As a Building Management Specialist, you will assist the Building Manager who provides occupants of both Federal Government buildings and privately leased space with safe, secure, clean, and sustainable facilities in which to conduct agency business. Responsibilities include:

• Works closely with other GSA personnel, customer agency personnel and contractors in the planning, design, renovation, construction, alteration, operation, maintenance and repair of assigned buildings.
• Evaluates any proposed contract changes and makes recommendations to the Contracting Officer regarding changes in scope of performance standards to improve service delivery and meet customers’ needs, or changes in the site conditions; performs final inspection of completed work against contract requirements and approves or rejects the final product in whole or in part.
• Performs pre-occupancy and transition tasks including reviewing space requests; participating in market surveys and design kickoff/acceptance meetings; preparing lessor transition and customer welcome packages; providing past performance information to the LCO for succeeding leases; and perform space condition inspections, key collection for vacated space, and coordinate overtime utility services and payments.
• Manages grounds and exteriors including parking structures and lots, site utilities, landscaping and grounds, snow removal, and exterior building maintenance; assesses the effect of climate and extreme environmental conditions and evaluates the performance of grounds and exterior elements; assesses the need for alterations in grounds and exterior elements; and manage the maintenance and custodial needs of grounds and exterior elements.
• Uses Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership concepts and is fully engaged in development of budgets for building services, repair and alteration, and capital design and construction.

Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with Selective Service, if you are a male born after 12/31/1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions:

• Receive authorization from OPM on any job offer you receive, if you are or were (within the last 5 years) a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch.
• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
• Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee.  We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
• The employee must travel to customer offices and GSA sites and have a current, valid State driver's license because this position requires that you operate a Government-owned or leased motor vehicle.
• This work is mostly sedentary; however, walking, climbing ladders, crawling under and over equipment, bending, stooping and standing for long periods of time is required while inspecting buildings during field evaluations. Work is normally performed in an office setting, however, incumbent is routinely required to travel and may be exposed to slippery or uneven ground, falling objects, constructions and site conditions, noise, dust and environment or other discomforts and hazards.
• If you apply for the Baltimore, MD location, the initial duty station for this position will be the Mid-Atlantic Region, Public Buildings Service, Baltimore Field Office, 101 W Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD.  However, the incumbent may later be reassigned to one of the following field office locations: Woodlawn, MD; Greenbelt, MD.  As such, the selected candidate will be required to sign a mobility agreement prior to appointment.
• If you apply for the Woodlawn, MD location, the initial duty station for this position will be the Mid-Atlantic Region, Public Buildings Service, Woodlawn Field Office, 7500 Security Boulevard, Woodlawn, MD.  However, the incumbent may later be reassigned to one of the following field office locations: Baltimore, MD; Greenbelt, MD.  As such, the selected candidate will be required to sign a mobility agreement prior to appointment.

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

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The GS-11 salary range starts at $72,030 per year.  

The GS-12 salary range starts at $86,335 per year. 

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.  

To qualify for the GS-11, you must demonstrate one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in Federal service.  Specialized experience is experience assisting in the management of a multi-level commercial office building (or equivalent non-housing high rise building) consisting of building mechanical system (i.e., HVAC, alarm systems, elevators, etc.). This experience typically includes:

• monitoring occupant space utilization, energy and water conservation, sustainability and environmental hazards programs;
• coordinating alteration and renovation projects;
• gathering information to assess the level of customer satisfaction, i.e., surveys, interviews with tenant contacts, focus groups;
• monitoring real property budgetary and financial data; and,
• administration of repair and/or operation and maintenance contracts.

-OR- Possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or have successfully completed 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading  to such a degree or  LL.M., if related.  -OR- possess a combination of graduate level education and appropriate experience that together meet the qualification requirements of this position.

To qualify for the GS-12, you must demonstrate one year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience assisting in the management of a multi-level commercial office building (or equivalent non-housing high rise building) consisting of complex building mechanical system (i.e., building automated systems, centralized HVAC, alarm systems, elevators, etc.). This experience typically includes:

• monitoring occupant space utilization, energy and water conservation, sustainability and environmental hazards programs
• directing and coordinating minor alteration and renovation projects
• maintaining customer satisfaction programs including feedback mechanisms used to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided; managing or monitoring real property budgetary and financial data
• contract administration and oversight (i.e., janitorial, mechanical, elevator contracts)

If you apply for the Baltimore, MD location, the initial duty station for this position will be the Mid-Atlantic Region, Public Buildings Service, Baltimore Field Office, 101 W Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD.  However, the incumbent may later be reassigned to one of the following field office locations: Woodlawn, MD; Greenbelt, MD.  As such, the selected candidate will be required to sign a mobility agreement prior to appointment.

If you apply for the Woodlawn, MD location, the initial duty station for this position will be the Mid-Atlantic Region, Public Buildings Service, Woodlawn Field Office, 7500 Security Boulevard, Woodlawn, MD.  However, the incumbent may later be reassigned to one of the following field office locations: Baltimore, MD; Greenbelt, MD.  As such, the selected candidate will be required to sign a mobility agreement prior to appointment.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will use a method called Category Rating to assess your application. Here’s how it will work:

• You will be scored on the questions you answer during the application process, which will measure your possession of the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities:
  1. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques and statistical interpretation required to perform extensive coordination and fact-finding in order to identify client agency and building tenants’ facility needs in relation to customer satisfaction
  2. Skill in interpersonal relations and in written and oral communications required to explain, evaluate and negotiate client and technical operating requirements; coordinate work efforts and negotiate resolutions to problems; present information and conduct town hall meetings, tenant interviews and discussions.
  3. Knowledge of building operations and maintenance, including Federal and industry operations and maintenance best practices; major systems and equipment such as HVAC, controls, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roofing, structural, elevators, and renewable energy systems and how they contribute to whole building energy and water use; programs such as commissioning, building retuning and continuous commissioning, energy and water efficiency, sustainability, zero environmental footprint and related energy goals, custodial, waste management and recycling; art and historic preservation; space alterations; safety, emergency management, environmental management and concessions.
  4. Ability to integrate knowledge of legal, engineering, architecture, fire and life safety, physical security, food service, finance, asset preservation, HVAC, environment, cost estimation, contracting, lease management.
  5. Ability to plan, schedule, and balance all technical aspects of multiple tenant requirements, such as complex alterations, and to independently determine and execute the appropriate sequencing of work required to fulfill client agency needs and to inform them regarding the status of projects;
  6. Knowledge of building operational requirements necessary to assess the feasibility and impact of space moves and alterations on tenant agency operations, in order to minimize adverse impacts.
• Your answers to the questions will be used to place you in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified.
• We will verify your answers to the questions in your resume. If your resume doesn’t support your answers, we may lower your score, which could place you in a lower category.
• Within each category, veterans will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

Additional assessments may be used, and, if so, you will be provided with further instructions.

If you are eligible under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan or GSA’s Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP), you must receive a score of 85 or higher to receive priority.