- Position Title
- Utility Systems Operator Supervisor
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSX-12654467-25-TS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, January 7, 2025 to Monday, April 7, 2025
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Eligibilities
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Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Preferences
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Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for 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)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
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I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Utility Systems Operator Supervisor, WS-5406-09 position with the VA. Please provide an answer to each question. Answering "no" or failing to respond to any of the below questions will result in an ineligible rating.
Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your answers are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of your knowledge or skills as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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ABILITY TO LEAD OR SUPERVISE (SCREEN-OUT): Are you able to perform the duties of Utility Systems Operator Supervisor with the ability to lead and supervise? Experience includes: Plan use of subordinate workers equipment, facilities, materials on a week-to-week or month-to-month basis; Establish deadlines, priorities, and work sequences, and plan work assignments based on general work schedules, methods and policies set by the Central Plant Manager and/or Assistant Chief, Engineering Service; Determine the number and types of workers needed to accomplish specific projects within the Central Plant; Redirect individual workers and resources to accomplish unanticipated work, such as equipment failures and/or utility failures within the Central Plant and the main hospital; Inform the Central Plant Manager of the need to revise work schedules and other resources essential to Plant Operations; Provide information and advice to the Central Plant Manager and Assistant Chief, Engineering Service on feasibility of work assignments as scheduled, budget estimates, and workload data to assist in developing or reviewing proposed long-range schedules and work requirements, and may participate with superiors in planning conferences and meetings; Plan and develop procedures to follow in case of emergencies (for all utility systems); Investigate work-related problems such as excessive cost or low productivity and determine the root cause; Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or help in accomplishing difficult work steps and processes; Observe work in progress to anticipate and resolve problems, reassign personnel within group supervised, and coordinate work among workers and other supervisors to maintain work in progress to meet schedules; Determine training needs of subordinates and arrange for its accomplishment, set performance standards, and make formal appraisals of subordinate work performance; Initiate recommendation for promotion or reassignment of subordinates; Responsible to ensure all safety devices are working properly and are not bypassed. (*Your experience must be detailed in your resume to receive full credit.).
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Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or assist in accomplishing difficult work processes.
3.
Supervisor reviews work to assure adequate quality and quantity, and for efficient accomplishment of work within established priorities and controls.
4.
Responsible for journeyman and tradesman workers of varying, unrelated trades and/or crafts.
5.
Adjust and regulate automatic or manually controlled HVAC equipment to ensure maximum operating efficiency of systems
6.
Perform preventive maintenance and operational repairs for HVAC systems
7.
Analyze system efficiencies, diagnose problems, and troubleshoot maintenance requirements for heating and air conditioning systems
8.
Control, monitor, troubleshoot, repair and replace complex Computerized and Programmable Logic Controllers for Industrial Equipment, Metasys, Siemens, Trane Tracer, etc.
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Ability to operate plant in a safe efficient manner to abide by all standards set forth by EPA, OSHA, NAFTA.
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Operate Cogeneration Plant: 4.6 Mega Watt Natural Gas fired generator and a 15000 pound per hour heat recovery boiler, High voltage switchgear and Utility synchronizing switch gear. Respond to Utility and in house power outages.
11.
Operate Emergency Electrical Power Generators, Automatic transfer switches, paralleling and load shed switchgear.
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Operate Boiler Plant: Two High Pressure Natural Gas fired 700 horsepower fire tube and one High Pressure 25,000 pound per hour water tube heat recovery boilers and pollution control system.
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Operate Chiller Plant: Three 1200 ton centrifugal and one 500 ton absorption chillers and associated cooling towers for space cooling, electronic controls and variable speed drives.
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Operate Central Plant Auxiliary Systems: Pumping systems, compressors, Water treatment, water storage and distribution.
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Operate Energy Management and Control System (EMCS) computer using specialized software programs for proper operation of HVAC and Boiler systems.
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Read gauges and meters, record readings, and make needed adjustments for HVAC systems, etc.
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Use voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters, continuity testers, feeler gauges, frequency counters, etc to isolate malfunction.
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Use pressure and temperature digital and analog gages, transmitters and sensors.
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Read, understand, and apply information gathered from multiple sources, including documentation (e.g., manufacturers' manuals or established procedures and instructions), chemical analyses, and maintenance test results.
20.
Document pertinent observations and adjustments for plants using established checklists, forms, worksheets, and log books.
21.
Respond to instructions verbally and in writing from previous shift as well as Central Plant Supervision.
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Interpret readings, data loggers, trend analysis and perform actions.