What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisory Facility Operation Specialist position at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
Summary
This position is located in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) - Hampton VA Healthcare System (HCS) - Engineering Service. The position serves as the Maintenance and Repair Manager responsible for the supervision and operational maintenance - repair - quality - condition - and readiness of the entire facility campus and outlying clinics. The position reports directly to the Assistant Chief - Facility Management Service.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/13/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes - hospitals - recreation facilities - military - or other special-purpose installations - including planning maintenance activities - and developing preventive maintenance programs. Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors - including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability - informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements - and supervising operations for conformance with project plans. Performing maintenance or construction work - including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick - frame - structural steel - reinforced concrete - and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures) - directing actual work operations - and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Building and Construction Contracting/Procurement Customer Service Decisiveness Leadership 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 requires a great deal of walking - climbing - standing - and bending. Work may also require carrying of moderate loads such as tools and measuring equipment common to the position. 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/.
Duties
This position is located in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) - Hampton VA Healthcare System (HCS) - Engineering Service. The position serves as the Maintenance and Repair Manager responsible for the supervision and operational maintenance - repair - quality - condition - and readiness of the entire facility campus and outlying clinics. The position reports directly to the Assistant Chief - Facility Management Service.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/13/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes - hospitals - recreation facilities - military - or other special-purpose installations - including planning maintenance activities - and developing preventive maintenance programs. Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors - including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability - informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements - and supervising operations for conformance with project plans. Performing maintenance or construction work - including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick - frame - structural steel - reinforced concrete - and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures) - directing actual work operations - and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Building and Construction Contracting/Procurement Customer Service Decisiveness Leadership 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 requires a great deal of walking - climbing - standing - and bending. Work may also require carrying of moderate loads such as tools and measuring equipment common to the position. 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/.
Duties
- 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
- Major Duties and Responsibilities to include but not be limited to: Incumbent checks - reviews - and evaluates the work performed by his/her subordinate supervisors to ensure that the standards of quality - quantity - and efficiency of work operations are maintained
- Ensures that all materials and equipment are ordered and received when required - and that all resources are utilized efficiently - e.g. - manpower - materials and equipment
- Periodically checks to see that work is accomplished as scheduled
- Occasionally supervises NRM projects involving the mechanical - electrical - and building construction trades
- Maintains overall control - keeps necessary records - prepares estimates and requests for change orders - checks daily reports of workmen for correctness and to see that the Contractor's personnel have been classified correctly
- checks shop drawings - material samples and other submissions to see that they meet contract requirements
- Conducts site investigations (inclusive of existing conditions - exterior building envelope - parking orientation - landscaping accessibility - building utility systems - structure - walls - partitions - ceiling - etc.) to determine the feasibility of proposed projects
- Assesses information gathered during site investigation to determine feasibility and formulates design solutions for all types of projects
- Attend management meetings concerning hospital planning - design and construction
- Works closely with the Engineering Division Manager and the Chief - Facilities Management Service in planning the medical center needs and in establishing project priorities - scopes - impacts and domino relationships
- Works closely with doctors - nurses and other hospital professionals to design and develop a state-of-the-art medical center environment of effective patient management
- Performs other directly related duties as assigned
- Work Schedule: 7:30AM-4:00PM - Monday - Friday - 40 hours/per week Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Facility Operation Specialist/PD502130
Salary : $75,788 - $98,530