Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for technical and administrative oversight of personnel working in facilities operations infrastructure management physical security environmental and safety compliance and related support functions. Determines whether contractor performed work meets standards of adequacy.
• Manages the full scope of operations needed to sustain safe reliable uninterrupted functionality of a 24/7 science and data center.
• Oversees preventive and predictive maintenance programs required to sustain long-term asset performance
• Coordinates contractor work enforces safety and performance standards and directs emergency responses to infrastructure or environmental incidents.
• Multi-year planning for operations and maintenance capital improvements space utilization energy efficiency and resilience investments ensuring regulatory compliance across safety environmental and security frameworks.
• Develops justifies and executes the annual operating budget. Reviews and coordinates detailed and comprehensive cost estimates project funding bid evaluations and construction estimates in support of facilities management operations.

You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

Salary: $106437(Step 1) to $138370 (Step 10) - First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

• 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 and random drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
• You must pass a physical examination.
• 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 will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

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 or trial 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.

Qualifications:

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/06/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

To receive credit for experience 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level:

• Specialized Experience Requirement: 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: 1) Developing and overseeing preventative maintenance programs; 2) Initiating and monitoring projects such as maintenance renovation construction and/or repair; 3) Managing contracts and monitoring contractor performance; 4) Supervising and leading projects in facility management engineering architectural design construction or project management. Assigning work and setting goals evaluating performance building teamwork training; 5) Advocating for resources and preparing and managing budgets; 6) Familiarity with safety physical security environmental safety and procedures; and 7) Building Automation Systems. You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.