About the Position: Incumbent provides support for the operations and maintenance of all Floating Plant and related equipment. Serves as Floating Plant Operations Specialist in in Physical Support Branch's Floating Plant Operations Unit at Caven Point Marine Terminal in Jersey City, NJ.

Duties

Serves as Floating Plant Operations Specialist in Physical Support Branch's Floating Plant Operations Unit. Performs a variety of duties necessary to track actions and assignments of Floating Plant consisting of six vessels. Maintains constant radio/telephone contact with all Floating Plant to ascertain Floating Plant personnel accountability, status of assignments, location of Floating Plant, and availability of Floating Plant for other assignments as needed. Utilizes an automated maintenance control data system, such as FEM/MAXIMO, to provide system control, oversight, repair history, analysis, data entry, and documentation of current and future maintenance operations. Collects information and requirements of O M crews, and issues PM work orders for use by the maintenance crews. Tracks all Floating Plant maintenance, repair and equipment replacement completed during commercial shipyard periods and ensures the information is documented in the maintenance system. Responsible for accounting data and status changes on all Work Orders for work to be performed anywhere on assigned projects. Works with Supervisors to enter detailed data for job plan. Tracks required Floating Plant personnel mandatory training for completion and reports deficiencies to Marine Superintendent. Utilizes positive communication techniques and interpersonal skills to interface with trade and craft workers, engineers, professional and technical personnel, administrative staff, management, partnering USACE and outside agencies and customers. Transports Physical Support Branch personnel in government vehicles as directed.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires a valid State motor vehicle operator's license prior to appointment and maintain the license for the duration of employment.
• Position requires the ability to walk on and traverse hazardous ground.
• Position is subject to recall after normal working hours.
• Temporary business travel (TDY) away from your duty station is required approximately 10% of the time.

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 Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic 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. Specialist Experience for GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Independently managing and scheduling recurring maintenance, work orders, repair, and replacement activities on complex equipment and machinery; and 2) Knowledge of equipment manuals and reccommendations sufficient to maintaining facility maintenance schedules and equipment repairs; and 3) Gathering, compiling, and analyzing data for forecasting preventative maintenance, repairs, labor costs, and ordering parts and supplies; and 4) Utilizing multiple components of an automated maintenance control system and the ability to analyze system data to adjust procedures, make modifications to improve efficiency and review requests for complete and correct data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Facilities Operations and MaintenanceInformation ManagementProject ManagementTechnology Application 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-08).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RD-W2SF02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW YORK DO NOT MAIL New York, NY 10278 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk