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors. Advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher level management or headquarters. Selects candidates for subordinate non-supervisory positions and recommends selections for subordinate supervisory positions taking into consideration skills and qualifications, and mission requirements.
• Represents 502 CES with a variety of installation and functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with the Air Base Wing and base level organizations. Meets with key customers and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolves significant problems that arise.
• Reviews, understands, and authorizes designs, plans and lays out work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, guides, engineering data and building codes. Reviews minor construction and measured work orders effecting systems, parts and assemblies to be repaired, replaced, installed or modified on complicated plumbing and structural equipment. Visits work site and analyzes, evaluates and determines damage and approves corrective measures required when planning repairs or modification projects.
• Administers the computerized Preventative Mechanical Program (PM). Is responsible for oversite and maintenance of the computerized Preventative Maintenance (PM) program for plumbing, mechanical, civil and structural fields. Makes adjustments and assignments according to workload and manning. Assures all requirements are completed as schedule. Initiates and direst corrective actions or equipment replacement as per evaluated recorded data.
• Utilizes safety and security practices and procedures following established rules and Regulations and maintains a safe, clean and secure work environment. Enforces federal and state rules for storing, using handling, labeling and disposing of hazardous materials and waste in accordance with environmental standards. Insures all employees use the proper safety equipment and adhere to all safety practices and directive.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• May be required to work other than normal duty tours and tours of duty such as rotating shifts, overtime, weekends, call back, uncommon tours of duty, holidays, etc. Will be required to carry a beeper or cell phone.
• May be required to travel TDY as directed by management, sometimes on short notice and including overnight says, traveling by military or commercial aircraft or by any other designated means.
• May be required to participate in contingency situations, real world and exercise as directed.
• The work will require the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An appropriate valid driver's license will be required for the position.
• An Associate or Bachelor's degree is desired.
• This position is a designated as a key position IAW AFI 36-507. Duties of this position are essential to the accomplishment of wartime/contingency operations. (cont.)
• (cont.) Incumbents of key positions must be removed from their military recall status if alternative for filling of the position during an emergency are not available.
• This position is a Mission Essential (ME) position performing a Mission Critical Function (MCF) which must continue uninterrupted after the (cont.)
• (cont.) occurrence of an emergency and continued through full resumption of all functions. IAW, DoDI 3020-42, Defense Continuity Programs.
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. (cont.)
• (cont.) Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety.
• This is a Centrally Managed Position in the 1640 Series, Facility Operations Services Career Field

Qualifications

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (cont)

• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• "This is a Supervisory Position." A 1 year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule, Administrative and Management Positions, Facility Operations Services Series,1640.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs. Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans. Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. Knowledge of CE Bas level operations with experience in a CE Organization is highly desired. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures. Knowledge of a wide range of principles, processes and techniques of trade(s) and/or craft(s) supervised and personnel management policies, practices and procedures, including sexual harassment and equal Employment Opportunity/Equal Employment Treatment.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

1. Knowledge of CE Bas level operations with experience in a CE Organization is highly desired.
2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.
3. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an organization through subordinate supervisors.
4. Ability to analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources. Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
5. Knowledge of a wide range of principles, processes and techniques of trade(s) and/or craft(s) supervised and personnel management policies, practices and procedures, including sexual harassment and equal Employment Opportunity/Equal Employment Treatment.
6. Ability to read and interpret blueprints, diagrams, sketches and technical specifications.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click for more information.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement.

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