The position serves as a Utility Systems Repairer-Operator within Engineering Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs Bay Pines Healthcare System. The arrangement consists of a five story, Business Occupancy with Ambulatory Care Facilities within, all located on 30 acres in Cape Coral FL. The facility is a highly active, modern medical center involved in specialized activities requiring diverse A/C, medical gasses & Utility services for areas all throughout the Bay Pines Healthcare System.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Troubleshoots, and maintain multiple fuel power boilers and related adjuvants, such as water treatment systems, and chemical dispensers. Adjusts air conditioning controls to ensure systems operate at peak efficiency ensuring that cooling, heating, and humidity requirements are maintained within established limits. Repairs all equipment related to the air conditioning plant. Maintains efficient combustion levels and repairs a multi-fueled, high-pressure steam plant. Manages daily assignments, logs, and adjustments to Boiler and Chiller controls; with boiler or auxiliary equipment rotations, plant inspections, and hourly log tracking; and with water testing procedures to determine chemical content, monitoring and logging of chemical usage, and calculating monthly reports. Monitors the Plant and ECC systems, makes adjustments resulting from staff requests, Fire Alarm system and with communication during emergencies; and monitors, repairs, and operates the Water Tower and all associated equipment. Starts, stops, and performs operational repairs and maintenance to all chiller plant and boiler plant equipment and associated systems, such as chilled water circulating pumps, air handling units, humidity controls systems, feed water pumps, condensate pumps, forced draft fans, de-aerating equipment, chemical feed pumps, and demineralizing water treatment systems. Work Schedule: To be discussed with supervision Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Authorized Position Description Title/PD#: Utility Systems Repairer-Operator/PD516-10932-A Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/04/2023. 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)MaterialsMeasuring InstrumentsTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout more than normal supervision 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: Frequently confined spaces around equipment and systems associated with the utility plant that requires long and uncomfortable periods of standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, climbing and working in tiring position. Makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms, and where the systems and equipment are in hard-to-reach places. They must lift equipment, parts, supplies and chemicals weighing up to 50 Lbs. Employee is also required to enter boiler furnaces, condensate tank, de-aerating tank, etc., to perform internal inspections and cleaning as required by VA Regulations. Working Conditions: Employee must work in areas that are hot, humid, high temperature, cold temperature, constant moist, chemical fumes, dirt, soot, rotating equipment, oil, grease and hot steam piping. They generally work indoors but works outside occasionally for short periods of time and is exposed to outside weather conditions. They are required to work on ladders and cat walks and is subject to cuts, bruises, burns, etc., from tools, chemicals, steam and utilities related equipment. Fumes from refrigerants and combustible gases constitute a disagreeable and unavoidable element.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10000 Bay Pines Boulevard Bay Pines, FL 33744 US
• Name: Jimmie Shaw
• Phone: 407-627-8325
• Email: [email protected]