Facility Operations Specialist (Facility Manager)

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Qualifications:

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

Basic Requirements:

Education:
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

OR

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.

AND

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must have the following:

Education:
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.
Graduate Education: Major study - engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

OR

Experience:
You must have at least one year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience working with blue prints and specifications for proposed projects.


• Experience performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects, directing work operations, and maintaining appropriate contracts with organization (s) funding the project.


• Experience working with blue prints and specifications for proposed projects.


• Experience inspecting projects to evaluate progress and assure workmanship conforms to specifications.

OR

Have a combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Responsibilities:

This position is located in the Facilities Department at a Federal Prison Camp. The incumbent serves as the Facility Manager of the institution and is responsible for the planning, direction, and management of all maintenance, repair, alterations, and construction projects. The incumbent manages a workforce comprising of civilian and inmate workers.

Incumbent is responsible for the organization, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the construction program of the institution. Resolves all difficult or technical problems arising on a day-to-day basis in connection with the operation of the department.

This includes responsibility for the supervision of existing and new construction projects and of repair and improvement projects.
Renovation construction projects typically involve funding ranging from several thousand dollars to in excess of one million dollars. The incumbent is responsible for the overall supervision of all utilities at the institution.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Salary : $74,678