Supervisory Exhibits Specialist
What you'd do
The HPTC mission is dedicated to the safe preservation and maintenance of national parks or partner facilities by demonstrating outstanding leadership, delivering quality preservation services, and developing educational events that fulfill the competency requirements of Service employees in the career fields of Historic Preservations Skills and Crafts, Risk Management, Maintenance and Planning, Design, and Construction.
Major duties
Provides direct supervision of employees in the wood-crafting section who perform work associated with multi-year, multi-million dollar funded construction projects. Function as an expert in historic preservation performing a variety of technical and consultative services that support HPTC's mission, programs, operations and activities. Drafts, reviews, and approves contract documents. Participates in program planning and development efforts as well as advocating positions on proposals related to HPTC services. Directs and supervises a staff of Exhibits Specialists, Wage Grade Leaders and employees and other HPTC employees. Physical Demands: Work can require the incumbent to climb and work from ladders and scaffolding, and work in confined crawl space areas, underneath structures, or on rooftops that can be over one hundred feet above ground level. The incumbent must walk through water, or over rough, uneven or rocky terrains found at construction sites of outdoor facilities and carry heavy objects or supplies (over 50 lbs.) in order to them to the job site. There are considerable physical exertion related actions such as lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying objects of various sized, weights and shapes. Work requires regular and continuous surveillance of construction operations in the field. Incumbent is required to perform trade work on historic preservation projects. Working Conditions: The work is generally performed in an office setting with adequate lighting, space, heating and ventilation yet may require periods of field work and exposure to all types of outdoor weather conditions, working with heights, confined spaces and noisy work environments.
What you need to qualify
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/22/2026-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. You must meet the following Basic Requirements in order to be eligible for this position: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- illustrative design, commercial art, fine arts, industrial design, architecture, drafting, interior design, or other fields related to the position. -OR- Specialized Experience: Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position. This includes work in the appropriate field, e.g., design, modelmaking, art, taxidermy, or restoration. If you do not meet these basic requirements, you will be considered not qualified and will not receive consideration for this position. -AND- To qualify for the Supervisory Exhibits Specialist position at the GS-13 grade, you must meet the following minimum qualifications by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Experience at this level must include the following: 1) Supervision of General Service (GS), Wage Grade (WG) and other employees who perform the trade work on preservation and or maintenance projects; 2) Serves as in historic preservation expert and/or project manager performing planning, design, and construction of historic structures and material; 3) Performing historic preservation work involving types of designed and rustic architecture or, historical landscapes, historic roads, bridges, and other roadside features; 4) Establishing historic restoration project requirements and priorities and developing strategies for long term goals for historic preservation. You must include hours per week worked and GS level for federal positions listed on resume. 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. Requirements Continued... Time in Grade: Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service); with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments. Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments and must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will 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.
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