Summary
You will serve as an Equipment and Facilities Maintenance Planner with the Bureau of Reclamation. Serves as a senior level analyst and management adviser in formulating, planning, executing, evaluating, and reporting on the Area Office maintenance program.
Duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Formulates program requirements for present and future work including developing and recommending goals and objectives, review for consistency and accuracy, conformance with goals and objectives. Coordinates activities as appropriate with all levels of Area Office personnel, including management, engineering and technical support staff, craft personnel and administrative support staff. Ensures job plans are reviewed and revised as required to reflect current maintenance and safety practices including the latest versions of Facilities, Instructions, Standards and Techniques, (FIST) and Reclamation Safety and Health Standards, (RSHS). Prepares various reports on maintenance planning, progress, and accomplishment. Identifies and promotes successes and best practices. Establishes job priorities and schedule requirements and coordinates with managers and lead craft personnel. Participates in the development of the preventative maintenance outage schedule. Identifies job hazards and safety precautions, any special permits and clearance requirements as prerequisites for the work. Identifies hazardous materials and considers the specific environment where the work is accomplished and prescribes the appropriate personnel protective safety equipment. Develops job plans for routine and complex work that requires specialized tools, non-stock materials, engineering and procurement support and purchases parts, tools, and services under micro-purchase authority. Provides for basic inspection and acceptance of maintenance and repair services on equipment or facilities, or on completed deliverables in accordance with contract requirements. Completes required documents for contract closeout. Visits job sites to determine the scope of work and materials required to prepare a complete job package and follows up after work has started to see if additional planning support is needed.
Requirements
Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You will be required to obtain a successful pre-employment physical examination by a licensed physician certifying your ability to perform the duties of this position. A physical exam may not be required if a comparable agency approved examination was performed within the last 12 months. You may be required to travel for training and site visits. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. You may be required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Education
This position does not allow substituting education for experience.
How you will be evaluated
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Planning and Evaluating Problem Solving Schedule Management Technical Competence Written Communication To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a subject matter expert resume review.These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. DUE WEIGHT: Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.