Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

National Park Service; Kountze (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service in the United States is seeking a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist to oversee park infrastructure, operations, and compliance. This federal role emphasizes leadership, budget planning, and coordinated maintenance programs.

You will supervise staff, develop management documents, monitor performance, and liaise on environmental and cultural issues while ensuring safe, sustainable park operations and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in facility management within large organizations.
• Strong leadership and budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide facility management expertise for park unit initiatives.
• Participate in policy decisions, develop management documents, monitor compliance, and represent the park in public interactions.
• Prepare annual maintenance budgets using NPS programs and manage project funding.
• Define project scope, goals, and coordinate consultations and document reviews.
• Liaise for environmental and cultural compliance, promoting sustainability.
• Supervise staff, recruit, plan work, evaluate, train, and resolve personnel issues.

Skills

Facility management

Budgeting

Staff supervision

Policy development

Public interactions

Environmental compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

This listing is a summary.

Open: September 8, 2026 — Closes: September 14, 2026

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist with National Park Service. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Major Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Providing facility management expertise for park unit initiatives. Participating in policy decisions, developing management documents, monitoring functions for compliance, and representing the park in public interactions. Preparing annual maintenance budgets using NPS programs, participating in Operations Formulations Systems (OFS) requests, managing project funding, tracking property inventory, and compiling cost data. Defining project scope, goals, and alternatives for facility changes; coordinating professional consultations and project document review. Act as liaison for compliance on environmental and cultural issues, implementing pollution prevention and sustainable operations, ensuring adherence to NPS and regulatory standards. Supervise staff, handling recruitment, work plans, promotions, scheduling, evaluations, training, and resolving personnel issues; supporting EEO programs. Physical Demands: Work is mostly sedentary in an office setting. At times, walking, hiking, climbing, bending, and moderate lifting are required. Work Environment: The work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks and discomforts associated with the operation repair and maintenance of park infrastructure and equipment. There are occasions of exposure to risk situations.