Clarification from the agency

In order to be eligible for this position you must currently be an Enlisted Member (E2/Amn - E6/TSgt) in the Virginia Air National Guard OR Not Currently in the Virginia Air National Guard but you must be willing and eligible to immediately join the Virginia Air National guard at one of those military ranks.

As a Production Controller (Construction) (Title 32), GS-1152-09, you will perform the below duties:

1. Receives and reviews all work requests (oral and written) for validity, accuracy, and feasibility. Ensures proper coordination with outside organizations such as safety, fire, security, communications, occupational health, and environmental. Serves as the manager of the material acquisition element. Estimates requirements for materiel, man-hours, and equipment time. Determines funding type, prepares job/work orders, and approves requests within his/her delegated authority. Introduces materiel requirements into the appropriate system and schedules work when materiel is received. Develops and monitors unit work order priority program. Coordinates with engineering/design to obtain blueprints, specifications, and related data concerning projects. Develops plans and specifications to promulgate customer's concepts into workable data. Schedules multi-shop (electrical, structural, mechanical, equipment operations, utilities) phasing for complex work. Follows up to determine if progress is as planned, arranging adjustments in materials, processes, and priority sequences to accommodate unexpected changes, etc. Monitors and controls the flow of work to ensure the most economical and efficient use of personnel, funds, and material. Establishes in-house maintenance and repair priorities (mission essential, safety, security, etc.), collating requirements with available resources.
2. Serves as the focal point for automated work control programs. Demonstrates expertise of various computer programs and automated systems utilized by RED HORSE relating to on-base activities. Utilizes unique RED HORSE work order management system and Standard Base Supply System, Base Contract Automatic System and similar automated management system identifying problem areas. Develops and implements written procedures or pursues other managerial alternatives to correct problem area. Maintains automated reports depicting status of RED HORSE work. Identifies and documents maintenance support problem areas, recommends corrective action and performs follow-up action. Ensures proper utilization of automated resources and compliance with current directives. Ensures internal communication routing procedures provide timely response or action. Ensures processing of material documentation produced by computers systems IAW applicable regulations.
3. Ensures fiscal responsibility by establishing work orders and job orders under the correct organizational funding codes. Utilizes a working knowledge of the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS). Exercises a thorough understanding of all RED HORSE funding classifications and their allowable legal allocations.
4. Establishes and operates the customer service center. This includes coordination with building managers, soliciting and reviewing customer feedback, trend analysis, service calls, providing guidance for self-help customers, providing interpretation of, and recommendations for adjustments to service contracts, and providing a central point for information vital to the accomplishment of the RED HORSE mission. Visits job/construction sites to observe status of and expedite projects. Implements changes to avoid future delays and problems based to trend analysis. Provides quality customer service data to the RED HORSE Quality Assessment Teams.
5. In conjunction with Facility Manager, coordinates and directs periodic inspections of Real Property and Real Property Installed Equipment (RPIE). Inventory data must reflect conditions, amount, type, and descriptions of all facilities and RPIE. Maintains backlog of essential long-term maintenance and repair requirements, ensuring all future maintenance, repairs, and minor construction work is identified and programmed for in­ service or contract accomplishment. Results are used to forecast maintenance requirements and determine facility condition codes used as a basis for the Commander's Facilities Assessment Report. Formulates and administers the Recurring Maintenance Program (RMP). This program typically ensures prompt and continuous maintenance for all facility systems including existing and newly gained facilities. Recognizes the requirement to add recurring maintenance activities to the existing workflow as newer and highly technical systems are established through new construction. Coordinates maintenance schedules with construction contractors and the base maintenance force. Scheduling complexity is increased due to the age of ANG facilities and systems, which are kept in service beyond their normal life cycle. Determines the most effective utilization of resources to accomplish recurring maintenance actions by use of in-service employees, Traditional Guard personnel, and/or contract maintenance services. May track and submit material requirements to the Material/Deployment Manager for future RMP cycles.
6. Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• This position is not located at a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

NOTE:Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

WHO CAN APPLY: GROUP I - All qualified Male/Female Enlisted Member (E2/Amn - E6/TSgt) currently employed (permanent) in the Virginia Air National Guard Military Technician Program.
GROUP II - All qualified Virginia Air National Guard Male/Female Enlisted Member (E2/Amn - E6/TSgt) regardless of employment status (Traditional, Military Technician or AGR). To be considered as a Group II applicant, proof of appointment/enlistment in the Virginia National Guard must be attached if the appointment/enlistment occurred within 60 days prior to, or during, the advertisement period.
Group III - Individuals eligible for membership in the Virginia Air National Guard.

Military Grades: Enlisted Member (E2/Amn - E6/TSgt)

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Applicant must have experience or training serving as a Production Controller with responsibilities to include validating, planning, estimating, scheduling and expediting work through the efficient use of personnel and material, supporting all assigned facilities of Real Property Installed Equipment (RPIE).

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must have at least 12 months of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS 7 level, or equivalent pay band in other pay systems in the Federal government? This experience may also have been obtained in the private sector but must demonstrate that it is comparable to the GS grade indicated. This experience must include activities such as:

1. Experience receiving and reviewing all work requests (oral and written) for validity, accuracy, and feasibility.
2. Experience ensuring proper coordination with outside organizations such as safety, fire, security, communications, occupational health, and environmental.
3. Experience demonstrating expertise of various computer programs and automated systems.
4. Experience ensuring fiscal responsibility by establishing work orders and job orders under the correct organizational funding codes.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):