Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Supervisor

Summary

This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Mid‑Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN
6) - Salem VA Medical Center (VAMC). It is organizationally aligned within the Facilities Management Service (FMS) - Utility System Section, located in Salem, Virginia.

Physical Effort:
The position may be required to operate heavy‑duty equipment, including standing, climbing ladders, kneeling while performing work or inspecting the work of subordinate employees. The position must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.

Working Conditions:

In performing technical duties, the position will spend time in all environments and may be exposed to all extremes of weather and other hazards inherent to equipment maintenance activities. The position will be required to wear breathing respirators in certain situations, including confined spaces. The position is subject to after‑hours, weekend, holiday, and emergency callback due to operational needs or emergent conditions.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills, and abilities will be compared to the job elements needed for success. Applicants who appear to meet the screen‑out element (WG‑2 and higher only; screen‑outs are not applicable to WG‑1) are considered for further rating;

those who do not are rated ineligible. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the job elements.

Education and experience:

While a specific length of training and experience is not required, responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. All experience must include month and year start/end dates. Volunteer work, paid or unpaid experience is accepted.

• Plan weekly or monthly work schedules for subordinates.
• Monitor day‑to‑day activities ranging from general maintenance and repair activities and overall equipment/subordinate effectiveness.
• Oversee daily maintenance and repairs of critical air handlers, decentralized chillers, glycol chillers, walk‑in refrigerators, medicine refrigerators, lab refrigerators, patient nutrition refrigerators, and employee‑use refrigerators.
• Manage, supervise, plan, oversee, and train the Utility System Section personnel, which consists of six Air Conditioning Equipment Operators, one Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic Leader, and five Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanics.
• Responsible for shop administration, leadership, and guidance.
• Determine labor and material costs for maintenance and repairs, minor improvements, maintenance contracts, and alterations.
• Furnish advice and recommendations to services requesting work and discuss factors pertaining to the work such as urgency of need, particularly if the work concerns patient care.
• Conduct periodic inspections of work that has been completed to determine the immediate and long‑range work needs of the facility.
• Assist in preparing and justifying equipment needs and planned maintenance programs and work up projects to be accomplished.
• Prepare cost estimates for jobs and long‑range programs, investigate work requests and suggestions, and make necessary contacts to gather needed information.
• Develop and execute a training and development program for subordinates.
• Maintain accurate records of all repairs, special contracts and services rendered.
• Hold and maintain VA Contracting Officers Representative (COR) certification and serve as COR on all product and service contracts for the chiller plant and associated HVAC systems and equipment.
• Review scope of work descriptions for various special projects, including annual upgrade projects and semi‑annual inspections.
• Prepare requisitions and specifications for material and write service contract proposals for repairs or installations and forward submission to facility contracting officer and FMS leadership as warranted.
• Work on own initiative in routine and general repairs and installations and inspect work performed by station labor and by contract labor to ensure proper installation and compliance with government specifications and codes.
• Work Schedule:
  
  7:45 am – 4:30 pm.
• Position is subject to after‑hours, weekend, holiday and emergency callback due to operational needs or emergent conditions.
• Recruitment & Relocation
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not authorized.
• Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):
  Not approved.