Summary
This position is with Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Technical Support, Approval and Certification Center (A&CC). MSHA works to prevent death, illness and injury from mining; promote safe and healthful workplaces for U.S. miners. MSHA carries out the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) as amended by the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006.
Duties
Provides oversight of administrative activities. Provides advice and consultation to the Chief concerning the direction of administrative programs, facility's maintenance, and contracts. Manages and directs the grounds and facility program areas through a facility services contract and other special contracts for improvements, renovations, and maintenance projects. Ensures operating costs and expenses remain within funding levels, through the monitoring and tracking of budget expenditures. Provides technical oversight for the contract services, including analyzing, justifying, comparing costs and recommending whether work should be contracted out. Evaluates analytical results, assesses impact, and recommends administrative or programmatic avenues to reach or maintain expected level of resource utilization. Participates in or leads formal and informal meetings. Supervises a staff of specialized professional and administrative personnel. Plans for short- and long-range activities relating to program and policy changes, utilization of resources, changes in program authority, and cost savings methods. Distributes resources to meet agency mission and objectives and adjusts them to meet changing priorities. Selects, manages and directs use of in-house engineering talents, expertise from other governmental organizations, and contracted skills to resolve highly specialized facility problems such as noise control, illumination, waste disposal, air quality, electrical usage and distribution, etc., as available and necessary to address operational and facility issues. Responsible for the on-the-job safety and health of all employees of the Division. Initiates activities to assure conformity with established local and agency safety programs to satisfy this responsibility. Responsible for Center safety and health activities such as annual inspections, COOP, etc.
Education
There is no substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level.
How you will be evaluated
Your evaluation will be based on how well you meet the qualifications outlined in this vacancy announcement, as demonstrated through your resume and supporting documentation. Click Application of Veterans Preference for more information. You may preview application questions for this vacancy here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13070221 SME Resume Panel Review Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will review your resume to assess your technical qualifications based on the competencies listed below. Applicants who meet the required qualifications will advance to the next stage of the hiring process. For each below competency, SME(s) will provide a rating of 0-Not Applicable, 1-Awareness, 2-Basic, 3-Intermediate, 4-Advanced, or 5-Expert based on the content of your resume. Evaluation Factors (Competencies) - All qualified applicants will be evaluated on the following key competencies: Administration and Management Financial Management Manages and Organizes Information Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence The information you provide may be verified by a review of your paid, unpaid, volunteer, as it demonstrates the competencies or skills required for the position to be filled. Your evaluation may include an interview, reference checks, or other assessment conducted by HR specialists, subject matter experts, or panel members and may include other assessment tools (ex. interview, structured interview, written test, work sample, etc.). INFORMATION FOR ICTAP/CTAP ELIGIBLE(S) ONLY: If you are eligible for special priority selection under ICTAP/CTAP, you must be well-qualified for the position to receive consideration. ICTAP/CTAP eligible(s) who are Category B or higher will be considered well-qualified. Be sure to review the eligibility questions to reflect that you are applying as an ICTAP or CTAP eligible and submit supporting documentation.