Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist with National Park Service. The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist oversees diverse park infrastructure, manages supervisory staff, budgets, and technology to ensure smooth operations. The role provides stewardship of facilities, supporting visitor enjoyment while protecting natural and cultural resources.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Responsible for all facility operations and maintenance at Great Basin National Park. Plans, organizes, directs, and evalutes the facility operation and maintenance for Great Basin National Park. Provide superintendent's office and fellow division managers with information and recommendations on facility operations and maintenance issues and management actions. Identify facility operations and maintenance priorities and needs. Provide a facilities operations and maintenance perspective into park management decisions and planning documents. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with staff at all levels, national, regional and local (e.g. headquarters Washington, regional office, and park). Demonstrate understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern in relating to people from varied backgrounds and situations. Supervise subordinate facility staff following law, policy, and best management practices to support Great Basin National Park. Carry out program management duties by developing work plans and schedules, scopes of work, cost estimates and directing subordinate staff. Serve as the agency's technical representative (ATR or COTR) on contracts or agreements to ensure completion of projects within scope, schedule and budget. Works within all applicable policies, guidelines, and regulations for the NPS; applicable state, county, and Federal laws; and the parks' unique enabling legislations Formulate and administer an annual operating budget involving staffing needs, material equipment needs, and work projects, with related costs and yearly work schedule. Successfully seek funding for facility operations and maintenances priorities and projects through NPS, grant, and private sector funding sources. Prepare requests for proposals or statements of work to accomplish facility operations and maintenance projects and priorities.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/23/2026-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. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: leading facility operations and maintenance activities in building maintenance, repair, and restoration; planning maintenance activities and developing preventative maintenance programs for a park, recreation area, or similar operation. 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.