Facility Operations Specialist

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Newnan (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites applications for a Facility Operations Specialist who assists the Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist in charge of Plant Protection and Quarantine operations. You will support administrative tasks and operations for research scientists and oversee facility systems.

Primary duties include maintaining CMMS, coordinating preventive maintenance, and ensuring safety compliance while supporting 24/7 operations in the BSL-3AG greenhouse facility.

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Customer service mindset and effective communication.
• Decision making and problem-solving abilities.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.
• Integrity and honesty in handling responsibilities.
• Good interpersonal skills for collaboration.
• Ability to learn and apply new procedures.
• Reasoning and analytical thinking.
• Self-management in a regulatory environment.
• Resilience under stress and time pressure.
• Teamwork and coordination with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Develops and oversees operating procedures and preventive maintenance programming.
• Oversees maintenance and repair of major utilities and infrastructure.
• Collaborates on maintenance decisions and backlog prioritization.
• Establishes and reviews preventive maintenance and inspection programs.
• Manages CMMS and ensures compliance with codes, safety, and protocols.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Decision Making

Flexibility

Integrity/Honesty

Interpersonal Skills

Learning

Reasoning

Self-Management

Stress Tolerance

Teamwork

Job description

Summary

The Facility Operations Specialist serves as the primary assistant to the Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist in charge of Plant Protection and Quarantine operations. Provides input and assistance in managing the administrative activities and operations provided in support of all research scientists.

Major Duties

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and oversees the implementation of operating procedures and insures that the programming of manpower, material, and equipment for preventive and emergency maintenance is accomplished.
• Collaborates with the Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist with the oversight of the operation, maintenance, and repair of all major utility systems and infrastructure at the facility, including:heating and cooling equipment; water-distribution, sewage, and BSL-3AG waste-sterilization systems; electrical distribution systems and emergency generators; telecommunications systems;and all physical structures such as laboratories, greenhouses, offices, and support buildings, to include all specialized equipment associated with such structures.
• Collaborates on maintenance and operations decisions regarding such issues as equipment repair/replacement; prioritizing deferred maintenance backlog.
• Establishes, directs, and reviews preventive maintenance and inspection programs.
• Implements upgrades and system maintenance in accordance with existing APHIS and NPGQC protocols and in compliance with all applicable building code, environmental, and safety regulations.
• Has primary daily responsibility for managing and maintaining the facility's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Serves as the alternate Biocontainment/Biosecurity Facilities Officer and is jointly responsible for the continuous 24/7 operation and maintenance of the BSL-3AG High Containment Greenhouse Laboratory
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Evaluations

You will be evaluated based on your qualifications for this position as evidenced by your experience, education, training, responses to the application questionnaire and the responses to all assessments required for this position demonstrated in your application package to determine the degree to which you possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies listed below:

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Your application, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, will be reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualification requirements and (b) the resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions. Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position. Note: If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Additional Information - USA Hire Online Assessment All applicants are required to complete the online USA Hire assessment to be considered for the position for this vacancy. Applicants will not be given the opportunity to complete the online USA Hire assessment outside of the assigned assessment window for this vacancy. The assessment window closes 48 hours after the posted closing date and time of the announcement. The assessment window closes 48 hours after the posted closing date and time of the announcement. To preview the application questionnaire, please visit: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13050920