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FACILITY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Tomah VA Medical Center
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Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Facility Operations Supervisor, performing duties relating to the Facility Operations Service Line and supervisory management. Incumbent will coordinate and direct work performed by a variety of trades and labor employees, as well as perform a variety of administrative services.

Overview

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Open date: 06/10/2026
Closed date: 06/22/2026
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—for ad hoc purposes only. Telework will be discussed at interview.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$89,508 - $116,362 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Not required
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupations and job series
Supervisory status
Yes
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
No
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
CAZP-12975597-26-JT
Control number
872491600

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Duties

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Major duties:

  • Provides planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control in the Facility Maintenance and Operations Section.
  • Assists the Facilities Service Line Manager in providing review and guidance of assigned technical programs and projects.
  • Assists with broad managerial responsibilities over the transportation, roads and grounds, buildings and utilities repair/maintenance, electronic equipment repair/maintenance, and capital improvement programs.
  • Identifies and evaluates continuing problems and initiate appropriate corrective action.
  • Prepares technical operating instructions.
  • Spot checks work in progress or problem areas and reviews completed work and inspections reports to ensure that production and quality standards are met.
  • Ensures appropriate maintenance and repair of the Tomah VAMC facilities, including repair, upgrade, or replacement of utility systems; and inspection of the physical structures, utilities, roads and grounds of the medical center.
  • Responsible for all associated documentation, and personally presents the program overview during The Joint Commission (TJC), Long Term Care Institute (LTCI), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) interview sessions.
  • Performs periodic reviews of the Life Safety and Utilities Programs, the Facility Statement of Conditions, and associated equipment to assure compliance with regulations, operating standards, and ability to meet medical needs.
  • Serves as Personal Property Coordinator ensuring that property is identified, inventoried, recorded, and disposed of in accordance with all pertinent regulations and instructions.
  • Working with facility leadership, the incumbent will coordinate the facility space management program focusing on current and future space needs.
  • Ensures that appropriate service contracts are in place to address the regular and recurring needs of the medical center.
  • Participates in the formulation and justification of the service line's budget requirements, justifies budget requests, and initiates requests for personnel actions and equipment.
  • Gathers and compiles records of organizational and workflow charts, staffing levels, mission/functional statements, and internal audit reports.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: FACILITY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR/PD20014O

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/22/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

  • Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs. Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans. Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project. Specialized experience can also include: provide planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control in a Maintenance and Operations Section; assist in providing review and guidance of assigned technical programs and projects; assist with broad managerial responsibilities over transportation, roads and grounds, buildings and utilities repair/maintenance, electronic equipment repair/maintenance, and capital improvement programs; personal success with projects that generally vary in complexity from one project to another; provides technical and supervisory oversight to a service line; updates management of any subsequent problematic areas after review and provides trend and analysis data reports to clinical and administrative services; ability to interact, educate, and communicate with others is of importance in establishing appropriate guidelines for proper protocol and action of others; conducts open discussion and consultation with supervisors and associates on new or revision of policies, programs, objectives, requirements, or trends; and plans own work, coordinates with engineers or subject-matter specialists, resolves problems and carries assignments through to completion.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
  • Building and Construction
  • Communications
  • Contracting/Procurement
  • External Awareness
  • Organizational Stewardship
  • Teaching Others


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 is often sedentary, although some physical effort may be required, e.g., walking, standing, carrying light items such as manuals or briefcases, or driving or traveling by motor vehicle. Recurring assignments involve periods of standing, bending, and stooping to observe and study work operations in health facility project construction areas.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

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. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. 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 an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

Veterans Health Administration

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

VAMC Tomah (http://www.tomah.va.gov/) has been improving the health for those who have so proudly served our nation. Services are available to Veterans living in a Western/Central area of Wisconsin.

In addition to our main facility in Tomah, we offer services in four community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in La Crosse, Clark County, Wausau, and Wisconsin Rapids. VAMC Tomah is one of 8 facilities that comprise Veterans Integrated Services Network 12 which is administratively headquartered at Westchester, IL, and includes facilities in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Agency contact information

Joseph Tourek
Phone
414-384-2000
Email
JOSEPH.TOUREK@VA.GOV
Address
Tomah VA Medical Center
500 East Veterans Street
Tomah, WI 54660
US

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