Job Summary

This position is located in the Facilities Management Service (FMS) at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS), Department of Veterans Affairs comprising of the most diverse and complex level 1a, multi-mission, principle tertiary care facility in VISN 19 servicing more than 100,000 unique veterans spanning across multiple states with an array of extended care services providing 30 long term care bed Community Living Center in Pueblo, regional Polytrauma and Prosthetics Services.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/01/2025. 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-9. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR Special Provision for In service Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. In addition to meeting the IOR you must also meet: Specialized Experience for the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provides guidance and technical reviews for programs, projects and maintenance structure within Medical Facility operations; Advises upper management on all aspects of Maintenance and Operations in Healthcare facilities; Performs direct supervision of, Energy Plant, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Maintenance, Electronic Controls, Gardner/Laborers, Motor Vehicle Operator, and Program Support Assistant personnel; Develops work improvement plans, works with employee relations and labor relations to recommend personnel actions as necessary to resolve complaints and grievances; Enforces compliance for The Joint Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) standards and local operating procedures; Verifies the accuracy of all reports which includes generating data for preventive maintenance (PMs), work orders, and work efficiencies; Trains and disseminates information to the shop supervisors to assure that they are kept abreast of policies, work methods, schedules, long-range plans, cost accounting, performance standards, handling contracts, estimating, personal relations, etc. OR 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 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and more than 2 full years of graduate level education. Specialized Experience for the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Advises upper management on all aspects of Maintenance and Operations in Healthcare facilities; Provides policy reviews and participates in advisory committees not limited to engineering; Counsels employees whose performance is marginal or unsatisfactory, and initiates disciplinary actions when necessary; Performs direct supervision of, Energy Plant, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Maintenance, Electronic Controls, Gardner/Laborers, Motor Vehicle Operator, and Program Support Assistant personnel; Develops work improvement plans, works with employee relations and labor relations to recommend personnel actions as necessary to resolve complaints and grievances; Observes workers performance, demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance and all regulatory requirements; Assures and plans subordinates training assuring full compliance with the provisions of all applicable safety requirements and VA policies. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Building and Construction Construction, Structure Contracting/Procurement Forward Thinking Manages and Organizes Information Planning and Evaluating Project Management Project Management Technology Application 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. 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/.