Utility Systems Repairer-Operator - Walla Walla, United States - Department of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The Utility Systems Repairer-Operator, WG , at the Johnathan M Wainwright VA Medical Center in Walla Walla, WA will fill in on various shifts and perform duties within the Boiler Plant Section, Facilities Management Service.

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Overview

• Accepting applications
• Open & closing dates

05/09/2024 to 05/23/2024

• Salary

$ $35.99 per hour

• Pay scale & grade

WG 10

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Location

2 vacancies in the following location:

• Walla Walla, WA
• Remote job

No

• Telework eligible

No

• Travel Required

Not required

• Relocation expenses reimbursed

No

• Appointment type

Permanent

• Work schedule

Full-time

• Service

Competitive

• Promotion potential

None

• Job family (Series)

4742 Utility Systems Repairing-Operating

• Supervisory status

No

• Security clearance

Other

• Drug test

No

• Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

• Trust determination process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

• Announcement number

CBSV TS

• Control number

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This job is open to

• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.

• The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY:
This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR for this occupation.

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Duties

Pipefitting

• Troubleshoots, repairs and installs equipment used by the Kitchen, Canteen and rest of the facility and for heating at locations throughout the station. Typical items of equipment include dishwashers, steam cookers, steam and electrical hot water heaters. Troubleshoots, repairs and installs various components of the steam, condensate, fire sprinklers, water and drainage/sewer systems. This involves repair and/or replacement of piping, valves, pressure regulators, pumps, traps, lagging, packing, gauges and heat exchangers. Incumbent performs preventive and corrective maintenance on pumps, steam traps, and other associated equipment.
• Inspect, adjust, calibrate and repair all devices, instrumentation, flow meters, etc. and be able to inspect repairs and adjustments made by contractors.
• Uses tools such as manometers, multi-meters, combustion analyzers, test gauges, infrared thermometers, and dead-weight testers.
• Performs
• major and minor repairs to equipment and operate in accordance with VA regulations and directives, facility policies, local standard operating procedures and good engineering practice
• Maintains and installs a variety of pluming fixtures including sinks, toilets, showers, tubs, and their components.
• Maintains and stores tools and equipment of plumbing/pipefitting trades such as hand tools, pipe threaders, augers, drills, torches, welders, etc.
• Performs

preventative maintenance on equipment and utility systems as scheduled. Works with and guides the work of patients, temporary employees and apprentices. The incumbent will be called upon to assist in small scale asbestos abatement projects as necessary.

Boiler Plant Operations

• Responsible for as needed operation coverage at the BP which has a VHA boiler plant facilities operate on a 7-day, 3-shift plan. Incumbent could work any of all three (3) shifts and weekends as necessary to cover boiler plant shifts when regularly scheduled boiler plant operator is unavailable for more than one week at a time and during long absences could work long periods of time as an operator.
• Ensures safe, efficient, and continuous operations of four, high-pressure fire tube boilers at all times while protecting property, equipment and systems from damage and preventing the loss of human life due to failures that may result from excessive boiler pressures or furnace explosions.
• Uses electronic and pneumatic controls, charts, recorders, meters, gauges, and computer-generated data to determine adjustments or corrections necessary for proper boiler operations or changing load requirements.

I Incumbents operate, adjust, maintain and repair auxiliary equipment including:

unfired pressure vessels, centrifugal pumps, rotary pumps, piston pumps, forced draft fans, atomized air compressors, water softening units, fuel oil strainers and filters, steam traps and straitiers, piping and valves.

• Tests, adjusts, maintains, and repairs boiler safety devices such as flame safeguard systems, pressure switches, pressure differential switches, limit switches, timers, water column safety devices, electric/electronic probes and sensors, steam safety valves, and automatic and manual fuel valves for the purpose of preventing major .pressure vessel failures and/or furnace explosions.
• Incumbent visually inspects boiler settings and refractory linings for signs of deterioration and failure due to heat stress resulting in flue gases escaping into the plant and endangering on-duty personnel. Through the use of manual, automatic, semi-automatic, microprocessor controls or systems, the Incumbent monitors, adjusts and controls all phases of boiler plant operations.
• Performs

preventive and corrective maintenance on boilers, pumps, steam traps, and other associated equipment. The incumbent must inspect, adjust, calibrate and repair all boiler controls safety devices, instrumentation, flow meters, etc. and be able to inspect repairs and adjustments made by contractors. He/she uses tools such as manometers, multi-meters, combustion analyzers, test gauges, infrared thermometers, and dead-weight testers.

Work Schedule:
Sunday- Saturday 8:00am-4:00pm or 4:0pm-12:00am; or 12:00pm-8:00pm.

Position Description Title/PD#:
Utility Systems Repairer-Operator/PD80444A

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• 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
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.


EXPERIENCE:

A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.

Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-


OUT ELEMENT:

Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire.

Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated.

The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair
• Inspect
• Operation of Equipment/Machinery

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:

The work requires moderate to heavy physical exertion while lifting, carrying, handling, moving, pulling, pushing, transporting or setting up; equipment, ladders, materials, parts, scaffolds, tools up to 50 pounds unaided.

Occasionally required to lift and move items weighing in excess of 100 pounds, with the help of weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

The position requires manual dexterity, good physical condition and stamina.

Works from catwalks, ground level, climbing and working on ladders, platforms, scaffolds, or hard-to-reach places requiring climbing and/or crawling, bending, walking and stomping, reaching over and under while in cramped, awkward, tiring, and or uncomfortable positions; applying hand, eye, leg, and body coordination.

Work requires kneeling, stretching, pushing, pulling, crouching, stooping, bending, climbing, walking, considerable crawling and standing for long periods on concrete floors and corrugated steel catwalks and negotiating confined spaces.

Must be able to perform work at heights in excess of thirty feet and inside confined spaces requiring entry and exit through standard manual openings.

Must be able to use appropriate respiratory protective equipment while working in conditions involving adverse elements such as carbon, cement, fire clay, fibrous glass, silica and soot dust; chemical and organic vapors.

Must have vision of no less than 20/40 (corrected) and be able to distinguish basic shades of color.

Must have ability to assess equipment/system operating conditions during all hours in often remote locations while working alone and respond with sound judgment and ingenuity to stressful situations.

Ability to maintain a high degree of mental alertness and concentration at all hours for up to twelve hours at a time.

Incumbents will receive annual physicals to ensure they are physically fit to perform the assigned duties.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.

VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

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As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.