Facility Operations Specialist.

About the role

The Facilities Operations Specialist serves the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory offices, warehouse, and field station. This position is responsible for planning, facilitating, and executing facility maintenance, repairs, engineering services, construction, renovation, grounds maintenance, custodial services, and utility and asset management. Responsibilities include fleet management, space management, facility security, life safety, and environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual and long-range repair and preventative maintenance plans for buildings and equipment.
• Serve as a Contracting Officer’s Representative with responsibility for construction or building rehabilitation projects.
• Advise on policies, standard operating procedures, and schedules for buildings and grounds activities including security and an emergency callback program to ensure the integrity of historical archived data records.
• Operate a government-owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

Requirements

• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Required to acquire and maintain Basic (Level 1) Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) certifications.
• Required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• Serve a 1-year probationary period during which fitness and whether continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet the following specialized experience requirement:

• Possess at least one year of specialized experience in or directly related to this position that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position.
• The required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Examples of GS-11 level work 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, directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.

Physical Demands

The work requires some physical exertion such as walking around sites, climbing ladders, crouching, bending, reaching, and lifting moderately heavy items under 23 kilograms (under 50 pounds). It requires long periods of standing; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, or reaching; or lifting moderately heavy equipment such as small hydraulic pumps and laundry supplies.

Work Environment

The work is performed in an office setting but may become uncomfortable when outside, in a mechanical area, construction area, or in inclement weather. The employee will work in tight spaces, heat, and cold weather. Additionally, there are warehouse forklifts, mowers, trimmers, and other grounds maintenance machinery to operate. The work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks and discomforts associated with production areas, such as exposure to strong odors or fumes from fuels or chemicals used in work processes; or working near operating machinery, moving vehicles, or electrical hazards. The work situation also requires the employee to continually stay alert and to take special safety precautions, including wearing special protective clothing.