Facility Management Specialist (Project Manager)

Full Job Description

This position is located in Chickasaw National Recreation Area, in the Facility Management Division.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.

You will work from approximately January through November, and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

Requirements Continued: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.

In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.

In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.

Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/02/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted.

An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience.

For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: 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.

GS-11 level experience demonstrates the ability to oversee a multi-trade maintenance operation or facility management project to include planning, budget, personnel, asset management, and safety.

You must include hours per week worked.

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. Major Duties:

Major Duties: - This position performs project management duties which support an organization that provides engineering, architectural, and landscape architectural advice and guidance on the planning, designing, constructing, expansion, rehabilitation and/or re-purposing of existing and/or new structures and facilities.

Project work may include, but is not limited to, the following types of structures or facilities: campsites, visitor centers, lodging, employee housing, potable water systems, wastewater systems, communication systems, roads, bridges, historic structures/features, cultural landscapes, trails, parking, bus facilities, transportation systems, buildings and administrative structures.

- Works with park to analyze facility problems or needs. Gathers data necessary to describe and understand the problem or need and investigates and evaluates a wide range of technical solutions.

- Creates basic project outlines and conceptual cost estimates, providing support to park management seeking prioritization for a variety of regional and national funding programs.

- Creates detailed project cost estimates, and contributes to project narratives (descriptions, justifications, criteria, etc.).

Maintains a working understanding of the role and operation of NPS facility and project management software tools.

Participates in project tracking system to ensure management has access to timely data regarding project status.

- Reviews requirements of the Quality Assurance Checklist and works with staff and internal technical experts to address requirements such as compliance, sustainability, and code requirements.

- Develops or supports development of schematic design alternatives that meet the requirements determined during Pre- Design. A Class C cost estimate is prepared for each alternative.

Supports the initiation of Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and evaluates projects for potential environmental effects and ensures compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Development of a preferred alternative, based on the outcomes of Value Analysis, completes this phase.

- Provide assistance to the Project Manager and/or Contracting Officer (CO) by developing assisting in the development of a design scope of services, including information on project scoping and pre-design.

Work may also include developing assisting in the development of scopes of work for Design-Build contracts.

Assists in the preparation of an independent government estimate of professional services costs and assists the Project Manager and/or CO in selection of, negotiation with and award to an Architect-Engineer (AE) contractor.

- Analyzes the project site, and for funded projects verifies the project information submitted with the funding request, to develop a program for the project, exploring requirements and contextual parameters.

Work includes revisiting needs and assumptions driving the project to verify that the proposed solution is appropriate and feasible. Follows NPS design and construction protocol.