Building Management Specialist

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held  each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).    

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

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The GS-9 salary range starts at $60,905 per year and the GS-11 salary range starts at $73,690 per year. If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected (2024 General Schedule Pay Table).   

To qualify for the GS-09, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience assisting in the management of a commercial office building  (or equivalent non-housing high rise building) consisting of building mechanical system (i.e., HVAC, alarm systems, elevators, etc.).  This experience typically includes:

• coordinating repair and/or alteration  projects;
• maintaining customer satisfaction programs that include feedback mechanisms used to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided
• gathering data to assist with the development of operating budgets; and
• inspecting contractor performance.

Education may be substituted for specialized experience: Have a master's (or equivalent graduate degree such as LL.B. or J.D. as specified in qualification standards or individual occupational requirements),or 2 academic years of progressively higher level graduate education; and/or at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the Federal service.

OR

Have a combination of graduate education and specialized experience that when combined together meet the qualification requirements of this position.

To qualify for the GS-11, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience assisting in the management of a  multi-level commercial office building  (or equivalent non-housing high rise building) consisting of building mechanical system (i.e., HVAC, alarm systems, elevators, etc.).  This experience typically includes:

• monitoring occupant space utilization, energy and water conservation, sustainability and environmental hazards programs;
• coordinating repair and/or alteration- projects;
• maintaining  customer satisfaction  programs that include feedback mechanisms used to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided;
• monitoring real property budgetary and financial data; and,
• administration of repair and/or operation and maintenance contracts.

OR

Education may be substituted for specialized experience: Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or have successfully completed 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. To be creditable, graduate education must be in one or a combination of the following fields: accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and management.

OR

Have a combination of graduate education and specialized experience that when combined together meet the qualification requirements of this position.