Facility Svcs Asst (OA)

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network (VISN 6), Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Engineering Department.

The incumbent provides administrative support in all areas of the Durham VAMC facilities section.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/16/2026.

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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: coordinating schedules and meetings; routing paper work; determining problem type and appropriate staff to address issues in engineering; using office automation equipment to perform administrative duties; and using work order systems to monitor and log received work orders..

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Computer Skills Financial Management Oral Communication Organizational Awareness Technical Competence 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 primarily sedentary, although physical effort may be required since this position is located within Facility Management Operations.

Specifically, will be required to lift, carry, push or pull a variety of materials and equipment such as pumps, motors, fixtures, tools, ladders and testing equipment.

Incumbent will occasionally handle, lift, or carry up to 50Ibs, and may have to handle, lift, or carry over 50 pounds.

Will also be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel and crouch to review scope and completion of work orders.

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/.

Major Duties:

Serves as primary contact and calls for emergency routine repair calls for Engineering Determines the type of problem and dispatches to appropriate staff.

Issues work orders to all Engineering shops based on written, verbal, telephone, and electronic work order requests. Codes work orders to identify work action and assignment to appropriate shop.

Reviews work orders for accuracy and closes work orders out using the Automated Engineering Management System (AEMS).

Produces monthly reports to document utility system failures and errors, and equipment failures and user errors.

Maintains preventative maintenance program Codes new equipment Produces annual shop performance reports Performs other duties as assigned. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Facility Svcs Asst (OA)/PD07026A