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Motor Vehicle Operator Supervisor

Veterans Health Administration

Department of Veterans Affairs

Fresh

Salary

$42.94 - $50.10

per hour

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April 7, 2026More VA jobs →

Job Description

Summary

This job involves supervising a team that handles vehicle operations and maintenance at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Sheridan, Wyoming, ensuring everything runs smoothly for the facility's grounds and transportation needs.

It's a hands-on role where you'll lead daily tasks while also performing some of the work yourself.

A good fit would be someone with experience driving and fixing vehicles, plus strong leadership skills to manage a team effectively.

Key Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience in motor vehicle operation and maintenance
  • Supervisory or leadership experience in a team setting
  • Ability to plan, organize, and lead work activities with minimal supervision
  • Knowledge of vehicle mechanics, measuring instruments, and industrial equipment
  • Physical ability to lift heavy items (45+ pounds), climb, bend, and perform manual tasks
  • Good vision, hearing, and overall physical fitness for operating vehicles and machinery
  • Customer service skills for clerical and technical interactions

Full Job Description

Sheridan VAMC is a 205-bed medical center, with 54 well maintained buildings on a 296-acre campus.

Our primary catchment area extends to veterans from Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Utah, and portions of Idaho and we serve as the psychiatry tertiary referral site.

The bed complement includes 50 psychiatric, 23 medical, 50 extended care, 40 mental health residential beds, and a 45 Domiciliary Residential Treatment Program for Homeless Veterans.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/07/2026.

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: Customer Service (Clerical/Technical) Industrial Equipment Operation Ingenuity Interpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading) Lead or Supervise Measuring Instruments Mechanics Motor Vehicles Operation of Equipment/Machinery Plan and organize work Vehicle Maintenance Vehicle Operation Without more than normal supervision 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/Working Conditions: This position requires walking, standing, bending, sitting, crawling and climbing. Incumbent must have good vision, with or without glasses.

May lift or carry tools, equipment, ladders, scaffolding, parts and supplies up to 50 pounds. May occasionally lift and carry items over 50 pounds.

Functional requirements include: Heavy lifting, 45 pounds and over. Heavy carrying, 45 pounds and over. Reaching above shoulder. Use of fingers, both hands, and both legs.

Operation of crane, truck, tractor, or motor vehicle. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4.

Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other. Both eyes required. Depth perception. Ability to distinguish shades of color. Hearing (aid permitted) for conversation.

Emotional and mental stability. Major Duties:

Major duties and responsibilities, but is not limited to: - The position is located at the Sheridan Wyoming Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Facilities Management Service (FMS).

The incumbent is considered a working supervisor in charge of all activities assigned and performed by the Grounds Team.

Performs supervision duties necessary to provide vehicle fleet management and grounds maintenance requirements.

Must be in possession of a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and a valid Agency Identification Card and maintain a driving record in good standing at all times.

Proof of CDL must be obtained from the Wyoming Department of Transportation upon request.

- Schedules maintenance and repairs on GSA and station-owned vehicles, grounds maintenance equipment, and emergency generators.

Vehicles and equipment includes, but is not limited to, passenger cars, dump truck, passenger vans, multiple sized-passenger buses, trash truck, maintenance utility vehicles, pickup trucks, tractors, front end loader, backhoe, grounds mowers, and diesel powered generators.

Equipment must be maintained in an operable state of repair to provide transportation, emergency patient evacuation, emergency electrical power for the station, grounds maintenance, snow removal, and trash collection.

- Schedules and maintains necessary transportation requirements for GSA and VA vehicles located throughout the Sheridan WY VAHCS catchment area. Maintains vehicles in a safe and dependable condition.

Schedules and coordinates the usage of vehicles and personnel to assure total utilization of available resources to promote economical and quality transportation.

Responsible for obtaining operator driving records and assuring license validity for motor vehicle operators and incidental operators.

Maintains required data on workload, expenditures other items required for various VA and GSA programs, along with fleet reports for fuel consumption and vehicle acquisition.

Coordinates with between GSA and end users on vehicle modification requests, vehicle replacements and other issues. - Schedules and directs necessary grounds maintenance requirements.

Work consists of, but not limited to, trimming of weeds, cutting and trimming approximately 200 acres of lawn, reseeding, planting grass, trimming around buildings, trees and signs, and picking up litter, limbs, leaves, and debris.

Oversees the operation and maintenance of the irrigation system for the campus. Maintains roads and parking lots and performs repairs, patching, cleaning, and contracts for new asphalt as required.

Provides emergency sewer jetting/vacuuming for storm and sanitary sewer blockages and flooded manholes.

- Exercises supervision over the daily activities of a full-time staff assigned to assist in carrying out the functions of the unit.

Assures the effective and efficient administration of activities supervised. Develops performance standards. Recommends changes in position classification.

Finds and implements ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production, promotes team building or improve business practices.

Works to achieve the objectives of the Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Programs and policies.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00pm Position Description Title/PD#: Motor Vehicle Operator Supervisor/PD14282-0 Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/3/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CBSU-12920467-26-MR