Facility Operations Specialist @ National Park Service

Job Summary

You will serve as a Facility Operations Specialist with National Park Service. These positions are responsible for providing facility management support and directing the preservation/maintenance for Concession-managed assets and/or the Buildings and Grounds Branch of the Facility Management Division of Yosemite National Park. These duties provide stewardship of assets & ensure visitor use and enjoyment, as well as the protect natural and cultural resources.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/23/2026-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, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

• 1) Reviewing inspections and determining the best method of accomplishing protection and maintenance of facilities (or comparable);
• 2) Analyzing and evaluating the condition of basic, and intermediate facility components;
• 3) Utilizing procurement regulations and contract management requirements to prepare detailed cost estimates for facility operations, maintenance, construction, contract specifications, and statements of work;
• 4) Performing facility management reporting requirements without oversight and reviews with managers (or comparable).

You must include number of hours worked in your resume. -OR- Education: Successful completion of at least three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent Doctoral degree directly related to the position.

• You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above.
• To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 36 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent.
• Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months.
• Add the percentages together.
• The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
• You must include hours per week and transcripts.
• To qualify for this position at the GS-9 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).
• 1) Reviewing inspections and assisting in determination of the best method of accomplishing protection and maintenance of facilities (or comparable);
• 2) Assisting in analyzing and evaluating the condition of basic, and intermediate facility components;
• 3) Analyzing detailed cost estimates for facility operations, maintenance, construction, and contract specifications;
• 4) Coordinating and accomplishing facility management reporting requirements and reviews with managers (or comparable).

You must include number of hours worked in your resume. -OR- Education: Successful completion of two full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education, a master's degree, or equivalent graduate degree related to the occupation. -OR- Combination of education and experience as listed above.

• To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours (or equivalent) earned towards a graduate degree, in excess of 18 semester hours, and divide by 18 semester hours (or equivalent).
• Add the percentages together.
• 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.

Major Duties

• Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Initiating the assessment process through regular site visits, supervised field inspections, verifying the scope, urgency, and potential cost of various reported facilities maintenance deficiencies, and the status of ongoing repairs and restorations; providing written documentation of all of the above for supervisory review Reviewing inspection results to make an initial determination for the best method of accomplishing the protection and maintenance of government assets.
• Assisting with analyzing and evaluating the condition of basic and intermediate facility components.
• Supports the oversight of technical work involving the performance and design of architectural building systems, as well as civil engineering design and maintenance of site improvements including roads, water, sewer and electrical services.
• Incumbent works jointly with other staff on more complex components.
• Coordinates and completes Facility Management Software System (FMSS) reporting requirements with asset data managers within the Unit, assuring that data input is accurate and usable.
• Develops cost estimates of repair, construction, remodeling, renovation, alterations, cyclic, or preventative maintenance of assets to establish maintenance budget planning, provide reasonable costs, and limit unnecessary or unreasonable expenditures for review and approval by the Supervisor prior to projects moving forward.
• Provides professional facilities maintenance guidance and training as needed to assure the integrity of government owned assets, as well as strategic recommendations for sustaining desired facility conditions.
• Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.
• Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.

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. GS-9: Must have a current or obtain COR Level I certification within 1 year of entry on duty.

GS-11: Must have a current or obtain COR Level II certification within 1 year of entry on duty. 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 may be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-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.