Facility Management Systems Specialist

National Park Service•Moab, UT

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Facility Management Systems Specialist serves with the National Park Service at Canyonlands National Park and has primary responsibility for the park’s Facility Management Software System (FMSS). The role operates and supports computerized systems and associated software for the park’s asset management program, including asset identification and inventory, condition assessments, cost estimating, work order generation, and life-cycle management. The specialist also teaches others to use these systems and supports accurate reporting of park assets, maintenance and construction needs, energy, expenditures, and accomplishments. The position establishes and maintains quality assurance and quality control for FMSS data; assesses a wide range of facilities and assets; and manages the park-wide work request system. Working with park, regional, and departmental staff, the specialist develops project scopes, work orders, estimates, compliance requirements, and funding requests, and maintains the Facility Investment Plan. The role may also serve as a Contracting Officer’s Representative. Work is primarily sedentary and normally performed in an office, with site visits and occasional hiking, climbing, or crawling for asset inspections. Telework is suitable only during an emergency or natural disaster. The position requires U.S. citizenship or national status, a favorable background investigation, a valid driver’s license, wearing a uniform, and completing required training and maintaining a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. A one-year probationary period may apply. Qualification at the GS-09 level requires one year of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to GS-07, qualifying graduate education, or a combination of education and experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must pass a background investigation and receive favorable adjudication.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Must participate in Direct Deposit and pass E-Verify employment verification.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license throughout employment.
Must wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.
Must complete required training and obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
May be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
For GS-09 qualification by experience: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07, including experience preparing and managing asset condition assessments in a park, recreational area, or similar facility; recording asset information in a software system such as FMSS; documenting deferred maintenance, inventory, and condition data; developing and monitoring an asset documentation process; and assisting with project development using an automated system such as PMIS.
For GS-09 qualification by education: a related master’s or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D.
A qualifying combination of graduate education and experience may be used to meet the GS-09 requirements.
Applicants must document hours worked per week; education-based qualification requires transcripts.
Competitive applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements.

Responsibilities

Operate and oversee the National Park Service Facility Management Software System (FMSS) and associated asset-management systems.
Identify and inventory critical assets; conduct condition assessments, cost estimates, work-order generation, and life-cycle management; and teach others to use the systems.
Use FMSS and other facility-management program systems to support accurate reporting on assets, maintenance and construction requirements, energy, expenditures, and accomplishments.
Establish and maintain an FMSS quality assurance/quality control program to review, validate, and correct data.
Conduct condition assessments of buildings, maintained landscapes, maintained archeological sites, trails, utility systems, cultural resources, roads, signs, interpretive media, and other assets.
Create work orders and maintain the park-wide work request system, providing online access to authorized users.
Collaborate with park staff to establish project scopes, work orders, cost estimates, and compliance requirements; use the Project Scoping Tool to develop facility projects in PMIS for funding requests.
Review, close out, and set up complex maintenance work orders for operational budget inclusion.
Lead the park’s Facility Investment Plan tool and keep it current with facility, park, and regional staff.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with staff, management, and regional personnel.
May serve as a Contracting Officer’s Representative on contracts.
Visit job sites and travel to training or conferences as required; perform occasional hiking, climbing, or crawling for asset inspections.