Field Office Manager

Full Job Description

As a Field Office Manager, you will oversee the operations of multiple subordinate teams of building management personnel engaged in the day-to-day operations of all Federally-owned and leased space within the Field Office.

The Public Buildings Service (PBS), Office of Facilities Management is responsible for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of federal buildings.

For each job on your resume, provide: the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year) number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-14 salary range starts at $125,776 per year. Salary depends on the duty location and associated locality pay.

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: providing program oversight for a building management program which includes planning, directing and managing policies, regulations, and procedures related to the day-to-day operations of a commercial office building.

This experience must also include managing and overseeing building programs that are related to customer and client agency satisfaction; maintenance and building operations; building services contracts; repair and alterations; environmental; custodial; asset planning and asset stewardship programs.

Major Duties:

Oversee and direct the performance of building management work to include facility operations, asset planning, asset stewardship, customer relationship management, project management, contract administration and lease administration for Federally-controlled buildings and leased inventory within the same geographic area.

The facilities house customer agency headquarters and/or major field offices, high level executive and judicial customers.

Work with subordinate staff to ensure compliance with PBS building management regulations, policies and standards.

Exercise significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials; assure reasonable equity among subordinate groups of performance standards and rating techniques; make decisions on work problems presented by subordinate leaders; approve expenses comparable to within-grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel; recommend awards or bonuses for personnel and changes in position classification, subject to approval by higher level officials, supervisors, or others.

Oversee and ensure designated staff provides the technical and fiscal management of assigned contracts, ensuring overall contract compliance.

Guide staff to ensure contractors adherence to all contractual commitments during administration, including the timely delivery of quality goods and services.

This includes reviewing and processing invoices for payment and managing all operations throughout the contract life cycle and configuration management processes.

Set long-term and overall objectives for the assigned property management team.

Determine the most efficient and economical manner by which to accomplish assigned workload, establish priorities, and provide positive direction to subordinates on goal attainment and methodology.

Analyze the functions and tasks assigned and determine how best to use employee skills to accomplish work assignments. Assign tasks and adjust workload to meet program needs.

Establish and maintain effective cross-business line communications. Represent the Service Center Director at conferences and in contacts with officials of other services and business lines of GSA.

Work with these officials to resolve problems or disagreements, develop new procedures or approaches to delivery of real property management operations and/or interrelated support.

Represent the Service Center Director, as necessary, in high-level customer meetings on matters involving the facilities managed within your area of responsibility.