Facility Operations Specialist

Army National Guard Units; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Army National Guard Units in Maine seeks a Facility Operations Specialist to manage maintenance programs, oversee projects, and ensure reliable facility operation in a National Guard setting.

The role requires experience with equipment maintenance, reading engineering drawings, test instruments, and applying cost‑effective solutions; successful candidates will design approaches and coordinate budgets to support ongoing operations.

Qualifications

• GS-09 requires at least 24 months experience or equivalent training in equipment/facility operations.
• GS-11 requires at least 36 months experience in complex facility operations and budget planning.

Responsibilities

• Design projects and plan approaches using established methods and precedents.
• Oversee and implement programs to identify and resolve difficult issues.
• Prepare budgets for maintenance, repair, and new construction projects.

Skills

Equipment maintenance knowledge

Reading engineering drawings

Using test instruments

Computer and automation systems

Job description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a FACILITY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1269000 and is part of the ME DFE (CFMO), National Guard.

Military Grades: Officer, Warrant Officer & Enlisted GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training which has provided the applicant with a knowledge of equipment maintenance work, or skill in reading engineering drawings and specifications, using test instruments, making computations, and keeping records. Experience using computer and automation systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-09 Must have at least 24 months experience, education, or training which demonstrates the knowledge of, and skill in applying, principles, concepts, and methods of equipment, facility, or service operations sufficient to design projects that have applicable precedents or plan approaches to perform assignments using well-established occupational methods, techniques, processes, and precedents. GS-11 Must have at least 36 months experience, education or training which demonstrates the knowledge of, and skill in applying, a comprehensive range of principles, concepts, and practices concerning equipment, facility, or service operations with complicated technical requirements that have no clear precedent or plan. Experience overseeing and implementing a program involving the identification and resolution of difficult issues or problems. Experience preparing budgets based on plans for maintenance, repair work, new construction alteration projects, replacement of existing equipment, or increase in services and processes to ensure program effectiveness.