Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist

Summary

You will serve as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist with National Park Service. Southeast Region, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters Maintenance and Engineering Division, Asheville,North Carolina.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Supervision and personnel management Division operations and management Parkwide executive leadership Resource management and stewardship Financial management Asset management Safety Overall, the position combines executive leadership, workforce supervision, facility and infrastructure management, financial planning, environmental and cultural stewardship, asset management, emergency support, and occupational safety to ensure effective park operations and high-quality visitor access while protecting park resources. The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist leads the Maintenance & Engineering Division for a large, complex National Park Unit spanning approximately 469 miles across two states and serving more than 16 million visitors annually. The position oversees approximately 75 permanent and 30-40 seasonal employees, including professional, technical, clerical, administrative, engineering, project management, telecommunications, and facility operations staff. Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. 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. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period. Qualifications

Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/24/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must meet the following minimum qualifications you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized Experience: Possess one year of specialized experience at least equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience may include: providing stewardship of assets/facilities ensuring, visitor use and enjoyment as well as the protection of natural and cultural resources; monitoring and evaluating maintenance programs affecting park operations to ensure compliance with, and application of, approved management direction; performing and maintaining asset inventories and condition assessments for the purpose of developing deferred maintenance costs for annual and multi-year plans; planning, scheduling and directing work to operate facilities and assets at their most effective level; planning and coordinating budget and financial plans and operations; coordinating project scope, goals and objectives; facilitating planning and design processes; developing spending plan and budget protocols; or managing construction process ensuring all project documentation is completed and archived. Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience. How You Will Be Evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Decision Making Financial Management Leadership Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion, of a structured resume review.These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Other Information

A continued service agreement may be required if it is determined you are eligible for a permanent change in duty station (PCS), recruitment, or relocation incentive. All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior. Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary, requiring long periods of sitting and driving. Occasional periods of exertion such as hiking are necessary in order to work with subordinates, to investigate unusual maintenance problems along the motor road and in developed areas and on trails and in backcountry areas, and to assure quality control of maintenance operations and/or contracted work being conducted in remote areas. Work Environment: Most work is performed in an office setting or indoors; however there is regular and recurring site visits along the 469 mile-long Parkway in weather conditions that vary from heat to freezing and wet with temperatures ranging from -10 degrees to 100 degrees F. Exposure to bad weather such as rain, fog, snow, sleet, and hail is encountered. Driving two-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles over unimproved roads or off road is occasionally required. Flights in small fixed-wing or helicopter aircraft are rare but occasionally required. Some travel within the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia, to other NPS park units, non-NPS facilities, and training and professional meetings is required. The duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.