Facility Manager

About the role

This position is located in the DEA, El Paso Intelligence Division, El Paso, Texas. The primary purpose is to ensure that the buildings, infrastructures, and support services operate safely, efficiently, and in alignment with organizational goals.

Duties

• Serves as the Facilities Manager and procurator for all repairs of the interior/exterior building structure, to include electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting, carpeting, furniture, furnishings, as well as the planning of upgrading projects.
• Develops short-term/long-term plans, programs, and budgets for minor construction, maintenance, and repair facilities.
• Provides support as the Facilities Manager in the implementation of policies, plans, and programs involving real property, space planning, renovations, furniture activities, building operations services, maintenance, and facilities management at a DEA-owned building/space.
• Plans appropriately to perform projects and repairs in a manner that causes the least disruption to the Division's daily operations and its work-force personnel performing the same.
• Provides technical assistance to scientific, engineering, clerical and administrative personnel relative to facilities management, and coordinates all documentation.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Employee required to become COR I certified within 6 months of assignment. Must complete 8 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) during the common CLP period in order to maintain current certification.

Qualifications

Basic Requirement
Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.
OR
Experience: Specialized Experience: Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: 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; 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.

GS-11 Level
Applicants must meet one of the following:

• Specialized Experience: At least one full year of specialized experience at least equivalent to GS-9. Qualifying experience must demonstrate: 1) Managing a maintenance program for offices, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs; 2) Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations; and 3) Reviewing project plans and specifications of workability.
• Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related.
• Combination: A combination of education and experience may be used as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute: divide total months of experience by 12; divide total completed graduate semester hours beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18; add the two percentages.

GS-12 Level
Applicants must meet the following:

• Specialized Experience: At least one full year of specialized experience at least equivalent to GS-11. Qualifying experience must demonstrate: 1) Prioritizing maintenance based on urgency and mission impact; 2) Assisting with efforts to achieve maximum efficiency in the workspace; 3) Creating and developing complete renovation and furniture interior designs; and 4) Monitoring ongoing projects and performs inspections of the existing facility to identify deficiencies.

Specialized 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.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php. If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.