SummaryThe incumbent serves as a Facility Operations Specialist for this campus-type long-term care hospital located on 12.5 acres, with 20 buildings and over 580,000 square feet of total floor area for various use along with an additional 12 lease sites totaling more than 85,000 square feet of floor area. This position reports to the Chief of Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
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Major duties include but are not limited to:- Incumbent supports the day-to-day operations, maintenance of buildings, and building systems for the VA Sierra Nevada Heath Care System (VASNHCS) and leased space.
- Responsible for assisting in the development of new, or for modifying existing facility policies, procedures and/or standards as necessary to assure continued uninterrupted utility services to the facility and associated surrounding grounds areas.
- The incumbent evaluates the condition of all facility components such as electrical systems, plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), structural integrity, safety systems (fire alarms and sprinklers), and other operational systems that are essential for the smooth functioning of the facility, plants, buildings, and on-going repairs such as routine maintenance (fixing leaks or replacing worn parts) to more complex repairs involving system overhauls or upgrades.
- The incumbent maintains regular inspections, cleaning, servicing, repairing, and replacing parts of the facility and its systems.
- The incumbent generates temporary work orders, and handle emergency calls.
Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 0730hrs - 1600hrs
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Facility Operations Specialist
/PD03024A
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Conditions of employment- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a probationary period
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
- Driver's License is required.
QualificationsTo qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/11/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Individual Occupational Requirements for the GS-9, Facility Operation Specialist- Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.
OR- Experience: Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs.
- Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans.
- Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: working knowledge of main life safety utility systems and components such as generators, automatic transfer switches, transformers, boilers, medical gases, compressors, air handling units, condensers, elevators, chillers, cooling towers and other equipment and building system components necessary to allow a large medical facility to function daily. This includes assuring that all critical utility systems are properly tested periodically as necessary to assure the continual dependability of these systems. Requires the application of a practical knowledge of (a) Facilities maintenance program planning, including evaluating the condition of all facility components; and (b) Financial planning and control, including determining funding requirements for facility operation and maintenance, justifying budget request; and (c) Facility requirements planning, including evaluating present use patterns of building, equipment, and other facilities; and projecting future requirements in terms of expanding or changing agency requirements. Possess working knowledge of VA, The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Associate (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) regulations and standards along with being familiar with VA construction standards and criteria.
OR,- Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.
OR,- Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must posses equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate education and specialized experience directly related to the work of the Facility Operations Specialist position, may be substituted to meet the experience requirements for GS-09 position. For example, an applicant with 6 months of appropriate specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 (50 percent of the experience requirement for GS-09) and 1 year of successfully completed graduate education (18 semester hours), as is describe above, (50 percent of the education requirement for the GS-09) would qualify for a GS-09 position.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Administration and Management
- Manages and Organizes Information
- Operations Support
- Planning and Evaluating
- Process Control
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: Physical demands range from conducting frequent inspections and surveys for prolonged periods of walking, standing, reaching and bending to handling and/or assisting in emergency situations that may involve strenuous activity while also wearing heavy protective clothing and equipment for extended periods. During normal and emergency situations, the incumbent may often be exposed to operating machinery, excessive heat and hazardous materials.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
EducationA transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional informationReceiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
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Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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