Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Lower Colorado Basin Region, Yuma Area Office, Maintenance Management Office located in Yuma, AZ. Full time telework and remote work not available; housing not provided.

Duties

Serves as the Maintenance Management Office Chief representative for program accomplishment ensuring projects throughout the Area are well planned, scheduled, budgeted and executed. Ensures that activity plans and project management plans written by others are accurate, well written and submitted, and if appropriate, the activities are included in the Program Accomplishment process. Performs all supervisory functions for assigned employees to include: recruiting, hiring and ensuring training for employees; evaluating performance; taking disciplinary action; recommending employees for awards; approving leave, timesheets, overtime, travel, ensuring EEO practices and principles are followed, etc. Ensures overall employee morale, employee viewpoint survey improvements, resolution of employee conflicts, etc. YAO wide. Works with program and project managers and budget analysts within the Area and numerous individuals in the Regional and Denver offices to ensure coordination and execution. This includes oversight of accomplishing work for the YAO's Extraordinary Maintenance program. Coordinates with the TSO Chief for the assignment of project managers to major projects and provides oversight and direction to the project managers throughout the process. Prepares high level summary reports or analysis for the Area Manager, as needed. Serves as advisor to the Area Manager, in developing and recommending directions for facilitating and improving the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the activities of the YAO. Provides technical expertise for facility inspections (CFRs, PFRs, etc.), safety of dams, and infrastructure related work throughout the area. Provides leadership, oversight and coordination with peers to ensure all facility recommendations received from inspections are reasonable and are accomplished in a timely manner. Meets with irrigation district managers as necessary on behalf of the Area Manager to demonstrate to them the importance of completing outstanding recommendations.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-13 level, your resume must reflect one year of full time experience: Leading a multidisciplinary group of facility technical, trades and crafts, and support staff working with surface water and groundwater infrastructure and delivery systems. Your resume must also reflect using project management principles and guidelines to manage multiple construction and maintenance infrastructure projects and priorities and formulating program budget requests. 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 02/13/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamation 7301 Calle Agua Salada Yuma, AZ 85364 US
• Name: Nicole Wilson
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]