Director Facilities and Real Estate

Director Facilities and Real Estate
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Headquarters, NASA
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Summary

Serves as Director, Facilities and Real Estate Division, Office of Strategic Infrastructure, providing executive leadership for NASA's facilities and real property portfolio. As the Agency's Institutional Authority for Facilities Engineering and Real Estate, establishes enterprise-wide policy, strategy, and investment priorities, ensuring effective stewardship of assets, risk-informed decision-making, mission readiness, and long-term infrastructure sustainability.

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Federal employees - Competitive service
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Federal employees - Excepted service
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.
Senior executives
Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).
Clarification from the agency

The area of consideration for this position is all groups of qualified individuals within the civil service, Senior Executive Service (SES) reinstatement eligible, and SES Candidate Development Program certified graduates with noncompetitive eligibility. A person is considered to be in the civil service only if occupying a civil service position at the time of application.

Duties

The Director Facilities and Real Estate:

Directs the development and implementation of long-range infrastructure strategies and investment plans to ensure that facilities and real estate resources are effectively aligned with Agency mission requirements, available funding, and evolving operational needs.
Provides authoritative advice and recommendations to senior NASA leadership on infrastructure investments, facility sustainment and modernization, asset utilization, and enterprise-wide risks affecting NASA's institutional capabilities and mission execution.
Advises the Assistant Administrator, OSI, and other senior NASA officials on infrastructure strategies, competing resource requirements, and investment tradeoffs to maintain mission readiness, improve lifecycle cost effectiveness, and sustain NASA's institutional capabilities.
Provides executive leadership and direction for NASA's facilities, engineering, real property management, infrastructure planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance, utilization, and disposition programs.
Establishes Agency-wide policies, standards, strategic priorities, and performance expectations to ensure the effective management and stewardship of NASA's facilities and real property portfolio.
Provides oversight of Center and Component Facility activities, evaluates program effectiveness, and directs improvements to address Agency-wide infrastructure requirements, operational challenges, and mission priorities.
Directs Agency-wide facilities and real estate investment planning, including the development, justification, prioritization, and management of Construction of Facilities (CoF) resources and long-range infrastructure investments.
Assesses the performance, effectiveness, and compliance of NASA's facilities engineering and real property programs across Centers and Component Facilities. Identifies significant infrastructure deficiencies, emerging requirements, systemic risks, and opportunities to improve program execution and resource utilization.
Represents NASA in discussions and negotiations with the Office of Management and Budget, Congress, other Federal agencies, industry organizations, and external stakeholders on facilities engineering, infrastructure investments, and real property matters.

Requirements

Conditions of employment
The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report' (OGE-278e) within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probationary period.
Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
Successful completion of pre-employment and random drug testing may be required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by the position.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES) under a career appointment, you must clearly articulate and describe within your 2-page resume that you possess the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandato