This Supply Technician serves in the Material Management Section within the Logistics Department Section of the Facilities Management Service Line at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. As a Supply Technician, you will support a full service supply inventory and expendable supply-purchasing program, which is based on the ongoing and planned activities of the various service lines supported.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Serve as a co-Facility Recall Administrative Coordinator (FRAC), responsible for the following: Collecting all recalls and notices received on hazardous products. Identifying potential customer services and disseminating this information to potential product users. Initiates immediate action regarding dangerous, hazardous, or unsafe products in order to remove such products from use. Generating quarterly and annual Recall reports for the FRC to submit to the Environment of Care Committee. Overseas the implementation, maintenance, and compliance of the recall/alert program, consistently monitoring the program to assure that alerts and recalls are managed and communicated appropriately and required reports are timely submitted. Ensures the facility adheres to policy and procedures for the identification, reporting and removal of recalled or potentially hazardous products that could endanger the life or safety of patients and employees. Serve as COTR, Metered Mail Fund Control Manager and back-up Medical Equipment Rental Coordinator responsible for the specific contract administration functions including: Developing required documents, conducting market research, participates in negotiations, performing technical evaluations of proposals, planning the technical aspects of source selections, reviewing and approving invoices through OLCS, monitoring the contractor's performance to ensure receipt of services in accordance with the contractor's performance schedule, ensuring satisfactory and timely delivery within the financial constraints of the contract, providing technical direction and business advise and guidance, performing inspection and acceptance, reviewing invoices for accuracy and approving them, reviewing quarterly price revisions to ensure new prices are fair and reasonable and preparing annual budget request to support both programs. Setting and establishing the budgets for each fiscal year to include: Compiling figures, maintaining records and compiling reports, processing transactions including verifying codes and other information, reconciling balances, assembling the appropriate repost and forms and performing data entry into automated systems for tracking purposes. Formulating and analyzing expenditure reports in and out of the VISTA system; resolving problems in balancing accounts and/or requesting adjustments to the accounts to satisfy invoices before they need to be ratified or delinquent. Government Purchase Card (GPC) holder for micro purchase limits and payment only cards for delivery orders against existing contracts. Primary Time Keeper for the Logistics section and back-up Time Keeper for the Facilities Management and Environmental Management Service Lines. Performs a wide variety of administrative tasks associated with maintaining and supporting the work performed within the organization such as correspondence and information control, tracking equipment, supporting the check-out process for outgoing facility personnel and acting as the primary liaison between the program office and administrative offices outside the organization. Collateral duty as Controlled Substance Abuse Inspector. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm Telework: as determined by the agency policy. Telework is on an ad hoc basis, determined by needs of the service and supervisor approved. VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supply Technician/PD403650 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 09/17/2024. 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 within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: receipt and distribution of supplies and materials for a complex medical center; maintaining stock at inventory locations; monitors expiration dates; ensure supplies are delivered timely; answering questions on local processes and procedures; ensuring proper storage of supplies and materials; resolving problems and providing guidance to others on logistics activities; and making recommendations on improvement of wok production and quality of work. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementAttention to DetailFinancial ManagementTeamwork 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 work is primarily sedentary. Typically, the employee sits to do the work. However, there is some walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items, such as papers, books, etc. No special physical demands are encountered to perform the work. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address VA Puget Sound Health Care System 1660 South Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108 US
• Name: Stephenie Merrill
• Phone: 509-525-5200 X26794
• Email: [email protected]