Facility Operations Specialist

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Serves as Facilities Operations Specialist in the Facilities and Logistics Division of Resource Management providing support of Member Services. Serves as Facility Manager, Safety Officer and Physical Security Officer for the facility. Also provides geographical site-specific construction planning and space utilization oversight. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/29/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirement: Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major Study-engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration. OR Experience General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided a knowledge of the practices and procedures related to property management, maintenance, materials requirements, and building operation and repair. This experience may have been gained in work such as budget or report preparation, maintenance of property and financial records, or trades or crafts work requiring technical knowledge or judgment. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Develops and directs on-site building and furniture operations, maintenance, repair, alteration, cleaning, recycling, shredding, and security activities related to a leased building. Conducts various types of inspections on building and equipment on a regular basis in addition to completing condition surveys, planning and implementing the recycling program, and security system access measures Serves as senior project manager for facilities-related programs including relocations/moves, space modifications, space acquisition, construction requirements, interior design, and other aspects of a fully functional operation of a business environment facility. Negotiates for required services such as janitorial, facility repair and HVAC. Act as liaison with building manager. Conducts in-depth reviews of submitted project proposals to assess facility and/or construction needs and priorities.. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Education Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond graduate education. Physical Requirements: Work is both sedentary and upright. Could stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of t

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