Administrative Manager (Direct Hire)
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About the role
Summary
The Facilities Management Division Chief is responsible for providing strategic direction, leadership, and operational oversight for all real property, infrastructure, and facility support operations across Goddard's portfolio. The incumbent directs comprehensive programs including building operations, maintenance and repairs, capital improvements, space allocation, energy management, and contract administration to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and sustainable physical working environments.
Duties
- Formulates long-range strategic plans, capital asset plans, and implements policies for real property management, facility modernization, and infrastructure lifecycle maintenance.
- Directs the daily operations, preventative maintenance, and emergency repair of physical infrastructure.
- Oversees the execution of major renovation, alteration, and new construction projects from programming and design through commissioning and occupancy.
- Ensures all facilities comply with federal, state, and local building codes, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, and fire/life safety standards.
- Directs sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives, including carbon footprint reduction, renewable energy integration, and waste diversion programs.
- Leads, mentors, and evaluates a multidisciplinary team composed of facility managers, engineers, skilled trades supervisors, safety specialists, and administrative personnel.
- Allocates resources, tracks expenditures, and ensures fiscal accountability across all division activities.
- Provides technical oversight for Contracting Officer's Representatives, develops statements of work, technical evaluation criteria for facilities services, construction contracts, architectural/engineering agreements and ensures contract compliance.
Qualifications
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Directing, coordinating, and managing full-lifecycle facility operations, maintenance, and engineering services for a large-scale, multi-facility, or high-complexity campus environment; Leading multi-phase capital improvement and infrastructure renewal projects, including scope development, design review, cost estimating, and project closeout; Developing, defending, and executing complex annual operating and capital budgets. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Super-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of super intelligent (SI) or SI-assisted tools during the application process.
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