About the Position: Serves as the Facility Ops Specialist performing duties, which include surveillance and coordination of the maintenance of physical facilities, infrastructure, utilities, and grounds for the area of operation; directs planning, review and recommends approval/disapproval of repair projects and funding for facilities. Positions are with the US Army Engineer Huntington District, Operations and Readiness Division, located in Huntington, WV, Summersville, WV, and Louisa, KY.

Duties

Develop, review, prioritize, coordinate, and guide the execution and documentation of planned and unplanned work. Utilize FEM (Facilities and Equipment Maintenance), an automated maintenance management system to coordinate, track and maintain duties. Assist managers in the development of long-range, multi-year work plans for operation, maintenance, and repair of lands and facilities. Directs the operation, maintenance, and repair activities for facilities, maintenance contractors, and other contractors of a critical nature. Exercises leadership to influence and motivate others. Determines quality assurance necessary to fulfill contractor obligations, as quality control representative for the area of operation. Identifies the need for service contract and determines cost. Formulates and enforces policy regarding standards and technical maintenance repair policies for facilities. Determines repair projects and annual scope of work. Serves as technical expert on policy, regulatory matters, operations, maintenance, improvement, and protection of facilities, systems, equipment, grounds, shorelines and channels pertaining to lands and facilities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Requires the ability to obtain and maintain a valid State motor vehicle license, a crane operator’s license, and a boat operator’s license.
• Position is covered by the Civilian Drug Abuse Testing Program. Incumbent is required to sign a DA Form 5019-R "Condition of Employment for Certain Civilian Positions Identified as Critical under the Drug Abuse Testing Program".

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 permanent civilian employees within Operations and Readiness Division. NOTE: This is a planned management action and is a competitive upgrade of an incumbered position. Current Civilian Employees of the OrganizationCurrent Department of Army Civilian Employees 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: developing budgets, schedules, and establishing priorities that follow established policies, procedures, and regulations for navigation and recreation facilities, structures, equipment and programs; using technical knowledge and skills to perform on the ground field repairs and preventative maintenance; utilizing automated maintenance management information systems to maintain and track maintenance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Facilities ManagementFacilities Operations and MaintenanceOral CommunicationPlanning and Evaluating Time in Grade Requirement: 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-09).

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM01 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-HUNTINGTON DO NOT MAIL Huntington, WV 25701 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk