This position is located in the Department of Public Works, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. Midshipmen in residence at the Academy number approximately 1000. The physical plant of the Academy consists of over 82 acres of grounds, over 40 buildings and structures (over 900,000 square feet of floor space) consisting of: administration buildings, officers' residences, officers' club, library, classrooms, chapel, museum, midshipmen residence buildings, dining facility, cafeteria, uniform issuance facilities, retail store, book store, athletic buildings and fields, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, grandstands, parking areas, piers, floats, gangways, garage with over 30 motor vehicles of all types, two steam heating generating plant systems, hot water heating generating plant system, green house, various shops used for maintenance, repair and fabrication of parts and units, and cultivated lawns, shrubs, hedges, and flowerbeds. In addition, the Academy provides administrative space for several tenant operations from other Government agencies.
The candidate holds a supervisory position in charge of in-house staff responsible for construction, upgrading, and maintenance of academy buildings and grounds and is responsible for review of major, complex and multi-phased design & construction projects. Projects involve major capital repair, alterations and reconstruction of academic laboratories, midshipmen activity and training facilities, structures utility systems for both teaching and building functions including maintenance on all heating plants and systems, sewage pump stations and systems, carpentry, electrical, painting, wood crafting, pipefitting, and grounds keeping for all academy areas.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a professional with proven experience managing maintenance and construction work, including budgets, estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects, directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the department/office funding the project, preferably on a college/university campus or military installation.
This vacancy may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days for this location.
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Public Works, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. Midshipmen in residence at the Academy number approximately 1000. The physical plant of the Academy consists of over 82 acres of grounds, over 40 buildings and structures (over 900,000 square feet of floor space) consisting of: administration buildings, officers' residences, officers' club, library, classrooms, chapel, museum, midshipmen residence buildings, dining facility, cafeteria, uniform issuance facilities, retail store, book store, athletic buildings and fields, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, grandstands, parking areas, piers, floats, gangways, garage with over 30 motor vehicles of all types, two steam heating generating plant systems, hot water heating generating plant system, green house, various shops used for maintenance, repair and fabrication of parts and units, and cultivated lawns, shrubs, hedges, and flowerbeds. In addition, the Academy provides administrative space for several tenant operations from other Government agencies.
The candidate holds a supervisory position in charge of in-house staff responsible for construction, upgrading, and maintenance of academy buildings and grounds and is responsible for review of major, complex and multi-phased design & construction projects. Projects involve major capital repair, alterations and reconstruction of academic laboratories, midshipmen activity and training facilities, structures utility systems for both teaching and building functions including maintenance on all heating plants and systems, sewage pump stations and systems, carpentry, electrical, painting, wood crafting, pipefitting, and grounds keeping for all academy areas.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a professional with proven experience managing maintenance and construction work, including budgets, estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects, directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the department/office funding the project, preferably on a college/university campus or military installation.
This vacancy may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days for this location.
As a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist, you will:
Exercise supervision over assigned areas of the Office of Public Works, which includes shop supervisors, trade personnel, planner/estimators, contract personnel, and an administrative assistant
Be responsible for developing comprehensive analysis and monthly budget tracking to include maintaining a time and material accounting system to collect and report costs.
Provide management of project and service contracts, including preparation and review of Statement of Works, oversight of the quality assurance program. Attend pre-bid and pre-construction conferences for review of principal construction features, method of approach, procedure, and storage locations available to the contractors.
Issue written change orders for within the scope of contracts. Reject materials and/or work performed and issues stop work orders when required. Recommend corrective measures and prepares specifications to reflect necessary changes.
Prepare budget submissions, purchase card transactions, utility invoice payments and other financial items as required.
Must be a current DOT employee w/ Status and meet specialized experience.
Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing date.
Provide ALL required documents by closing date.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade requirements contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the experience qualifications for the grade at which you are requesting consideration.
To qualify for the GS-13, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12, which includes:
Experience providing guidance and assistance in the managing of a maintenance program including design, budgetary, manpower and management decisions for administrative buildings, (such as, student residence buildings, hospital, athletic buildings and fields, residential homes, classrooms, etc.)
Experience in overseeing contractors, reviewing project plans and specifications, and maintenance operations performed by shop supervisors, trade personnel and private contractors.
Experience performing facility maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as major capital repair, alterations and reconstruction of academic laboratories, student activity and training facilities, carpentry, electrical, painting, wood crafting, pipefitting, and grounds maintenance).
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.
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Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the anticipated graduation date is within six months of closing date of the announcement. Graduation transcript must be received before start date.
Other applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
EEO STATEMENT: The Department of Transportation (DOT) maintains a model federal work environment that is free of discrimination. DOT ensures equal employment opportunity for employees and applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), genetic information, age, disability, sexual orientation, or protected activity.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.
If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be scored based upon your responses to the vacancy questions. The top rated applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position.
Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience, education and training relevant to the position. The answers you select in the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package. If upon review, it is determined that your described work history, competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer choices, your application may be updated or you may not be referred to the selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough details to support your answers. If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and awards submitted with your application package will be forwarded to the hiring official for review. The Automated Staffing Office is ultimately responsible for determining your final rating.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
ALL Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy.
The following is a list of documents that are only required based on the type of position and type of consideration for which you are applying. Please review each of the following sections to determine which, if any, additional documents you need to provide with your application.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS: lf applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documentation may be submitted and will be forwarded to the selecting official as support in consideration of your application in the evaluation process. To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (dated within 18 months) showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documentation dated within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).
VETERANS: Your last DD214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, that shows the type of discharge and all dates of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. it need not be official.
If you are applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under category rating and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214.
If you are claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicating the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required.
If you are applying to a vacancy opened Status and you are requesting consideration under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) (https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214, which verifies your military service dates, reason for separation, OR certification of separation that shows a discharge date within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for consideration under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.
STATUS APPLICANTS: If seeking eligibility consideration as status/agency/DOT employee, you must provide proof of eligibility in the form of an SF-50. Your SF-50 must verify the highest grade held competitively, full performance level of position, and eligibility as a status applicant. Please do not submit an Award SF-50, as these are often incomplete and do not verify grade or status eligibility.
NON COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS: If requesting concurrent consideration for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the appropriate SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certificate; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from State Vocational Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more information, visit military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 85 or falling in the Gold Category) and provide all of the following documents:
your most recent performance appraisal,
the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and
your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.
Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click the Apply Online button on the job announcement posting.
Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire.
DOT, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Submit Application and Documents Online
1200 New Jersey Ave SE / HAHR - 50
Washington, District of Columbia 20590
United States
Next steps
You may check your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing date, your application will be reviewed and rated. Ratings will be determined based on the documents and information received by the closing date. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final status.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
ALL Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy.
The following is a list of documents that are only required based on the type of position and type of consideration for which you are applying. Please review each of the following sections to determine which, if any, additional documents you need to provide with your application.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS: lf applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documentation may be submitted and will be forwarded to the selecting official as support in consideration of your application in the evaluation process. To receive due weight, you must submit a recent performance appraisal (dated within 18 months) showing the official rating of record, signed by a supervisor, or statement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documentation dated within the last 18 months (i.e. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).
VETERANS: Your last DD214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, that shows the type of discharge and all dates of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. it need not be official.
If you are applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under category rating and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214.
If you are claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicating the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required.
If you are applying to a vacancy opened Status and you are requesting consideration under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) (https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214, which verifies your military service dates, reason for separation, OR certification of separation that shows a discharge date within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for consideration under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.
STATUS APPLICANTS: If seeking eligibility consideration as status/agency/DOT employee, you must provide proof of eligibility in the form of an SF-50. Your SF-50 must verify the highest grade held competitively, full performance level of position, and eligibility as a status applicant. Please do not submit an Award SF-50, as these are often incomplete and do not verify grade or status eligibility.
NON COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS: If requesting concurrent consideration for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the appropriate SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certificate; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from State Vocational Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more information, visit military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring at least an 85 or falling in the Gold Category) and provide all of the following documents:
your most recent performance appraisal,
the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and
your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.
Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
You must submit a complete application package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no later than midnight Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement.
To begin, click the Apply Online button on the job announcement posting.
Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire.
DOT, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
Submit Application and Documents Online
1200 New Jersey Ave SE / HAHR - 50
Washington, District of Columbia 20590
United States
Next steps
You may check your application status by logging into your USAJOBS account. Within two weeks of the closing date, your application will be reviewed and rated. Ratings will be determined based on the documents and information received by the closing date. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring manager will contact you directly. Once a hiring decision is made, we will notify all applicants of their final status.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
