Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in Morristown National Historical Park, in the Facility Management Division.

If chosen for Morristown National Historical Park (NJ) you will have additional responsibilities at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-04/01/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience.

To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time).

If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of 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-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

This experience includes activities such as: leading facility operations and maintenance activities in building maintenance, repair and restoration; planning maintenance activities and developing preventative maintenance programs for a park, recreational area or similar operation.

You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree, or at least three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in one or a combination of the following fields: engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration; or LLM if related.

You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.

To combine education and experience, first take your number of semester hours in excess of 36 semester hours by 18 or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study.

Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

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 surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection.

Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP.

This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location.

Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible.

If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation.

Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.

Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001). Major Duties:

Major Duties: Park Management Team: Serves as the facility management expert in support of park unit management initiatives.

Actively involved in decisions affecting overall park management policy and operations and contributes to the development of park management documents.

Monitors and evaluates park functions to ensure compliance with and application of approved management direction.

Represents the Park Unit in diverse public contacts with private and public entities to communicate park interests and issues.

Assets, Operations and Fleet Management: Implements Facility Management Software Systems for cost effective management of assets.

Performs and maintains asset inventories and condition assessments for the purpose of maintenance cost for annual and multi-year plans.

Determines asset priority index, deferred maintenance costs, current replacement values and facility condition index.

Plans, schedules and directs work to operate facilities and assets at their most effective level within their responsible program area.

Implements work controls and tracking of work to evaluate the condition of assets. Annually reviews and adjusts work plans/schedules to address identified deficiencies and operational needs.

Project Management: Determines and recommends project scope, goals and objectives, and alternatives for facility modifications when infrastructure capabilities cannot support mission requirements.

Evaluates the need for professional consultation and facilitates the coordination for the design, development, review and evaluation of project documents.

Responsible for construction progress, either as a Contract Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) or as overall project manager.

Analyzes scope problems to assure problems are addressed and project is on schedule and within cost projections.

Performs final inspection, authorizes final approval for acceptance of work and ensures all project documentation is completed and archived.

Risk Management/Safety: Responsible for implementing a current safety and training program to eliminate at-risk behaviors and environments enforcing regulatory policies and mandates.

Implements programs such as medical monitoring, respiratory, and hearing. Maintains health and safety records for all employees supervised.

Reports loss time incidents, evaluates reports to determine trends for the purpose of taking corrective actions.

Initiates corrective measures for violations of OSHA standards, and directing periodicinspections of workplaces supervised.

Financial Management: Prepares annual work budget plans for maintenance operations using the NPS financial management programs.

Participates in the preparation of Operating Financial System (OFS) requests and identifies program deficiencies.

Develops annual and multi-year programs utilizing project management software to augment park base funds in the effective management of facilities and equipment, e.g., cyclic maintenance, repair/rehab, Fee Demo, line-item construction, Federal Land and Highway Programs.

Compiles administrative and cost data for reimbursable accounts. Ensures an accountable process to track andreconcile property inventory.

Compliance: Initiates actions and serves as the liaison for compliance of environmental/cultural issues related to project proposals and park operations.

Responsible for implementing programs to address pollution prevention, conservation and sustainable operations.

Maintains Park facilities in compliance and best management practices of the NPS Environmental Audit Program.

Ensures that work on cultural and natural resources is in adherence with approved Historic Preservation Act and NEPA documents.

Responsible for complying with all Building Codes, Life Safety Codes, NFPA Codes and ADA. Personnel Management: Exercises the full range of supervisory duties at least 25% of the time.

Recruits and recommends selection of employees. Executes established work plans; establishes work schedules and priorities. Recommends promotions, reassignments and other personnel actions.

Approves leave, sets performance standards and evaluates and awards outstanding performance. Identifies training needs and identifies training opportunities.

Resolves complaints or minor grievances and advises employees on matters related to less than satisfactory performance. Actively supports EEO programs and communicates this support to subordinates.