The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist supports an organization of facilities and equipment through the supervision of subordinate staff, multi-year/operational budgets, and the utilization of new information technologies. These duties provide stewardship of assets/facilities ensuring visitor use and enjoyment as well as the protection of natural and cultural resources.

Duties

Actively involved in decisions affecting overall park management policy and operations and exercises full range of supervisory duties. Utilizes Facility Management Software Systems for cost effective management of assets and maintains cost records and prepares annual work budget plans for maintenance operations. Establishes project scope, goals, objectives, deliverables, compliance requirements, and alternatives for maintenance projects. Responsible for implementing a current safety and training program to eliminate at -risk behaviors and environments enforcing regulatory policies and mandates. Initiates actions and serves as the liaison for compliance of environmental/cultural issues related to project proposals and park operations. The Calumet area has a population of approximately 6, 000 people with community amenities including hospital, school and shopping services. The Cities of Houghton and Hancock are located approximately 12 miles south and both are full service communities. Higher education facilities are available at Michigan Technological University in Houghton. Park housing is not available. Housing is available in surrounding communities for both rental and purchase. Summers are mild and daytime temperatures ranging from 70 to 90 degrees, and fishing, boating, camping and hiking are popular recreational activities. Winter temperatures range from highs 25-30 degrees with sub-zero lows. Winter snowfall is abundant, averaging between 150 to 250 inches per year. Winter recreational activities include downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, and snowshoeing. For more information regarding the park or the position please visit or contact: Keeweenaw National Historical Park Point of Contact: Wyndeth Davis, [email protected], 906-483-3020

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/09/2025-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service in a position that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist. Examples of qualifying experience include managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs; conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans; or performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type of structures ranging from one-or-two story building to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Have a Mater's or equivalent graduate degree or at least 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading such a degree from an accredited college or university, or LL.D. or J.D., if related. (NOTE: One semester of full-time graduate education is considered to be 9 hours.) You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION: Equivalent combination of education and experience. The combination of education and experience must equal at least 100% of the requirement. You must provide transcripts with your application. Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.

Contacts

• Address Keweenaw National Historical Park 25970 Red Jacket Road Calumet, MI 49913 US
• Name: NPS MW East Talent Team
• Email: [email protected]