Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist (Deputy Chief of Maintenance & Engineering) for the Blue Ridge Parkway. This position reports to the Chief of Maintenance & Engineering Blue Ridge Parkway and is duty stationed at the Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters Asheville North Carolina.

As the Deputy Chief of Maintenance & Engineering the incumbent is directly responsible for providing leadership and management of the field maintenance operations across the three (3) districts of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina. This position is responsible for a multi-faceted organization through the management of subordinate supervisory staff multi year/operational budgets and the utilization of new information technologies. These duties provide stewardship of assets/facilities ensuring visitor use and enjoyment as well as the protection of natural and cultural resources.

Area/Duty Station Information
The Blue Ridge Parkway extends 469 miles along the crest of the southern Appalachian Mountains through North Carolina and Virginia between two eastern national parks - Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains. For more park information log on to: North Carolina - The duty station is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Parks Headquarters which is located in Asheville North Carolina. All goods and services are available in Asheville and the surrounding communities.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit possess and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• You may be required to work on-call evenings weekends holidays overtime and shift work.
• You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to occasionally travel overnight away from home. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• You are required to complete training obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.

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 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 period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies in writing that the individuals employment should continue and that their appointment should be 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.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/14/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300 Subpart F.

For current Federal employees if hours worked per week are not included on your resume you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees your resume must state either full-time (or 40 hours a week) or part-time with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level you must have the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

Experience: To qualify you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes hospitals recreation facilities military or other special-purpose installations including planning maintenance activities and developing preventive maintenance programs; Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements and supervising operations for conformance with project plans; and Performing maintenance or construction work including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick frame structural steel reinforced concrete and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures) directing actual work operations and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. Additional examples include: effectively led a facilities maintenance team including planning coordinating executing and monitoring the work of others; evaluates performance and provides feedback; planning maintenance activities and preventative maintenance programs for a facility; estimating materials and labor costs for a variety of maintenance projects or contracts; collaborates with partners to create and prioritize park projects plans and programs; develops spending plans contract requirements complex project proposals and estimates using project management systems. You must include hours per week worked.