Job Summary

The incumbent serves as the Fire Protection Inspector for the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System VA Medical Center/Health Care System. The duties include developing and advising on a comprehensive fire prevention and protection program, monitoring and conducting workplace inspections to determine compliance with applicable fire and life-safety standards, identifies fire hazards and vulnerabilities; develops mitigation recommendations; provides advice and guidance to management and employees.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/13/2026. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement: Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Experience that demonstrated the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position. Such duties may include (1) controlling or extinguishing fires as a member of an organized military, industrial, volunteer, or governmental fire department or brigade; (2) rescue operations; (3) detection, reduction, or elimination of potential fire hazards; (4) operation of fire communications equipment; (5) controlling hazardous materials incidents and/or (6) developing, implementing, or providing training in fire protection and prevention. Preferred Experience: Minimum one-year as fire alarm technician or installer is preferred. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Compliance Inspection Project Management Public Safety and Security Public Safety and Security Risk Management 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: Administrative duties required of the position are completed indoors in an office environment and are mostly sedentary in nature. Field inspections require moderate physical exertion in carrying or lifting equipment weighing up to 45 pounds. Extended periods of walking, standing, bending, and climbing stairs/ladders may be required to perform inspections of medical and support facilities. Vehicle operation duration of up to 4 hours may be required to inspect off-site locations. Working Conditions: On a regular and recurring basis, employees are required to work in all types of weather conditions and faces risks and discomforts during inspections of buildings and support facilities requiring the use of protective equipment and various types of protective clothing. Risks include high-voltage electrical systems, noise, heat, chemical exposure, biohazards, potential infection or contagious diseases, limited visibility, and impact hazards. The employee may be required to shelter on-site for prolonged periods of time during extreme weather events such as hurricanes and be subject to unplanned recall to respond to fire protection system outages, activations, or malfunctions. 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/.