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Supervisory Transportation Assistant

Veterans Health Administration

Department of Veterans Affairs

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Salary

$64,453 - $83,794

per year

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GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing the daily operations of a fleet of vehicles for a VA health care system, including managing staff, ensuring vehicle maintenance, investigating accidents, and handling budgets to keep everything running smoothly.

It's a supervisory role focused on efficiency and safety in transportation services for veterans.

A good fit would be someone with experience in fleet management or logistics who enjoys leading a team and solving practical problems in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-08 level or equivalent, including supervising transportation programs and managing budgets
  • Ability to establish work priorities, deadlines, and schedules for staff and vehicles
  • Skills in reporting and investigating vehicle accidents and incidents
  • Experience providing technical and administrative supervision to transportation assistants
  • Proficiency in data management, analysis, and tracking vehicle maintenance and costs
  • Competency in managing human resources, including training drivers on vehicle inspections
  • Willingness to live within commuting distance of Fayetteville, NC, with periodic travel required

Full Job Description

This position is located within the Engineering Service at the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System in Fayetteville, NC. System.

This position manages the operation and specialized administration of the Fleet Unit.

TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION AT THE GS-09 LEVEL YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-08) that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled?

Qualifying examples of specialized experience includes: supervising and managing the transportation program; establishing and planning work priorities and deadlines; reporting and investigating all vehicle related incidents; providing technical and administrative supervision to transportation assistants; and managing the expenditures and obligations and analysis of the transportation budget.

NOTE: Your resume must show complete information for each job entry, such as beginning and ending dates of employment, duties performed, and/or total hours worked per week.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Analysis and Problem Solving Communications Data Management Manages Human Resources Vehicle Operation IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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; religious; 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.

Travel will be required on a periodic basis.

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:

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Report all vehicle accidents to VA police or local police within 4 working hours of the incident.

Investigate all accidents. Submit a report of findings to the Safety Office for all accidents involving injuries.

Acquire license plates for VA-owned vehicles for initial use and as plates near their expiration date. Train drivers on inspecting vehicles.

Make a report on any vehicle-related incidents in the potential vehicle driver's history.

Ensure compliance with the vehicle maintenance schedule and maintain records of cost associated with each required task, for each vehicle in their fleet.

Plan the use of workers, vehicles and tools on a daily, weekly, monthly and project-by-project basis as necessary to ensure highest possible efficiency of performance.

Establish and plan work priorities and deadlines relying on traditional schedules and methods and creating new schedules and methods when necessary to achieve applicable goals.

Perform other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/9/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CARZ-12880844-26-SCH