Job opening: Building Operations Specialist
Salary: $112 015 - 145 617 per year
Published at: Aug 15 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement HHS-SAMHSA-MP-23-12088361 under merit promotion procedures. Please review this announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under merit promotion procedures.
Duties
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As a Building Operations Specialist, you will use your knowledge of and experience with building operations to optimize business results and customer experience by:
Acts as the Health and Safety Officer of SAMHSA. Keeps up-to-date on health and safety issues and goals for SAMHSA and coordinates with Program Support Center (PSC) and the department in determining how to implement programs as SAMHSA prepares reports to the department, such as the annual Occupational Safety and Health Report. Attends regular departmental meetings with departmental Occupational Safety and Health officials. Maintains and updates SAMHSA's evacuation plan and as part of the safety program, develops, implements, and monitors evacuation procedures during emergencies. Responsible for the coordination and access to the training of wardens of employees as well as helping those with physical disabilities register and develop a personal evacuation plan. Responsible for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping and ensuring injured staff report injuries into the Employees' Compensation Operations and Management Portal (ECOMP) website and are filed properly.
Director of Division of Operational Support (DOS), management officials, and other administrative and managerial staff on the development of solutions to organizational operations and activities, which would include the study of building management procedures, methods, and techniques; developing standard building management practices; and providing advisory services.
Performs staff managerial and administrative work concerned with analyzing, developing, evaluating, or promoting improvements on the policies, plans, methods, procedures, and systems related to health and safety and operations of the facility. Provides centralized administrative services for the Agency, including processing and coordinating requests for and providing advice on property, facilities, and other activities; and ensures that all administrative actions are consistent with regulations and other requirements.
Coordinates with operating division (OPDIV) officials, other agencies, and liaisons to develop and maintain high customer satisfaction levels by ensuring that DOS requirements, products and services are easily obtained, meet the customer's needs, and that short-term problems are quickly resolved. Identifies systemic problems, studies, analyzes, end evaluates the needs of customers and develops specific solutions to meet those needs.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
- Suitable for federal employment.
- Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
- Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
- All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.
- Financial disclosure statement may be required.
- Probationary (or trial) period may be required.
Qualifications
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing the following:
1. Communicating with internal and external stakeholders at various levels regarding operational support in multiple areas of responsibilities.
2. Utilize software designed to assist in providing advice on, processing and coordinating property accountability.
3. Conduct program analysis and update to agency emergency procedures and management.
Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.
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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.
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Contacts
- Address Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
5600 Fishers Ln
Rockville, MD 20857
US
- Name: HR Consultants
- Phone: 240-276-0550
- Email: [email protected]
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