Building Management Specialist (PCN 051690)

Juneau, AK - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out theresidency definitionto determine if you qualify.

Welcome to the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED)!

Wed be delighted to have you join our team.

If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us apply today!

What You Will Be Doing:

Do you want to see more of Alaska Do you want to help Alaskan school districts keep their facilities operating at best efficiency for the comfort of staff and students

This position assists school districts with maintaining compliance with the departments Preventive Maintenance and Facility Management (PM/FM) Program bolstering best management practices for building systems care and updating related department handbooks and manuals. The selected applicant will travel to all school districts over a 5-year cycle and prepare written reviews of the visit to assist districts with program compliance and best practice understanding. This position works as part of the team managing the DEED school construction and major maintenance grant project administration including providing support during the annual capital improvement project (CIP) grant application process.

Our Mission Values and Culture:
DEED is committed to providing information resources and leadership to schools districts parents and the public in order to support an excellent education for every student every day. Staff at DEED are engaged in meaningful professional work in support of Alaskas most valuable resource its children.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
DEED values collaboration and relationship building creativity and innovation and mission-driven work guided by the Alaskas Education Challenge. The work of this position includes opportunities for in-state and national professional networking. The daily work environment at DEED is energetic collaborative fast paced and challenging as staff work together to support Alaskas school districts and the Facilities Section youll be part of a 5-person team of professional and technical experts whose job it is to see that Alaskas students and teachers have the best possible school facilities in which to achieve an excellent education for every student every day. Telework options may be available for qualified applicants.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
The Facilities team is a small close-knit team. We value an attitude of service strong collaborative relationships communication and teamwork. We provide cross training and opportunities to be involved in work that makes a difference.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding friendliness courtesy tact empathy concern and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult hostile or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity race gender disabilities and other individual differences.
Computer Skills: Uses computers software applications databases and automated systems to accomplish work.
Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.

If you can imagine yourself in this role we encourage you to apply!

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.Please ensure your application(through work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations as opposed to specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials methods and the tools to construct objects structures and buildings.
Facilities: Knowledge of the physical engineering and experimental equipment and operational characteristics of facilities and safety and equipment development designed to support activities.
Project Management: Knowledge of the principles methods or tools for developing scheduling coordinating and managing projects and resources including monitoring and inspecting costs work and contractor performance.
Safety Engineering: Knowledge of the concepts principles theories and methods to identify control mitigate and eliminate safety hazards in the design and use of facilities equipment operations and work processes.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

Education or training in engineering architecture business administration or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible experience in facilities construction operation maintenance or repair; building management structural engineering architecture or licensed general contracting.

Professional experience may include work as an Engineering Assistant 1 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent with another employer.

Special Note:

Competencies means a combination of interrelated knowledge skills abilities and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation. This includes ensuring the PD is in OPD and within recency standards for recruitment.

Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.

Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.

Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom on-line self-study and on-the-job) from accredited and unaccredited sources and long duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Additional Required Information

At the time of application please provide the following:

Please provide a cover letter to describe how you possess the position-specific competencies and how your skills will be of particular benefit to the position. We request your cover letter be no more than two to three paragraphs and limited to one page.

At time of interview applicants are required to submit (if not already attached to your application):

Three (3) professional references with current contact information.

Special Note:

This position travels five-eight times per year to remote and urban locations in Alaska including to locations around the state where regular accommodations may not be available and sleeping in a school or office may be required. Site visit travel may require driving long distances flying in large and small aircraft and occasional travel on snow machines four wheelers or small boats.
Valid Alaska Drivers License required.

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

COVER LETTER
A cover letter is required as part of your your cover letter please describe how you possess the position specific competencieslisted in the Who We Are Looking Forsection and how your skills will be of particular benefit to the position. We request your cover letter be no more than two to three paragraphs and limited to one page.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions.

The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four levels of proficiency to measure and describe an applicants level of competence in applying certain behaviors knowledge skills and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The proficiency levels are Mastery Fluency Literacy and Discovery. You will need to rate your proficiency for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employers name your job title dates of employment and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting see resume or CV or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
If education is completed in a foreign college or university it may be used to meet the above requirements if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.

EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please call 1- or in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1- or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201 Juneau AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance:Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1- (toll free) or if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to:

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For specific information in reference to the position please contact the hiring manager at:

Michael ButikoferTechnical Engineer I/Architect 1

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Job DescriptionThis position is open to Alaskan Residents only.Please check out theresidency definitionto determine if you qualify.Welcome to the Department of Education & Early Development (DEED)!Wed be delighted to have you join our team.If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start...