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SUPERVISORY FACILITIES OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Defense Intelligence Agency

Washington, DCFull-time$169–197K/yrPosted 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$169–197K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

The Defense Intelligence Agency seeks a Supervisory Facilities Operations Specialist. The posting directs applicants to the agency’s online system for the position’s duties and specific requirements. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and undergo a thorough background inquiry. The role’s assessment factors include communication, analysis, relationship-building, resource planning, and leading studies of facilities operations. Highly desired experience includes DIA, ODNI, and OSW facilities programs and Military Construction projects.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Oral CommunicationWritten CommunicationPresentationsAnalysisStrategic PlanningRelationship BuildingResource PlanningFacilities Operations AnalysisFacilities Program ExperienceMilitary Construction Projects

Qualifications

U.S. CitizenshipEngineering, Industrial Arts, Property Management, or Business AdministrationFacilities Maintenance Program ManagementConstruction and Maintenance Operations SurveillanceConstruction or Maintenance WorkDIA, ODNI, and OSW Facilities ProgramsMilitary Construction Project Experience

Full job description

Summary

We are committed to: Teamwork: Partnering at all levels and across organizational boundaries for mission accomplishment. Integrity: Adherence to the highest legal and ethical principles in our responsibilities. Excellence: Unrivaled defense intelligence expertise. Service: Putting the welfare of the Nation and commitment to our mission before oneself.

Duties

DIA employs a variety of professionals who serve throughout the workforce to ensure successful operations. To view this position’s duties, click Vacancies to be directed to DIA’s online application system. Please make note of the position title and 6-digit Job Opening ID number to which you are interested. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the announcement or click on the “Advanced Search” link and enter in the 6-digit Job Opening ID number in the “Job Opening ID” field. Requirements

All applicants must be U.S. citizens and are subject to a thorough background inquiry. Qualifications

ASSESSMENT FACTORS 1. Demonstrates polished oral and written communication skills to compose, tailor, and deliver original presentations and papers on abstract and exceptionally complex questions or issues in a way that allows a varied audience to understand the intended message and objectives. 2. Analyzes key information and evaluates the effectiveness of alternative solutions, courses of action, and strategies needed to address complex, controversial, and multi-faceted issues. 3. Establishes effective working relationships with senior leadership within the DIA and across the Intelligence Community to advance enterprise level goals and strategies. 4. Draws on multiple sources to develop plans that effectively utilize resources and overcome obstacles, and anticipates future resources needs and constraints. 5. Leads studies to analyze the effectiveness of Agency facilities operations and programs based on historical usage and costs. HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS 1. Experience working with DIA, ODNI, and OSW Facilities programs. 2. Experience developing and executing Military Construction (MILCON) projects. Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration. or Experience Specialized Experience (for positions above GG-5): 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 buildinGG to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.

How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your application must include sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position to which you are applying. To view this position’s requirements, click Vacancies to be directed to DIA’s online application system. Please make note of the position title and 6-digit Job Opening ID number to which you are interested. You can scroll to the bottom of the page to locate the announcement or click on the “Advanced Search” link and enter in the 6-digit Job Opening ID number in the “Job Opening ID” field. Benefits

Please visit our web site, www.dia.mil. Under the "Careers" heading on our web site, you will find a listing of benefits available to DIA employees. Other Information

DIA positions are Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) positions in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. All applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Applicants must meet the agency’s conditions of employment, to include, but not limited to, satisfactory completion of an initial special background investigation and periodic reinvestigation, completion of any required medical examination and physical requirements, completion of any required personal interviews, favorable completion of any required initial or aperiodic polygraph examinations, completion of any required drug test, satisfactory completion of a two-year Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System trial period, and completion of a civilian mobility agreement. All employees are required to sign an agreement not to disclose, in any fashion, classified information to unauthorized persons. All civilian employees are required to participate in the DoD Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer of Pay (DD/EFT) Program. DIA employees and applicants for employment are protected by federal laws, from discrimination. Employees and applicants are also protected against retaliation. Consistent with federal laws, acts of retaliation against an employee who engages in a protected activity, whistle blowing, or the exercise of any appeal or grievance right provided by law, will not be tolerated. Veterans who are preference-eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions are encouraged to apply.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,177 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$169–197K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$126–187K/yr35 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr1,344 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $183K, is 18% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($156K) — in the middle half of Facilities Management salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Facilities Management jobs in Washington, D.C. and 2,177 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (1,535 postings).
Education
267 of the 2,177 open Facilities Management jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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