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Location of position: Public Buildings Service, Region 5.

The Public Buildings Service (PBS) acquires space through new construction and leasing and maintains federal properties nationwide. PBS owns or leases an inventory of more than 8,800 assets, maintains more than 370 million square feet of workspace for 1.1 million federal employees, and preserves more than 500 historic properties.

This position has job functions that must be executed within specific geographic locations. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home) within the specified geographic area: Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; Minneapolis, MN; Akron, OH; Peoria, IL and South Bend, IN. You will be expected to report to a specific General Services Administration (GSA) duty location at least two or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency’s telework policy.

The selected candidate will perform the duties and responsibilities of a General Services Administration (GSA) Property Manager which includes exercising full responsibility and authority for the day-to-day operations of a designated building or groups of buildings within the General Services Administration (GSA) inventory. Examples of duties:

• Programs, develops and directs all on-site building operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, historic preservation, cleaning, recycling, concessions, safety, environmental and security activities in government owned and leased buildings assigned.
• Identifies and recommends major repair and alteration project needs.
• Performs contract administration, lease management, quality assurance and inspection duties related to assigned facilities.
• Develops and promotes positive working relationships with customer agencies and client personnel.

The duties listed are at the full performance level.  If selected at the GS-11 grade level, you will perform similar duties under closer supervision.

Conditions of employment

• US Citizens and National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
• Direct Deposit of salary check to financial organization required.

• Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
• 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.
• Have a valid driver's license.

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.

For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. 

The GS-11 salary range starts at $72,533 per year.

The GS-12 salary range starts at $86,962 per year. 

Salary is determined by the location for which you are selected.

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 level, you must possess one of the following: (1) At least one year of specialized experience, as defined below, equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service; (2) 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 (3) Possess a combination of graduate level education and appropriate experience that together meet the qualification requirements of this position.

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal service 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 repair and/or alteration- projects;
• maintaining  customer satisfaction  programs that include feedback mechanisms used to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided;
• monitoring real property budgetary and financial data; and,
• administration of repair and/or operation and maintenance contracts.

To qualify for the GS-12 level, you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service as described below. 

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; and,
• contract administration and oversight (i.e., janitorial, mechanical, elevator contracts).

If you are using your education to qualify, you must provide a copy of your transcripts.  See "Required Documents" section for additional information.

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:

• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques and statistical interpretation required to perform coordination and fact-finding in order to identify client agency and building tenants’ facility needs.
• Advanced skills in interpersonal relations and in written and oral communications.
• Ability required 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; knowledge of building operational requirements.
• Knowledge of contracting rules and regulations regarding the technical soundness of contractor-provided supplies/services/processes and decisions to ensure services provided meet contract specifications.
• Analytical knowledge of the property management industry including private sector leasing protocols and practices involving facility operations and systems.
• Knowledge of a wide range of real estate principles, concepts, and practices as well as a good understanding of the real estate market.
• Technical 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.
• 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.

Your answers to the questions will be used to place you in one of the following categories and standard score ranges: 

• Best Qualified = Candidates scoring between 95 - 100
• Well Qualified = Candidates scoring between 85 - 94 (Well Qualified for CTAP/ICTAP)
• Qualified = Candidates scoring between 70 - 84

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 hurdle assessments, such as narrative responses or other assessments, may be administered to applicants who meet the requirements of the first hurdle, e.g., the minimum qualification requirements. If additional assessments are used, 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.