Description:
Position is a Laundry Operations Specialist, Environmental Management Services, at the West Palm Beach Veterans Health Care System (WPB VAHCS), Florida. Laundry provides support to WPB VAHCS with all associated community-based outpatient clinics. The textile care facility operates 5 days a week, 8 hours per day with current annual production of over 1.8 million pounds annually. WPB VAHCS operates with approximately 2,316 employees and 234 volunteers.Requirements:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/09/2026.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:
- Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization, to perform successfully the duties of the Laundry Operations Specialist, GS-11 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
- Prepare and manage budget estimates and present to administrative officials.
- Identify and recommend needed equipment repairs, upgrade or purchase.
- Monitor expenditure and cost in the operation of a program or service.
- Assure laundry and/or dry-cleaning processes and services operate efficiently.
- Evaluate, develop and/or recommend equipment and operations adjustments for efficiency.
- Maintain frequent contact with service lines and external vendors regarding supply and distribution needs.
- Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related (Transcript required).
- Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond successfully completed graduate education (above a master's degree) and specialized experience as described above, which meet the total requirements for this grade level. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (Transcript required).
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Cost Estimation and Analysis
Flexibility
Manages and Organizes Information
Oral Communication
Organizational Awareness
Planning and Evaluating
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 and Work Environment: Regular and recurring work involves considerable physical exertion of walking, driving, bending and lifting moderately heavy equipment or other items weighing under 50 pounds. May be required to walk, drive in inclement weather from building to building or from Medical Center to various locations.
The work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks and discomforts associated with exposure to strong odors from chemicals of Hypochloride Solution, Flexyte, and TB-Quat used in work processes, and noise working near operating machinery. The work situation requires the employee to continually stay alert and take special safety precautions, including wearing personnel protective equipment. This position requires some travel.
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/ .
Jan 26, 2026;
from:
usajobs.gov