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Maintenance and Operations Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteCharleston, SC$41.1 – $48/hrApply by Jun 5, 2026Miscellaneous General Maintenance and Operations WorkENTJESFJESTJISTJOperations
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This position serves as the Mechanical Shop Supervisor covering the following trades: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration (HVACR), Machining, Pipefitting, Plumbing and Building Automation Systems (BAS). This shop falls under the general supervision of the Supervisor for Maintenance, Operations, Repair and Readiness (MORR) Section at the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent is responsible for planning, coordinating, testing, adjusting, balancing and directing all work performed by the following trades: HVACR, Machining, Pipefitting, Plumbing, Insulating and BAS.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Responsible for full administrative accountability for matters such as attendance, leave, and discipline for subordinate positions.
- →Plan work assignments based on general work schedules, methods and policies by higher-level supervisors.
- →Responsible for responding to and making work assignments to provide first response to trouble calls and/or service calls in a hospital setting.
- →Adjusts work assignments for multiple work groups as needed to meet changing priorities at the Ralph H.
- →Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, its associated CBOCs and all other locations under its jurisdiction.
- →Identifies and determines subordinate training priorities, conducts and administers training programs, develops and improves training guidance.
- →Ensure that all The Joint Commission, NFPA, OSHA, EPA, VA standards, medical center directives, and other applicable guidelines are followed.
- →Conducts inspections to assure quality control of work performed by staff.
- →Assigns work, creates work schedules, sets cost limitations, furnishes detailed supervision and instructions, observes progression of work (inclusive of adherence to completion and cost schedules), and coordinates activities with other projects currently underway.
- →Plan daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually, bi-annually, tri-annually, etc. preventative maintenance schedules for subordinates including the establishment of priorities and deadlines based on information from his/her supervisor to accomplish the tasks according to schedule.
- →Schedule work to interfere as little as possible with medical center operations.
- →This will require scheduling equipment shutdowns weeks or months in advance.
- →Creates corrective maintenance tickets for items requiring more work to correct an issue then can be performed in a shift, or if additional resources are required or if the work is beyond the skillset of worker performing the work.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Designated and/or random drug testing may be required Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan.
- ✓Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position.
- ✓USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job.
- ✓Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying.
- ✓VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed.
- ✓Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8dcc85d1-2c1a-45b3-be79-7bca255e0557
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