Facility Operations Specialist.

Defense Logistics Agency; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency seeks a Facilities Operations Specialist to lead interior furnishings, space management, and complex-wide office layouts at HQC. The role requires coordinating furnishings, maintenance, repairs, and construction across a 100-acre site, while acting as the COR for related contracts and ensuring regulatory compliance.

The incumbent will identify funding and resources, supervise contractor performance, and enforce DoD/DLA policies.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience directly related to facilities operations at or above GS-11 level.
• Experience planning office layouts and spatial efficiency using AutoCAD.
• Inspecting contractor performance for quality assurance and negotiating change orders.

Responsibilities

• Incumbent is a senior building operations specialist responsible for HQC interior furnishings, design, and space management.
• Plans, coordinates, and administers interior furnishings, maintenance, repair, alterations, and construction on a 100-acre complex.
• Serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for systems furniture and furnishing contracts and purchase orders.
• Identifies funding, manpower, materials, and services needed to support the program.
• Monitors and enforces Federal, DoD and DLA policies, safety regulations, and other guidelines.
• Plans layouts of office space using a variety of systems, including AutoCAD.

Skills

Spatial planning

Facilities operations

Contract oversight

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

• Incumbent is a senior building operations specialist responsible for the McNamara Headquarters Complex (HQC)interior furnishings, design, and space management.
• Plans, coordinates, and administers the execution of interior furnishings, maintenance, repair, alterations, and construction on a 100-acre complex.
• Serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for the systems furniture contract, Interior Design contract, and furnishings purchase orders.
• Identifies specific requirements for funding, manpower, materials, and services needed to support the program.
• Monitors and enforces Federal, DoD and DLA, EPA policies, guidance and laws safety regulations and other policies.
• Plans layouts of office space using a variety of systems, to include AutoCAD.

Duties

• Incumbent is a senior building operations specialist responsible for the McNamara Headquarters Complex (HQC)interior furnishings, design, and space management.
• Plans, coordinates, and administers the execution of interior furnishings, maintenance, repair, alterations, and construction on a 100-acre complex.
• Serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative for the systems furniture contract, Interior Design contract, and furnishings purchase orders.
• Identifies specific requirements for funding, manpower, materials, and services needed to support the program.
• Monitors and enforces Federal, DoD and DLA, EPA policies, guidance and laws safety regulations and other policies.
• Plans layouts of office space using a variety of systems, to include AutoCAD.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Rotating Shifts
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Facilities Operations Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable

Specialized Experience Includes

• Planning functional office layouts and optimizing spatial efficiency using AutoCAD and diverse planning systems
• Resolving reported building maintenance issues and performs daily inspections of the facility
• Inspecting contractor performance for quality assurance and negotiating change orders

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

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

• 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.
• 1194).

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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids. ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

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