Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

U.S. Department of the Interior; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service seeks a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist in San Francisco. The role oversees a park unit's infrastructure, budgets, and contracts, coordinating a team of skilled staff across historic facilities, landscapes, and mechanical systems.

The incumbent leads planning, procurement, and project execution while enforcing safety and asset management standards, contributing to strategic park-wide operations and decision making.

Job description

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist with National Park Service. The position is responsible for providing facility management for a Park Unit with widely diversified infrastructure and operational complexity characterized by multiple developed areas within a park unit. This position manages a multi-faceted organization through the management of subordinate supervisory staff, multi-year/operational budgets, and the utilization of new information technologies.

Major Duties

At the full performance level (GS-12) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to thefollowing: Proper operation of the park unit as the lead facility manager for a complex of historic buildings,cultural landscapes, and mechanical systems at a high visitation site in a dense urban setting. Specializedknowledge including physical security, structural fire, pesticide application, fleet management, pavement/surfaces and contract management is required. Supervises subordinates specialized trade and craft workers. The position will supervise a team of highly skilled trade workers and have responsibility for planning, issuing and overseeing knowledge-based work assignments, measuring performance. The position has hiring authority and is expected to competently plan, recruit, hire and manage staff with the highest degree of integrity. The position will have purchasing authority and be responsible for obtaining materials and services in support of the facility maintenance programs as well as for other programs of the park. The position will manage a discretionary budget and interact with multiple systems for the purpose of tracking and reporting expenditures. The position will plan, submit for consideration, execute, monitor and complete complex maintenance, repair and construction projects through the use of federal contracts. The position may be responsible for simultaneously managing more than one project at a time. The position shall understand and utilize principles of asset management and participate in planning efforts, such as value analysis workshops such that the park's complicated project portfolio is properly calibrated and prioritized. The position will be responsible for the direct management of historic facilities (buildings and structures), cultural landscapes, park lands (trees, turf, plantings, irrigation systems), historic mechanical systems (steam boilers), paths and sidewalks, and paved roads which includes inspection, short and long-term planning and execution of sound preventive maintenance and repairs. The position will be the Park Structural Fire Coordinator (PSFC) and be responsible for the inspection of facility conditions for fire prevention and safety and fire detection and alarm systems such that all inspection and life safety requirements described in RM-58 are met and in compliance with the A-123 audit. The position is tasked with managing the physical security of the park, including points of access to facilities and stances of security in the outdoor park environment. The position manages the GSA fleet of government vehicles and is responsible for ensuring that the fleet is maintained on prescribed schedules and are obtained or replaced such that the park's mission need is satisfied. Additionally, the position manages the park's government-owned fleet of equipment and ensures that such equipment is documented and tracked in the Equipment Replacement Program (ERP). The position participates in parkwide efforts and meetings for the purpose of guiding strategic planning and operations and routinely consults with park leadership to provide input to them to help with critical decision making.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.

Evaluations

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the \"Resume\" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Leadership Project Management Technical Competence To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a structured resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in your application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

Required Documents

The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) -10/22/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with dates in month-year format (include month/day/year format if needed for 52 weeks of experience), and indicate hours worked per week (or full-time). Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade/rank. Resumes must not exceed 2 single-sided pages and resumes longer than 2 pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or attachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed. Your 2-page resume must contain information sufficient to make a valid determination that you fully meet the specialized experience requirements. Resume Builder: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include Complete All Required Assessment(s). Performance Appraisals and Awards: You must submit your most recent performance appraisal showing the official rating of record and signed by a supervisor dated within the past 18 months. If unavailable, a written explanation is required (including if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level). Performance awards dated within the past 5 years may also be submitted for due weight consideration. Documentation that you meet Selective Factors. All College Transcript(s), if qualifying based on education. Eligibility Documentation: Current NPS employees must submit latest SF-50 (i.e. Promotion, Separation, Within Grade Increase (WGI)) showing tenure 1 or 2 in block 24, grade, and if applicable, an additional SF-50 showing the highest grade or promotion potential held. Time in grade will be determined by reviewing your resume and required SF-50s. If your