The Maintenance Supervisor serves as the technical and administrative supervisor, and the grounds unit subject matter expert (SME), exercising full supervisory responsibility for the work operations of the Grounds and Landscape Shop. This position falls under the general supervision of the Maintenance Control Manager, Operations, Engineering Section at the Columbia VA Health Care System, its CBOCs and all other locations under its jurisdiction.

Duties

This is a non-bargaining unit position. The Maintenance Supervisor assesses the needs of the grounds unit and assigns projects to staff, relating to landscaping design and work, irrigation system installation and repairs, and outdoor electrical work, that pertains to grounds maintenance. Incumbent serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR), for contracts pertaining to the grounds section and any high dollar equipment maintained in the section. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Provides general instructions, standard procedures, overall priorities, and policies, and relies on their knowledge to control work operations and accomplish an adequate quantity and quality of work. Responsible for overall maintenance, repair, alteration and mobile equipment maintenance and repair, and grounds maintenance. Coordinates work of the team with other internal shops and external departments that may be involved. Serves as the supervisor over the following positions: Electrician, Plumber, Maintenance Mechanic, Tractor Operator Leader, Tractor Operator, Gardener/Tractor Operator, and Laborer. Incumbent must have the knowledge and skill set to perform the duties of these positions. Determines training needs, provides training, or prepares training requests to improve skills and safety practices of employees. Incumbent must have the ability to acquire and maintain a South Carolina Non- Commercial Pesticide License. Develop recommendations in changes to requirements, work methods/techniques, work standards, manpower structure/responsibilities/work techniques and standards, along with improvements to equipment, infrastructure, and workflow. Coordinates and ensures that contractor operations are scheduled with surrounding Hospital activities to ensure that essential services are maintained. Conducts inspections of work to ensure compliance with contract documents. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Supervisor - Grounds and Landscaping/PD111020 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/10/2023. 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: Equipment Assembly, Installation, RepairInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)Lead or SuperviseMaterialsMeasuring InstrumentsMeet deadlinesTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and Equipment 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: Work involves strenuous, heavy physical effort in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments. Work is performed on large pieces of equipment, which requires frequent adjustments. Often the terrain causes more adverse operating conditions than work on flat or rolling terrain. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces. Frequently required to work in awkward or strained WORKING positions due to location of the controls and attachments. Working Conditions: Work is performed outside, in all types of weather, often in an open driver seat or platform, on hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces and forests. incumbent is constantly exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning while working on rough and uneven terrain. Subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Columbia VA Health Care System 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]