Description:
The Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist position is in Engineering Service with VA Boston Healthcare System. This position is located at the West Roxbury, MA campus. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/22/2026.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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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.
Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist, Series 1640
Individual Occupational Requirements
Education:
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.
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Experience:Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
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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.
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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.
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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.
- General Engineering
- Managing Human Resources
- Project Management
- Technical Competence
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 requires the incumbent to carry a good deal of equipment (50lbs) and involves walking, standing, bending, crawling during surveys. Protective devices and equipment must be worn as required by the hazard of incidence. Incumbent is required to work at different sites of the medical center or at locations designated by the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Work Environment:
Work is usually performed in offices, meeting rooms, or similar settings. Many positions involve travel, including the normal everyday risks and discomforts of auto, bus, rail, and air transportation. However, the incumbent may be required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when visiting construction sites where there are physical hazards such as falling objects, tripping, electrical shock, burns, dust debris, noise, chemicals and other physical and environmental hazards.
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/ .