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Facility Operations Specialist (Electrical)

DLA Careers
Fort Belvoir, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/14/2026
Summary

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Duties

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  • Serves as property manager to resolve all reported building electrical system operations, maintenance issues and performs inspections to identify deficiencies in electrical, security, fire detection, elevator, and emergency power back-up systems.
  • Serves as the Contracting Officers Representative for the administration of support for various electrical, security systems, fire detection, and emergency power and elevators contracts.
  • Prepares a variety of reports involving management and executive planning, coordinating, and evaluating logistical action required to support specific mission and other programs for cost analysis, procurement and budget execution and contracting.
  • Develops the operational procedures, maintenance programs, and strategy to maintain electrical/emergency systems in an operational and reliable condition to support the building in a highly efficient and economic manner.
  • Prepares and analyzes equipment and systems performance reports with a variety of Computer Aided Facilities Management systems and software.

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Rotating Shifts
  • Security Requirements: Critical-Sensitive with Top Secret
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
  • Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Facility Operations Specialist (Electrical), your resume and supporting documentation must support:

  • Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
  • Interpreting and applying building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams and drawings. Ability to plan layout and complete the installation, modification, and repair of various projects.
  • Knowledge of commercial wiring practice, 110-, 220- and 480-volt systems, high-voltage power, substations, switchgear, emergency generators and associated paralleling gear, uninterrupted power supplies, low voltage signal systems, elevators, closed-circuit television, and interior and exterior lighting.
  • Preparing reports for cost analysis, procurement and budget execution and contracting.

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.

Work Environment: Assignments regularly require visits to storage, construction or other industrial areas, and involve moderate risks and discomforts. Protective clothing and gear and observance of safety precautions are required.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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