Position: Facility Operations Specialist, GS 11/12

Division: Chicago Field Office

Location: Chicago, IL

Working Hours: Monday - Friday 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (working hours may vary)

Salary:

GS 11: $80,994.00 - $105,289.00

GS 12: $97,079.00 - $126,198.00

Full Performance level: GS 12

Number of Positions Available: 1

Duration: Full Time/Permanent

Additional selections may be made from this announcement to fill positions within the same division when the position includes substantially the same duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.

Key Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance
• Some travel may be required
• Selectee will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450 annually
• Selectee will be required to complete form FD-887, Request for Access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)

Physical Demands

The work requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of walking, standing, bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching and a recurring need to lift moderately heavy items.

Work Environment

Work is performed mostly in an office setting, however, may be required to work in the presence of moving parts, carts, machines, high electrical voltage, and construction work sites.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the FBI is to protect the American People and uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Major Duties

• Operates and maintains field office facilities, to include physical structures, utilities, surrounding grounds, roadways, outside barriers, as well as programs and services essential to maintaining a safe, healthy and comfortable facility.
• Performs a variety of administrative services in order to inspect, maintain, repair/modify facilities, and to operate facility programs and services efficiently.
• Revises, alters, or completely redesigns existent graphic layouts to ensure most practical, functional and cost effective approach for the field office.
• Coordinates the evaluation of all building maintenance, alterations, deficiencies, and repairs such as: electricity, air conditioning, heating, telephones, elevator service and special equipment maintained in office space. Conducts onsite inspections and create "punch lists" for repairs, etc.
• Determines and projects funding requirements and justifies budget requests. Assists in developing a budget, monitoring budgetary expenditures and blanket purchase agreements.
• Liaisons with FBIHQ entities to facilitate and coordinate sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) renovation and building-out requirements, contracts and obtains funding for office furniture and equipment, and provides drawings and requirements for the layout and procurement of office spaces.
• Serves as the point of contact for all the General Services Administration (GSA) issues pertaining to the field office.
• Coordinates the administration of space acquisitions, building operations, maintenance, movement/relocation, and destruction of confidential trash. Secures engineering surveys or outside bids and initiates appropriate requests through FBIHQ, GSA, etc. Monitors work performed by contractors according to standard specifications. Assesses quality and completeness of work so operations are not interrupted.
• Coordinates with FBIHQ the negotiating and administering of lease agreements, including operating and maintenance agreements.
• Organizes and attends meetings/conferences with GSA, lessors, OSHA officials and a variety of building management personnel, to discuss building maintenance, safety and fire regulations, environmental quality, facilities, operations, standards, and other tenant matters.
• Coordinates all applicable facility matters with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Ensures that all OSHA rules and regulations are complied with and/or implemented.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Please make sure your specialized experience/requirement(s) can be identified in your resume. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Your application will be evaluated and rated under the FBI’s Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement and will be compared to your responses to the online assessment questionnaire. High self-assessment in the vacancy questions that is not supported by information in your resume, and/or supporting documents may eliminate you from Most Competitive status.

Your application will then be placed in one of three categories: Most Competitive, Competitive, or Least Competitive. Names of candidates in the Most Competitive category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration. Veterans’ preference will be applied.

All applicants will be rated on the following Competencies:

• Collaboration
• Facilities
• Project Management

Specialized Experience (SE):

GS 11: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS 9 grade level.

• Assisted with negotiating and administering lease agreements and/or maintenance agreements
• Determined and projected funding requirements for facility projects
• Performed in-depth inspections of electrical, HVAC, masonry, carpentry, fire safety, plumbing and hydraulics, with experience sufficient to consider technical aspects relating to construction, operation, maintenance, and/or renovation of a facility
• Analyzed facility and equipment requirements with customer needs and enhanced current procedures or developed new methods to increase program effectiveness
• Read, interpreted, and prepared scaled drawings and floor plans as a means of determining appropriate space management allocation and program requirements for an office

GS 12: Applicants must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS 11 grade level.

• Negotiated and administered lease agreements and/or maintenance agreements
• Determined and projected funding requirements for facility projects.
• Experienced with electrical, HVAC, masonry, carpentry, fire safety, plumbing and hydraulics sufficient to consider technical aspects relating to construction, operation, maintenance, and/or renovation of a facility.
• Analyzed facility and equipment requirements with customer needs and enhanced current procedures or developed new methods to increase program effectiveness.
• Articulated facilities requirements both verbally and in writing to coordinate space management allocation decisions and program requirements for an office.

Education

All degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows:

GRADUATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: In order to substitute education for SE for this position, the undergraduate major study MUST be in one of the following fields: engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

GS 11: Applicant must have a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related.

All degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States

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