Facility Operations Specialist (Facility Manager)

Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System•Montgomery, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Facilities Department at a Federal Prison Camp. The incumbent serves as the institution’s Facility Manager, planning, directing, and managing maintenance, repairs, alterations, and construction projects. The role manages civilian and inmate workers and is responsible for organizing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the institution’s construction program. The Facility Manager resolves difficult or technical problems arising in the department’s day-to-day operations and supervises new and existing construction, repair, and improvement projects. Renovation projects may range in funding from several thousand dollars to more than one million dollars. The incumbent also oversees all institution utilities. Like other correctional institution employees, the incumbent is responsible for maintaining institutional security; correctional duties take precedence over the other responsibilities and are performed regularly.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Meet the basic requirements through either qualifying undergraduate or graduate study in engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration, or qualifying specialized experience.
Qualifying specialized experience may include managing maintenance programs; overseeing contractors and construction or maintenance operations; reviewing plans and specifications; estimating material and labor costs; directing work; or maintaining contacts with the organization funding projects.
In addition to the basic requirements, qualify through a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M.; alternatively, have at least one year of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
Qualifying experience may include working with blueprints and project specifications, estimating costs and directing construction or maintenance work, and inspecting projects for progress and conformance with specifications.
If qualifying through education, provide legible transcripts with the application; foreign education must meet applicable recognition requirements.
Meet the conditions of employment, including satisfactory urinalysis, physical, and background investigation; NCIC and credit checks also apply.
Complete the required three-week Introduction to Correctional Techniques training course at Glynco, Georgia.
A one-year probationary period applies to an initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position.
The incumbent is subject to geographic relocation based on agency needs.
Applicants not currently working in an institution may be required to complete a qualification inquiry concerning misdemeanor domestic-violence convictions to be authorized to carry a firearm.

Responsibilities

Plan, direct, and manage maintenance, repair, alteration, and construction projects.
Manage civilian and inmate workers.
Organize, plan, implement, and evaluate the institution’s construction program.
Resolve difficult or technical problems arising in the day-to-day operation of the department.
Supervise existing and new construction projects, as well as repair and improvement projects.
Oversee all utilities at the institution.
Maintain the security of the institution and perform correctional responsibilities on a regular and recurring basis, with those responsibilities taking precedence over other duties.