Facility Operations Specialist

Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Individual Occupational Requirements (IORs) for the Facility Operations Specialist Series, 1640 series are as follows: Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

Or Specialized Experience: 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.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT, YOU MUST ALSO MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one of the following: Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Maintaining and repairing a variety of facility systems, components, and structures, providing technical support on preventive maintenance measures for building systems, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and control systems.

Monitoring the repair of low-voltage, and line voltage electric systems, door hardware, fire and life safety protection equipment/systems, sprinkler systems, and related hardware and software. Installing, maintaining, repairing, and adjusting all types of locks and their components for the building, rooms, and vehicles.

Conducting detailed inspections of buildings, additions, and alternations of existing buildings to determine structural deficiencies, proper use, and compliance with public law, federal and state regulations. OR 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 of Experience and Education: A combination of successfully completed post- high school education at the graduate level.

Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.

This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

National Service Experience (i.e., 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 directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission.

If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

As a Facility Operations Specialist, at the full performance level you will perform the following duties: Ensure performance of preventive maintenance on building systems, plumbing, electrical, mechanical and control systems and related components. Monitor the preventive maintenance programs to ensure life expectancy of operational facilities.

Repair building plumbing, low-voltage, and line voltage electric systems, door hardware, fire and life safety protection equipment/systems, sprinkler systems, seniors and related hardware and software. Upgrade and maintains security systems.