Lead Facility Operations Specialist

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans District seeks a Lead Facility Operations Specialist to guide operations managers, branch chiefs, and field personnel in developing maintenance strategies across navigation, flood risk management, and physical plant operations.

You will lead and coordinate teams, ensure data quality in maintenance systems, and help justify budgets for upgrades. The role emphasizes technical guidance, timely decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration to

Qualifications

• Specialized experience required: leading or scheduling work for facility ops teams; experience managing data in a CMMS; or budgeting for facility upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on maintenance management strategies for operations and maintenance of navigation and flood-risk structures and related facilities.
• Develop budgets and justify O&M costs for facility upgrades; lead teams to meet project objectives.

Job description

About the Position:

Serves as a Lead Facility Operations Specialist for the New Orleans District. Provides Operations Managers, Branch Chiefs, technical support personnel, and field personnel with technical and administrative guidance on developing maintenance management strategies to support all business lines associated with operations and maintenance of navigation structures, flood risk management structures, a physical plant, and navigation channels.

Who May Apply:

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current US Army Corps of Engineers employees with competitive status Current Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

One year of specialized experience which includes at least two of the following: 1) leading, scheduling, or distributing work for a team executing facility operations or maintenance projects; OR 2) managing data within a computerized maintenance database to plan maintenance or audit data quality; OR 3) formulating or justifying operations and maintenance budgets, such as drafting cost-benefit analyses for facility upgrades.

Time in Grade Requirement:

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent. For the GS-12 you must have 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy. A further explanation of the required time in grade documentation can be found under the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualification requirement:

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.