Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Summary As Director of the Heating Operation and Transmission District (HOTD), you will be responsible for professional, business, and technical administration; and strategic and tactical direction over planning, organizing, leading, and controlling this large utility complex. Location: National Capital Region (NCR), the Heating Operation & Transmission Officer(HOTD) Division. We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed. Responsibilities Summary: As Director of the Heating Operation and Transmission District (HOTD), you will be responsible for professional, business, and technical administration; and strategic and tactical direction over planning, organizing, leading, and controlling this large utility complex. To include administration of programs, projects, and initiatives related to mechanical, chemical, electrical/electronics, climate change, sustainability, decarbonization, environmental and plant operation functions and disciplines; and business activities related to budgeting, financial management, revenue collection, customer relations, industry collaboration and public affairs. Duties: Serve as Regional Representative on matters concerning the Heating Operation and Transmission District (HOTD). Identify, lead, and participate in regional, national, and/or international special projects or studies, work groups, task forces and panels, focusing on unprecedented problems, policy making, and shaping the future direction of agency programs related to the Heating Operations and Transmission Division (HOTD) and other regional programs. Administer the pollution control program for all pollution matters within the plants related to air, water, noise, oil, fuel, and thermal considerations. Develop and/or recommend revised guidelines and operating procedures. Responsible for rewriting existing policies and procedures, and developing, coordinating, and implementing policies, goals, and objectives for activities and programs in the division's organizational components involving mitigating climate risks, increasing energy and sustainability measures, and formulating decarbonization actions. Administer capital construction program for all repair/improvement and modification projects. Prepare budget and control financial obligations and expenditures. Determine, establish, provide annual energy service estimates for steam, chilled water, and electricity to customer accounts. Provide leadership and direction to a wide range of representatives both internal and external to the Federal sector in the development and management of multi-million-dollar projects. Formulate initiatives to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions (and their environmental impact}, increase energy efficiency, reduce utility costs, and increase the number of sustainable facilities. Develop natural and climate hazard, consequence, and risk data for existing owned facilities, identify consequence mitigation strategies, and communicate this facility risk information to safeguard GSA owned assets from damage, operational disruption, and operations cost across the facilities serviced by the HOTD distribution system. Provide leadership and direction to a wide range of representatives from within and outside the Federal sector during the development and management of multi-million-dollar projects, involving a span of three or more years to complete. Lead the analysis to determine client facility needs and identities key technical and resource personnel aspects of projects. Requirements Conditions of Employment US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959 If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Serve a one year probationary period, if required. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level). Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment. Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required. Qualifications 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. NOTE: Qualifications are based on length and level of experience. Therefore, in addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week if part time. Qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, so failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. For a brief video on creating a Federal resume, click here. The GS-15 salary range starts at $163,964 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. To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is administering the pollution control program for all pollution matters within heating and refrigeration plants which relate to air, water, noise, oil, fuel, and thermal considerations. Experience must include developing guidelines and operating procedures on policies, and objectives for activities to include programs in the organizational components involving mitigating climate risks, increasing energy and sustainability measures, and formulating decarbonization actions. Education Additional Information Bargaining Unit Status: - This position is ineligible for the bargaining unit Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility. On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved: Recruitment incentive if you are new to the federal government Relocation incentive if you are a current federal employee Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area as needed; through other means; or not at all. We are also accepting applications from all U.S. Citizens and Nationals under Vacancy Announcement #WP-2024-0282. You must apply separately to each announcement to be considered for both. GSA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility that goes beyond our compliance with EEO regulations including: Valuing and embracing diversity, promoting equity, inclusion and accessibility, and expecting cultural competence; and Fostering a work environment where all employees, customers and stakeholders feel respected and valued. Our commitment is: Reflected in our policies, procedures and work environment; Recognized by our employees, customers and stakeholders; and Drives our efforts to recruit, attract, retain and engage the diverse workforce needed to achieve our mission.