Clarification from the agency

The resume(s) submitted with the application can be no more than two pages in length. Applications will be accepted from all U.S. Citizens. Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.

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The Painter-Decorator Supervisor leads by example, working alongside their team performing the same work. They provide advice to the Facilities Manager's team on all matters affecting facilities maintenance, productivity, efficiency, and management.

Duties include, but not limited to: 

• Assigns work to employees directly and through work leaders and provides technical direction and/or assistance in accomplishing the work.
• Observes work in progress, investigates work related problems and determines causes.
• Implements corrective actions to resolve work problems.
• Operates a personal computer to perform the administrative work of the division such as approving time and attendance, maintaining directories and logs and preparing correspondence and memoranda.
• Initiates and closes out work orders used to document all work activities.
• Maintains the LBG Paint shop accountable property, including purchasing new equipment and updating inventory status.
• Performs decorative plastering on additions, renovations, patching, and new construction.
• Performs maintenance and repair on unique and historically significant plaster walls, ceilings, cornices, and moldings.
• Applies plaster to walls and ceilings.
• Applies decorative plaster to ornate and patterned finishes to exactly match the historical finish. 
• Uses trowels, float, screed, plasterers hawk, straight edge, and personally devised tools as appropriate.
• Scrapes, sands, or applies paint remover to rooms, corridors, stairwells, trim, and other building surfaces to remove old paint
• Prepares interior and exterior metal, wood and masonry surfaces.
• Mixes and matches colors of paint, stain, or varnish with oil and thinning or drying additives in order to obtain desired colors and consistency.
• Uses special finishing techniques such as sponging, ragging, layering, or faux finishing.
• Uses brushes, spray guns, rollers, or other equipment to apply paint, varnish, wallpaper and other elaborate finishes (i.e. stenciling, color glazing, marbling, lettering, striping, stippling, and graining) to walls, doors, windows, baseboards, floor, trim, and other surfaces of buildings; and wood and metal objects, equipment in order to shield, uphold, garnish, or refurbish them.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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 job-related elements.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.

To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:

• 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 all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position.

Ability to lead or supervise employees in the performance of painting-decorative plaster work including:

• Monitoring work in progress to identify deficiencies and direct corrective action to ensure work meets project specifications and established quality standards;
• Providing direction and guidance to employees on proper decorative painting and decorative plaster techniques, including: specialty finishes, ornamental plaster, moldings, cornices, and proper use of materials and troweling/finishing methods; and
• Using an inventory management system (i.e., MAXIMO) to track materials, process material requests, and purchase supplies and materials for a paint shop. 

How you will be evaluated

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

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the job elements for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following job elements and competencies:

-- Ability to Lead or Supervise (SCREEN OUT)

-- Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)

-- Knowledge of Materials

Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).