About the Position: Develops and manages Chicago District's Asset Management Program to provide lifecycle maintenance and capital improvement planning for navigation, flood risk management, aquatic ecosystem restoration, environmental stewardship, and recreation facilities and infrastructure at field operating locations in Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Supervises a team of Operations Support Specialists supporting the operations and maintenance of those same locations.

Duties

Leads development and prioritization of the District’s short- and long-range investment strategies, including capital improvement planning, asset renewal programming, and lifecycle maintenance scheduling. Establishes, organizes, trains, and ensures compliance with asset management policy, guidelines, strategy, objectives, and plans. Oversee standardization and use of the District’s computerized maintenance management system by operating locations to feed long-range maintenance and capital improvement planning. Collects and analyzes maintenance, technical, and budget data and key performance indicators to communicate the condition of District assets, metrics and trends, and plans and priorities for action. Supervises a team of specialists providing maintenance planning, environmental compliance, electronic controls, and cybersecurity support to field operating locations. Uses knowledge and experience of operations and maintenance programs, asset management, budget processes, capital improvements, systems reliability, and levels of service concepts to coordinate activities between field and headquarters staff. Advises Branch Chief, Division Chief, District Commander and other District leaders, and maintains partnerships with other regional and national program managers.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• TDY (Temporary Duty) travel may be required up to 10% of the time.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08).
• Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 17-Nov-2011.
• Incumbent must possess a valid State motor vehicle operator's license prior to appointment and maintain as position requires frequent travel to field project sites.
• This position supervises less than 25%, making it a Code 4 Supervisor. First digit of the CL will remain 0. Code 4 supervisors are ineligible for union membership under the CSRA and are also coded"8888" under their BUS code.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. GS-12 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: performing in-depth analysis of programs; analyzing and recommending potential improvements to automated information management systems; utilizing automated resource management programs; utilizing automated office software applications such as Excel, PowerPoint and Pivot tables; conducting financial or budgetary studies and analysis; ensuring adequate funding for programs and projects; and developing, preparing and submitting budgetary proposals and changes. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Computer SkillsFinancial ManagementProject ManagementTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement for GS-12: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM06 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-CHICAGO DO NOT MAIL Chicago, IL 60604 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk