FACILITY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST.

U.S. Pacific Fleet; Washington (NJ); On-site; USD 68,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Pacific Fleet seeks a dedicated facility operations specialist to support short and long-range planning, maintenance, and repair of real property assigned to command and subordinate units.

This role manages financial, supply, utilization accounting, and disposal records while coordinating with the Public Works Department for project execution. Responsibilities include reviewing work requests, ensuring proper funding, and monitoring facilities planning to meet COMNAVAIRPAC requirements.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience coordinating repair, maintenance and project support for facilities.
• Education options include Ph.D. or related graduate study for qualification.
• Experience and education combination may satisfy requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as special assistant to the Chief Staff Officer for planning and maintenance of real property.
• Manage financial, supply, utilization accounting, flight simulator books, and disposal records.
• Oversee maintenance and repair of COMVAQWINGPAC facilities and satellite support systems.
• Review facility work requests for content, necessity and cost expenditures.
• Coordinate with Public Works Department for execution and ensure funding documents are correct.

Skills

Facility operations

Budget & cost analysis

Public works liaison

Security & compliance

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Three years of graduate education toward Ph.D.

LL.M. degree related to the position

Combination of experience and graduate education equating to one year

Job description

• You will serve as a special assistant to the Chief Staff Officer for short and long range planning, maintenance, and repair of real property assigned to command, and other subordinate units and departments.
• You will be responsible for the financial, supply, utilization accounting, flight simulator books, and disposal records for the command.
• You will be responsible for maintenance and repair of COMVAQWINGPAC facilities and satellite support systems.
• You will review facility work requests for content, necessity, and cost expenditures (e.g., materials, labor, etc.).
• You will approve and submit work request to the Public Works Department for execution and ensures that funding documents are correct and timely for special COMNAVAIRPAC projects.
• You will monitor short and long-range facilities planning to meet requirements established by Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVAIRPAC).
• You will coordinate and direct efforts of various offices, agencies and groups to obtain timely action on accomplishment of successive phases of work, and resolves differences of opinion and conflicts in schedules.
• You will inspect facilities and infrastructures to determine the condition of all spaces.
• You will represent the command at all on and off-site meetings regarding facilities, physical security, and other position responsibilities.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• I am willing and able to lift and/or carry loads/items up to 40 pounds in weight.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector applying concepts and methods of facility operations to coordinate repair, maintenance and provide project support for facilities, industrial equipment or utility systems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

OR

Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree

OR

Successful completion of an LL.M. degree that is related to the position being filled

OR

A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.