JOB SUMMARY: Designated a unit of the National Park System in 1972, Gateway National Recreation Area encompasses approximately 26,000 acres. With a remarkable concentration of cultural, natural, and recreational treasures in an urban setting. The park includes a large number of complex former military fortifications and facilities in two states. The lands making up the recreation area were assembled from a variety of ownership - military, other federal, state, county, city and private. MAJOR DUTIES: The incumbent serves as the Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist for the Gateway National Recreation Area and reports directly to the GS-14 Program Manager, Facility Management Division or Program Manager Business Management. The duty station is located at the Staten Island Unit (Staten Island, New York). The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist is responsible for providing facility management support for all Units of the park having a widely diversified infrastructure and operational complexity. This position supports the operations, staffing, management, maintenance, repair, and construction of park facilities, including buildings, utilities, trails, roads, and other physical assets. These duties provide stewardship of hundreds of assets/facilities ensuring visitor use and enjoyment as well as the protection of natural and cultural resources. The major duties of the position will include: building effective relationships working with senior park leadership, division leads, and unit facility managers and staff on project and maintenance issues; facilitating the planning of cyclic projects for all units, creating cost estimates, scopes of work, contracting submissions, and managing funding and projects; coordinating both permanent and seasonal hiring actions to provide continuity of staff resources to maintain all assets effectively; integrating safety in all operations and projects to eliminate at-risk behaviors and environments and enforce regulatory policies and mandates for safety; use of expert level knowledge of Facility Management and Project Management systems to create projects and track maintenance operation activities; provides training to park staff in facility management systems and other NPS processes as required; uses knowledge of the mission, organization, and goals of the National Park Service to preserve and maintain all park resources. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
