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Open: February 27, 2026 — Closes: March 9, 2026
Summary
This position is in the Facility Management division, Planning Facilities and Conservation Program. Open to the first 50 applicants or by 03/09/2026 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration. NOT to Exceed: 1039. The typical season entry- on duty period is from April 2026 to October 2026. Anticipated Enty on Duty; April 2026.
Major Duties
As a Facility Operations Specialist, GS-1640-12 with the National Park Service (NPS), your duties will include, but are not limited to: Conduct research, archival review, and onsite assessments to determine the original condition, construction methods, and architectural characteristics of historic structures. Develop detailed restoration and rehabilitation plans, including drawings, specifications, work sequences, and technical instructions that guide preservation and repair activities. Identify and evaluate period-appropriate tools, materials, hardware, and construction techniques needed to ensure new work is consistent with historic fabric and visually compatible with cultural resource standards. Monitor and document project execution, ensuring work complies with approved preservation plans, building codes, and agency standards; review and approve contractor work, track progress, and oversee project budgets. Provide technical guidance and hands-on instruction to craftspeople and maintenance personnel on specialized preservation techniques, historic-period hardware systems, and appropriate repair methods for sensitive materials. Physical Demands: The work requires some physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, and climbing such as in performing regular and periodic construction activities, field inspections, or to observe and study work operations in an industrial, storage, or comparable work area. Some light lifting of items such as books, instruments, and other similar materials may be required. Depending on project assignments, the work may require periodic to frequent travel of up to five continuous working days and driving a motor vehicle long distance to reach remote parks. Working Conditions: The work is usually performed in an office setting. The work area normally involves everyday risks or discomforts requiring safety precautions typical of offices or meeting and training rooms; or may involve occasional exposure to conditions in production facilities, laboratories, or construction sites requiring normal safety precautions. Participation in safety training such as fall protection, respiratory mask fit testing, or confined space entry training, as required by individual projects may be required to allow safe and thorough assessment of existing facilities and/or new construction.
