Facility Operations Specialist

Duties

• Coordinate all maintenance and repairs for building support systems, including HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, to ensure a continuously operational facility.
• Administering contracts for services such as building maintenance, custodial, and groundskeeping, which includes inspecting contractor performance.
• Assist in the development and monitoring of the facility budget and conduct daily inspections to identify and correct building deficiencies by initiating work orders.
• Support space management activities by conducting studies on space utilization, analyzing data, and preparing reports to improve the effectiveness of space allocation.
• Interpret and apply safety and fire prevention regulations, ensuring that equipment, personnel, and industrial safeguards are in accordance with all applicable standards.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Time after Competitive Appointment: Candidates must have served 3 months after latest competitive appointment in the Federal service.
• Time in Grade Requirement - see the Qualifications field below for more details.

Qualifications

Basic Requirement for 1640 Series: Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

or

• 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.

AND

One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized Experience at the GS-9 is defined as: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable in difficulty and responsibility to GS-07 if outside the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: providing operations support for supply/inventory activities; and researching documents or other resources to coordinate inventory requirements.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. To be considered for the GS-7, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-5 or higher in the Federal service. To be considered for the GS-9, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-7 or higher in the Federal service.

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

You may qualify for consideration if meeting specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Education

GS-9 Substitution of Education for Experience: Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education, Master's or equivalent graduate degree, may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education ( ).

Additional information

• A one year probationary or trial period may be required
• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click .
• This position requires the incumbent to travel away (in the most expedient manner) from their normal duty station to other locations within the continental United States (CONUS) up to 25 percent of the time
• The employee may be required to work overtime
• The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays as mission dictates
• Call back and emergency duty are regular requirements of this position.
• The employee may be required to remain on duty or report for duty during national emergency, severe weather or other installation closings
• The employee must possess, and maintain a valid motor vehicle driver's license.
• Employee may be required to use cellular telephone and maintain a working telephone at all time
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a forklift operator's certificate
• A physical examination is required due to heavy lifting. Must be able to lift 40 pounds
• The incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450 Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon entering the position and annually thereafter, in accordance with DoD 5500.07-R, Joint Ethics Regulation (JER)
• NOTE: The work is sometimes performed in settings in which there is regular and recurring exposure to moderate discomforts and unpleasantness such as high levels of noise and high temperatures in warehouses, or adverse weather conditions while transporting mission critical equipment between sites. The work may require the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as steel toed boots, hard hat and safety glasses when working in warehouse areas. The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, walking, bending, stooping, reaching, and similar activities in and around storage areas.
• Telework availability is limited and will only be provided on a rare case-by-case basis during situations where Agency Leadership has determined that telework serves a compelling DoD need.
• Selections are subject to restrictions resulting from the DoD Program for Stability of Civilian Employment.
• We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date.
• This position is Non-Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.
• Pay for first time hires to the Federal Government will typically be set at step 1 salary range for their respective grade level.
• Retired Civil Service Employee: Employment of retired Federal employees receiving an annuity is subject to the requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD) policy guidance. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300, .
• Criminal History Inquiries- For some positions, criminal history inquiries may not take place before you receive a conditional job offer. Please see for more information on The Fair Chance to Compete Act, exceptions, and DFAS contact information.