Maintenance Supervisor

VA Detroit; White River Junction (VT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Join as a Maintenance Supervisor at a leading medical center where you will oversee all maintenance operations. This full-time position requires a strong leadership ability to manage diverse staff and ensure the facility meets operational standards to support veteran care. Enjoy a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management or maintenance supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage staff and resources.
• Strong problem-solving skills and decision-making ability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all maintenance operations for the medical center.
• Supervise staff and coordinate maintenance projects.
• Ensure timely response to maintenance requests and safety concerns.

Skills

Ability to Lead or Supervise

Ingenuity

Knowledge of Different Relevant Lines of Work

Knowledge of Materials

Plan and organize work

Job description

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Summary

This Maintenance Supervisor position is within the Facilities Management Service (FMS) at the White River Junction VA Medical Center located in White River Junction, VT. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

Summary

This Maintenance Supervisor position is within the Facilities Management Service (FMS) at the White River Junction VA Medical Center located in White River Junction, VT. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

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Duties

The position functions as the Maintenance Supervisor for Facilities Management Service at the White River Junction VA Medical Center. The position has full responsibility for all aspects of the Medical Center's Operations and Maintenance Program. The M&O Supervisor provides full supervisory oversight and guidance to a diverse and multi-disciplined staff. This position is critical to maintaining and supporting the necessary physical operational

environment required to provide medical support, care, and services to our Veteran population. The position operates independently autonomously without daily oversight or input and is expected and required to make timely and accurate decisions to ensure continuity of services and mitigation of any breaks in service.

Duties Include But Are Not Limited To

• Primarily responsible for the administration and supervision of all maintenance for the facility.
• Manages directly, or indirectly inhouse projects performed by shops.
• Serves as the primary contact for after hour calls, coordinating responses and interventions to ensure maintenance, repairs, and safety.
• Serves as a liaison between the shops, FMS Leadership including engineering and the projects section.
• Creates follow-up measures on critical or urgent items identified during internal and external inspection activities (i.e. Environment of Care Rounds, Joint Commission, OSHA, Annual Workplace Evaluations (AWE), etc.).
• Effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing man-hours, equipment and funding resources to meet user, program, and mission needs.
• Continually monitors progress and trends on in-house projects, work orders, and preventive maintenance.
• Recommends adjustments and rescheduling, as necessary, to respond to changing conditions and emergency or urgent needs and delays.
• Exchange information and coordinate maintenance planning and scheduling with user, maintenance and repair personnel, building tenants, equipment operators, contractors, and others.
• Estimates materials for repair, minor improvement, maintenance and station labor projects to provide management with cost figures and estimates of labor for special projects, preventive maintenance, equipment repair, and improvement projects by determining the scope of work, work requests, and worksite and hourly performance standards for each trade.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing man-hours, equipment and funding resources to meet user, program, and mission needs.
• Continually monitors progress and trends on in-house projects, work orders, and preventive maintenance.
• Recommends adjustments and rescheduling, as necessary, to respond to changing conditions and emergency or urgent needs and delays.
• Exchange information and coordinate maintenance planning and scheduling with user, maintenance and repair personnel, building tenants, equipment operators, contractors, and others.
• Estimates materials for repair, minor improvement, maintenance and station labor projects to provide management with cost figures and estimates of labor for special projects, preventive maintenance, equipment repair, and improvement projects by determining the scope of work, work requests, and worksite and hourly performance standards for each trade.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Telework: Adhoc

Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Authorized

Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Supervisor/PD405-03876-0

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure: Not Required

Notification

• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
  
  

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pre-employment physical required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  
  

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/16/2025.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Ability to Lead or Supervise
• Ingenuity
• Knowledge of Different Relevant Lines of Work
• Knowledge of Materials
• Meet deadlines
• Plan and organize work
• Supervise through Subordinate Supervisors
• Work with Others
  
  

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/Working Conditions: This position requires walking, standing, bending, sitting, crawling and climbing. Incumbent must have good vision, with or without glasses. May lift or carry tools, equipment, ladders, scaffolding, parts and supplies up to 50 pounds. May occasionally lift and carry items over 50 pounds.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

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Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

• Resume
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
  
  

Résumé Reminder: Your résumé must include the following information each job listed:

• Job title
• Duties (be as detailed as possible)
• Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
• Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week).
  
  

Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your résumé. Be sure that your résumé clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.

An incomplete application will receive a rating of IFFM (ineligible due to missing forms). Requests for reconsideration will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete application package. We cannot be held responsible for incompatible software or fax transmissions.

The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information.

• Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service
• Disability Letter (Schedule A)
• Disability Letter (VA)
• License
• Other (1)
• PCS Orders
• Performance Appraisal
• Professional Certification
• Resume
• Separation Notice (RIF)
• SF-15
• SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
• Transcript
  
  

Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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