The incumbent in this position is located within the Facilities Section of the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) performing various tasks related to the day-to-day technical administration of the Safety and Occupational Health Programs. The incumbent will also assist in special assignments or projects as directed.

Duties

These duties include, but are not limited to the following below: 1. Executes a comprehensive automated equipment management program, ensuring standard protocols are adhered to for the assessment, maintenance, and repair of an automated pharmacy fulfillment system (APFS) and supporting infrastructure. 2. Maintains complex, diverse facility and automated utility/system operations to include periodic inspection, preventive maintenance, and repair. Improvises troubleshooting practices an interprets electronic, electrical, and mechanical drawings, specifications and schematics of custom systems. 3. Monitors quality assurance indicators related to forecasting of premature equipment failure rates, mean time between equipment failures (MTBF) as they relate to enhancing patient safety, and the prevention of control of unexpected catastrophic system failures, identifying and implementing protocols to ensure timely recovery of critical equipment and systems. 4. Resolves a variety of unconventional situations arising from software, hardware, and integration programs. 5. Collaborates with production supervisors and end users to optimize fulfillment workflow. Serves as a subject matter authority for automated pharmacy fulfillment system components and ensures that application training is provided to users and support staff. 6. Maintains an equipment inventory and maintenance database used to supply current maintenance information on request. 7.Serves as a Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for assigned construction and service contracts related to facility systems/projects. Assists with site preparation, installation, configuration, and integration of healthcare technology and operational control systems for facility, wider-organization, and/or agency wide networked systems, coordinating with vendors and Contracting Officers and procurement or technical issues. Work Schedule: (2 shifts are available) Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM (EST) and 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM (EST) (Midnight) 2 shifts are available at the discretion of the supervisor and the needs of the agency. Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual/Remote: This is not a virtual/remote position. Position Description/PD#: Engineering Technician/PD05420A Physical Requirements: This position involves the performance of inspection activities which requires frequent extensive walking, standing, bending, climbing, crouching, reaching and lifting of a variety of moderately heavy items such as large metal lids on storage containers. Work Environment: Approximately fifty percent of the incumbent's work is performed in an office setting, and fifty percent of the incumbent's work is performed inspecting. The incumbent must observe the normal safety precautions as set by this CMOP at all times.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/16/2024. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 grade level. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities troubleshooting automated system equipment, the usage of various hand tools, soldering equipment and test equipment. Performance of periodic inspections and preventative maintenance and repair of automated systems and equipment. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Oral CommunicationTechnical CompetenceTechnology AwarenessWritten Communication 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 various situations where the employee is required to perform bench work and/or field work that requires sitting, walking, standing, bending, lifting, pushing, etc. Often handles devices weighing up to 40 pounds and is sometimes called upon to handle objects weighing in excess of 40 pounds with weight-handling equipment or the assistance of others. 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.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy - Charleston 3725 Rivers Ave Suite 2 North Charleston, SC 29405 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]