This Maintenance Supervisor position is within the Facilities Management Services at the Providence VA Healthcare System, located in Providence, Rhode Island. This supervisory position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
The position serves as the Supervisor for the Operations and Maintenance Section of Facility Management Services (FMS) with full responsibility for all aspects of the Medical Center's Operation and Maintenance Program. Providing full supervisory oversight and engineering guidance to a diverse and multi-disciplined staff. Duties include but not limited to :
- Operates independently autonomously without daily oversight or input;
- Makes timely and accurate decisions to ensure continuity of services and mitigation of any breaks in service;
- Takes the appropriate action to resolve personnel problems;
- Serves as a management representative at hearings, meetings, and negotiations involving labor-management relations;
- Recommends personnel actions, such as hiring, promotions, and reassignment of subordinates, and act on personnel problems;
- Counsels employees, reviews informal complaints and grievances through discussion with employees and union representatives and initiates disciplinary actions when warranted;
- Provides full supervisory oversight and engineering guidance to a diverse and multi-disciplined staff;
- Obtains prior approval of changes that would modify or deviate overall work schedules;
- Coordinates directly with other supervisors to accomplish complex work requiring assistance of additional trades, such as Electricians, Industrial Mechanic, Pipefitters, etc.;
- Coordinates the work operations with supervisors of other organizations and functions;
- Maintains and supports the necessary physical operational environment required to provide medical support, care and services to our Veteran population;
- Develops and provides the Associate Chief of FMS and the Executive Leadership Team information on the methods, techniques, and procedures necessary to integrate the Engineering, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations programs into the mission of the Healthcare System;
- Develops work standards, methods, and procedures using established National Codes, current industry standards and VA, NFPA, OSHA and Joint Commission Standards;
- Analyzes work plans developed by subordinate supervisors and monitor the status of their work in relation to overall schedule requirements;
- Possesses strong communication and writing skills and a broad knowledge of facility operations; and
- Assumes other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule : Sunday-Thursday or Tuesday-Saturday (Discussed during interview); 7 : 00am-3 : 30pm.
Position Description Title / PD# : Maintenance Supervisor / PD023290
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) : Not Approved
Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not authorized
Notifications :
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System : Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.Selectee required to serve one year supervisory / managerial probationary period.Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.