Job Summary

This position is located within the Maintenance and Operations Section of the Engineering Department at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, Iowa, and supports Engineering Service by coordinating the technical and operational processes required to maintain the facility's equipment, utility systems, and infrastructure.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/06/2026. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, specialized experience, it must have been equivalent to the GS-05 grade level and includes: provide administrative support (such as screening/routing calls, preparing correspondence, and scheduling meetings); utilize attention to detail by tracking receipts, maintaining a variety of files and records; purchasing or procuring goods and/or services for a department; and tracking department projects utilizing various software systems (i.e., Microsoft Office software programs including Excel, MS Word, Outlook, etc.); provide customer service to a variety of customers in a positive and friendly manner. Preferred Experience: Knowledge of preventative maintenance practices, inspection procedures, and repair methods to assign and track preventative maintenance schedules, identify deficiencies, and ensure documentation meets Medical Center, VA, Joint commission, and other regulatory requirements. Knowledge of procurement processes and procedures required to serve a s a purchase card holder, reconcile transactions, monitory fund balances, and obtain the equipment, materials, and services as needed for maintenance activities. Knowledge of MAXIMO and other automated maintenance control systems to schedule and monitor work orders, maintain equipment inventories, track labor and material costs, generate reports, and analyze data to identify trends, improve workflow, develop corrective actions, and recommend process changes. 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/.