- Position Title
- Boiler Plant Operator Supervisor
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTD-12730810-25-JM Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, May 8, 2025 to Monday, June 2, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
3.
Are you a Veterans Health Administration employee?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
Preferences
1.
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).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in the Boiler Plant Operator Supervisor position with the Department of Veterans Affairs. We will evaluate your resume and responses to this questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification and must be fully supported by your resume and supporting documents as we may not make assumptions regarding your experience.
Please select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of experience and education that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience and education 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.
For each technical area below, select the response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and demonstrated capability.
1.
Do you possess the Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision? The incumbent has the responsibility of maintaining the 24-hour, 7-day-a-week operation of a high-pressure boiler plant consisting of three, 740-horsepower boilers with a total maximum capacity of 153,180 pounds of steam per hour and the auxiliary equipment to produce and control the amount of steam required by the medical center.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Operates Heat Extractor System used to produce tempered water for boiler plant use and reclaimed heat for hospital's fresh air supply.
3.
Monitors and responds to the alarms generated by the Energy Management Computer System, which records all sensing devices and their operational status by means of monitoring the environment, equipment operation/breakdown, and signaling pending problems on a 24-hour basis throughout the entire facility.
4.
Oversees the operation of the Digitize Base-Loop Fire Alarm System, which provides backup to the automatic transmission of fire alarms to the Boston Fire Department plus additional real-time alarms of malfunctions of systems.
5.
Performs maintenance and periodic testing, including record keeping for an emergency generator with automatic transfer switches, which provides immediate emergency power for critical medical care and the boiler plant.
6.
Supervises boiler plant operators, to include planning, scheduling and changing work assignments as necessary to accomplish the work as effectively and efficiently as possible.
7.
Defines standards of quality and quantity to be met.
8.
Determines material, equipment, and maintenance needs and ensures they are requested in a timely manner to assure uninterrupted flow of critical operations.
9.
Coordinates the work of section with other sections as necessary.
10.
Provides information and advice to higher-level supervision on budget estimates by preparing budget worksheets.
11.
Oversees, analyzes, and maintains operational records of work production, prepares the boiler plant logs and equipment under control and compiles information for central office reports.
12.
Establishes deadlines and priorities based on methods and policies established by higher-level supervision and reviews work while in progress or after completion.
13.
Promotes the participation of subordinates in the achievement of all management goals.
14.
Plans and schedules all training of operating personnel.
15.
Drafts position descriptions, performance standards, and routine memorandums as well as specifications for recurring maintenance services.
16.
Schedules and approves leave requests, sets performance standards, conducts performance appraisals, counsels employees, resolves informal complaints and grievances, and initiates personnel actions as needed.
17.
Interviews and selects employees.
18.
Demonstrates familiarity with emergency and safety procedures in order to prevent damage to equipment or accidents to personnel.
19.
Operates and maintains high pressure boilers, firing methods and equipment, combustion control systems.
20.
Handles auxiliary equipment such as forced draft fans, feed water pumps, valves, regulators.
21.
Handles auxiliary equipment such as oil pumps, air compressors, feed water treatment meters, gauges, and recorders.
22.
Prevents damage to equipment or accidents to personnel.
23.
Demonstrates familiarity with safety procedures.
24.
Drafts routine memorandums.
25.
Drafts specifications for recurring maintenance services.