Facility Services Officer - Mid Level (Maryland)

National Security Agency/Central Security Service • Fort Meade, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

NSA is in need of skilled/experienced Facilities professionals. NSA is hiring for Facility Services Officers (FSOs) with knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical Systems to serve on our 24x7 Watch Team. FSOs are responsible for oversight of the operation, maintenance, repair, modification, design, construction, and inspection of Agency facilities. Specific responsibilities vary based upon areas of expertise. Facility Services Officers assigned to the 24/7 Facilities Watch Team monitor the Chilled Water and Electrical distribution systems at the NSA complex. They are responsible for monitoring the condition of all other facilities systems during scheduled and unscheduled outages, construction projects, and activities that place the facility in an abnormal condition.

Requirements

• Relevant experience must include two or more of the following: space planning or interior design; community or campus planning; construction; business administration; architecture; engineering (for example, facilities or infrastructure related field); finance; property or space management; trades or facilities operations; facilities system integration or interaction; hospitality; budgeting, cost estimating, project management activities in a related facilities or trade environment; building systems; HVAC; fire protection; plumbing.
• Entry is with a high school diploma or GED plus 7 years of relevant experience, or vocational/technical training in a relevant field plus 6 years of relevant experience, or an Associate's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Journeyman license in a relevant field plus 2 additional years of relevant experience.
• If qualifying with a degree, degree must be in Architecture, Interior Design, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (for example, Construction Management and Space Planning) or a Business related field (for example, Economics, Marketing, Accounting, Business Administration, and Finance).

Nice To Haves

• Certification in a relevant field (for example, electrical, mechanical, interior design) may count for up to one year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all utility outages with other maintenance customers and mission support elements.
• Ensure that timely notification of facility emergencies are made to all personnel that are impacted.
• Prepare and review daily logs and alarm summaries to ensure that follow-up actions are taken.
• Provide shift coverage to maintain the recommended staffing levels needed to operate the campus systems and provide emergency response to facility emergencies.
• Supervise Campus Utility outages when needed and assist with shutdown sequences and outage coordination.
• Review day to day operations of the Chilled Water and Electrical distribution systems and coordinate plant changes with Building Maintenance & Operations personnel.
• Provide accurate monitoring of the Agency's HVAC and Chilled Water Distribution systems through the Agency's Energy Management and Control Systems (EMCS).
• Provide accurate monitoring of the Agency's Electrical Distribution systems through the Agency's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System.
• Monitor the Chilled Water and Electrical distribution systems and coordinate plant changes with Building Maintenance & Operations personnel.
• Initiate daily plant status reports and make operator log entries to reflect the health and welfare of the systems.
• Maintain Operator logs to reflect any plant reconfigurations, responses to problem areas by tour persons, as well as any impact to Chilled Water distribution, Electrical distribution and Fire alarm operations.
• Conduct routine Mechanical and Electrical Systems Tours to inspect and monitor maintenance activities to assure availability of systems are not interrupted.
• Respond and/or dispatch facility personnel to emergencies and routine service calls as needed.
• Take necessary actions to control or repair the problems and provide follow up details for Watch logs.

Benefits

• NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED