This position is located at the Butler VA Medical Center. The incumbent serves as the Supervisor of the Boiler Plant, Chiller Plant, and HVAC (Operations) Unit under the general supervision of the Assistant Chief Engineer. Supervision is minimal, allowing maximum freedom in planning and exercising own judgment in managing the section. This supervisory position requires skill, experience and knowledge in the operation and repair of the utilities systems for the medical center.

Duties

Position Description Title/PD#: Utility Systems Operator Supervisor/PD022130 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Major Duties: Plan the use of workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools on a day-to-day or project-by project basis; plan use of subordinate workers equipment, facilities, materials on a week-to week or month-to-month basis. Plan on a quarterly or longer basis the overall use of subordinate personnel and other resources under their control. Establish deadlines, priorities, and work sequences, and plan work assignments based on general work schedules, methods, and policies set by higher level supervisors; determine resource requirements, materials, and the number of subordinates and the types of skill necessary to accomplish long-range work schedules. Advises the Assistant Chief, FMS on a daily basis of any problems with major critical equipment, overtime needs, or problems with resource acquisition or allocation. Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or help in accomplishing difficult work steps and processes; investigate work related problems such as excessive costs or low productivity and determine causes. Responsible for supporting the ADP Security Program as outlined in VA Facility and/or Service policy, and maintaining physical security, software security, data and application security. Observes work in progress to anticipate and resolve problems, reassign personnel within group supervised, and coordinate work among workers and other supervisors to maintain work progress to meet schedules; inspect completed work for quality and work order requirements; report possible or actual work delays; implement corrective actions within their authority to resolve work problems, maintain balanced workloads by shifting assignments, workers, and other resources under their control to achieve the most effective work operations. Advocates the criticality or recommend solutions to staffing problems, engineering requirements, and work operations directed by other supervisors. Drafts Medical Center and related Facilities Management Service policies and procedures. Administers a utility management and preventive maintenance program and prepares internal systematic review reports on a quarterly basis. Advises and counsel workers on how to improve their performance; explain new work techniques or task. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Telework: Not Authorized. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• 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.
• Pre-employment physical required.
• 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/15/2023. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading)Dexterity and SafetyKnowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, and Repair, etc.Lead or SuperviseOperation of Equipment/MachineryTechnical PracticesUse of Measuring Instruments 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: The medical center facility consists of approximately 40 buildings and structures, buildings having approximately 550,000 square feet of building space, and 89 acres of property. The medical center also operates 5 remote Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC), and a 186,000 square feet Health Care Center (HCC). These employees are dispersed and do not all work together. The incumbent supervises staff across varying shifts providing the hospital with service at normal and off business hours as needed to meet critical requirements. Working Conditions: Work assignments can be work orders or in house multi-trade/shop projects that are accomplished within several weeks or months. Subordinate employees must frequently travel to offsite CBOC's to repair and/or install VA owned equipment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address VA Butler Healthcare 353 North Duffy Road Butler, PA 16001 US
• Name: Maurice Covington
• Phone: (412) 822-3542
• Email: [email protected]