Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist
What you'd do
This position is located at Cape Lookout National Seashore, in the Facilities Maintenance Division. Open to the first 100 applicants or until 07/10/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Major duties
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Region, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Harkers Island, NC. At the full performance level (GS-12) the major duties of this position include but are not limited to the following. The incumbent serves as the Chief of Maintenance and principal advisor to the Superintendent on facility management, maintenance operations, asset stewardship, construction, and infrastructure planning for Cape Lookout National Seashore. The position leads a complex facility management and marine operations program supporting visitor use, resource protection, employee housing, administrative functions, emergency response, and park operations in a remote coastal barrier-island environment. The incumbent plans, directs, and evaluates the maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, preservation, and replacement of park facilities and infrastructure, including buildings, historic structures, roads, docks, marinas, trails, utilities, water and wastewater systems, housing, marine assets, and grounds. As a member of the park management team, the incumbent establishes priorities to ensure facilities remain safe, reliable, accessible, and operational. The incumbent leads maintenance, preservation, rehabilitation, and construction projects by developing scopes of work, cost estimates, schedules, project justifications, and funding strategies. Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative or oversees complex contracts to ensure compliance with applicable codes, safety standards, environmental and historic preservation requirements, contract specifications, and National Park Service policies. The incumbent provides first-line supervision to facility management and maintenance employees, including permanent, term, temporary, seasonal, and wage-grade staff. Responsibilities include assigning and evaluating work, establishing performance expectations, approving leave, addressing employee relations matters, identifying training needs, and promoting safety, accountability, and teamwork. The incumbent ensures compliance with safety, environmental, accessibility, fire prevention, building code, utility system, and security requirements. The position supports emergency and disaster-response operations, including incident management, damage assessment, emergency repairs, facility stabilization, utility restoration, and recovery following hurricanes, storms, flooding, fires, equipment failures, and other incidents. Salary Range Information (Per Annum): $89,508 - $116,362 per annum *First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
What you need to qualify
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 period 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, 07/10/2026, 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-1640-12 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-1640-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: assisting with managing office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, or recreation facilities; assisting with planning maintenance activities and preventive maintenance programs for a facility; estimating materials and labor costs for a variety of maintenance projects or contracts; working as a planner, contractor, or inspector of journeyman in the construction industry; experience in building trade practices; and experience working with the Facility Management Software System (FMSS), or comparable maintenance management, cost estimating and/or project management systems. 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.
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