Supervisory Facilities Operations Specialist

Summary This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operations, Executive Director, House Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent, Tenant Services Division. The incumbent is a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist and serves as Principal Manager of the Carpentry Branch, Masonry Branch, Paint Branch and the Sheet Metal Branch. Responsibilities The incumbent supervises the trades, crafts, and labor functions of construction, renovation, installation, maintenance and repair projects. Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Hours may change due to operational needs of management. Please Note: The selectee will be designated as an u201cEmergency Essential Employeeu201d and will be required to work in emergency situations. Duties include, but are not limited to: Coordinate and amicably communicate the assignment of staff and support on projects and maintenance tasks with branch supervisors of the Sheet Metal branch, Carpenter branch, Painting branch and Masonry Branch of the Tenant Services Division. Oversee the preparation of cost estimates from drawings, blueprints or site inspections for proposed or anticipated maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction projects and alterations. Plan, schedule, and oversee the work operations of subordinate shop supervisors and workers on a quarterly and longer-term basis. Review and direct shops to perform clean-ups, follow-up inspections, and develop solutions for mitigation of water leaks caused by weather or internal/external building system failures and track accordingly. Develop Best Management Practices for recurring, preventative, service, corrective, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance. Investigate work-related problems such as excessive costs or low productivity or morale and determine causes; implement corrective actions; and recommend solutions to staffing problems, and work operations directed by other supervisors. Develop performance requirements for subordinates and ensure a mutual understanding of the performance standards. Counsel employees on performance, set performance standards, and make unique formal appraisals of subordinates' work performance. Oversee the creation and management of individual development plans. Oversees and develop all career ladder positions to have an individual development plan that identifies requirements for promotion and provide a reasonable pathway to mastery of the trade within position description requirements. Plan organizational structure and staffing needs, determine types of jobs required, assign duties to key subordinate positions. Review and approve justifications for personnel requirements, review and approve job descriptions and select key employees. Develop Statements of Work and acquisition packages for procurement. Serve as a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for designated contracts. Review the progress of work performed by contractors to see that completion dates are met. Evaluate employee and contractor performance in meeting operational requirements, contract requirements and core processes. Perform technical oversight and support to contract workers and others assigned to projects by ensuring that plans, blueprints, materials and other tools required are available and by obtaining needed information and decisions from the supervisory engineer or other technical staff. Perform other related duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. You must be able to pass a drug test. Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the competencies. You must meet the definition of specialized experience. You must be able to pass a drug test and background check. A citizen of the United States; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States. Qualifications You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at General Schedule Qualification Standards. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as having experience: Planning and/or directing program management aspects of renovation and maintenance projects in the tracking of facility maintenance, preventive maintenance and/or corrective maintenance; Conducting activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by contractors, including reviewing project plans, specifications for workability and facility condition assessments; Managing and/or directing contract administration activities to include monitoring contractor activities through personal contact and/or review of performance data to ensure compliance with technical, financial and delivery requirements of the contract; and Performing administrative supervision of employees in the performance of facility maintenance and repair work. Education There is no educational requirement for the Facility Operations Services series (1640); however, a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university is highly desirable. Engineering background is highly desirable. A copy of your transcript(s) will be required upon selection. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected. Additional Information Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable. For more information, please visit Vet Guide for HR Professionals. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information. DRUG TESTING: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test. The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS

Created: 2026-04-24