Facility Operations Specialist

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience GS-7: One year of specialized experience which includes having performed maintenance work in a maintenance program for multipurpose navigation and flood control facilities and structures other appurtenant elements using a computerized management system to schedule, provide analysis, coordinate, gather and record data.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-05. OR Education: One full year of graduate level education with a major study in engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration. OR Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement.

In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above.

Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achshonor.org/).

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Specialized Experience GS-9: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting in utilizing computer maintenance management systems to create short- and long-term preventative maintenance schedules, work orders, and customizable reports and queries; assisting with powerplant maintenance management scheduling techniques and processes; assisting in providing technical support to facility operations specialists, supervisors, engineers, and management in scheduling emergency, non-routine, corrective, or unanticipated work orders in a computer maintenance management systems; assisting in closing work orders, ensuring proper coding of time, equipment, and supplies in a computer maintenance management systems.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07.

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05/07).

Analyze maintenance history for facilities and equipment Establish maintenance schedules for facilities and equipment.,Develop and update maintenance equipment profiles.,Record system maintenance and repair history.,Prepare or assist in preparing annual and/or periodic program reports.,Attend project maintenance meetings and relay pertinent information.,Provide access and permissions for employees utilizing the Facilities and Equipment Maintenance System (FEM).,Troubleshoots system problems and issues.,Organize, compile all pertinent information, assure accuracy, and enter data updates for equipment into automated maintenance systems.,Serves as the Facilities Equipment Maintenance Systems (FEM) subject matter expert (SME) for the project.,Ensures quality of data entered into Facilities Equipment Maintenance Systems (FEM) by field staff and technicians.