EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES SPECIALIST
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Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: - Experience utilizing Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to track facilities data, draft documentation, and manage daily administrative tasks. - Experience performing physical facility maintenance operations, including safely emptying, transporting, and managing solid waste containers across the property. - Experience operating machinery safely, with a strong readiness to complete upcoming company-sponsored forklift training and certification upon onboarding. - Experience in comprehensive facility operations, demonstrating a proven ability to independently troubleshoot, maintain, and resolve mechanical and facility equipment issues. - Experience handling work order management by identifying required facility repairs such as plumbing, electrical, and structural fixes and submitting accurate, timely work requests.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 directly to paid employment.
You will utilize advanced experience with MS Office programs, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, to manage facilities databases, track equipment lifecycles, and generate technical maintenance reports for agency leadership.,You will apply physical capability and experience to oversee and execute the safe collection, handling, and emptying of solid waste containers across all agency facilities in compliance with environmental and safety standards.,You will leverage foundational machinery experience to complete mandatory, agency-arranged forklift operator training and safely operate material-handling equipment to transport heavy facility parts and supplies.,You will deploy comprehensive knowledge and experience in facility operations to systematically troubleshoot mechanical failures, evaluate building systems, and perform direct interventions on malfunctioning facility equipment.,You will execute basic facility diagnostics to identify critical maintenance deficiencies in plumbing, electrical, and structural systems, and directly submit and track formal work requests for necessary repairs.,You will integrate technical facilities troubleshooting experience with digital reporting tools to optimize daily building operations, minimize equipment downtime, and ensure full compliance with safety and operational readiness protocols.
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This job's listed pay is 17% below the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
- O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Official routes: USCIS
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