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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Location
Montgomery County, Maryland
Salary
$46.27 - $54.01
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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This job involves leading a team of workers to monitor, maintain, and fix utility systems like water, power, and heating at the National Institutes of Health facilities.
You'll handle daily checks, troubleshoot problems in complex equipment, and ensure everything runs safely and efficiently.
It's a great fit for experienced tradespeople with supervisory skills who enjoy hands-on technical work in a government health research setting.
You will serve as a Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Supervisor, responsible for independently supervising other trades workers in performing a wide range of operations, monitoring, maintenance, and repair services for NIH utilities systems.
You will monitor and inspection utilities systems on both a routine and emergency basis, which will require the use of multiple trade practices associated with the operation and repair of utilities systems and equipment.
You will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C.
Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most blue-collar positions, you must meet any screen-out element listed.
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. The Job Elements for this position include: 1. Ability to Lead or Supervise. 2.
Knowledge of Equipment, Assembly, Installation, Repair. etc. 3. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic). 4. Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.
(including blueprint reading). 5. Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment. 6. Ability to compile and prepare data, documents and reports on Utility Systems repairs, maintenance and operations.
You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay.
Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire.
Ensure you support your self-ratings with the information you provide in your application. We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time.
Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy.
Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time.
Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12916408 Major Duties:
As a Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Supervisor, you will: Provide supervision and direction to a subordinate staff performing a broad range of complex utility systems operation, monitoring, repair, and maintenance duties and work activities.
Perform full range of senior journeyman tasks involved in monitoring, operation, and repair of multiple utilities systems and associated facilities, building systems and equipment.
Perform inspections, shift rounds, and preventive maintenance on utilities systems and other critical equipment.
Diagnoses trouble by analyzing malfunctions in equipment and other instruments for locating defects in complex mechanical, electronic, and electrical systems and controls.
Read and interpret blueprints, plans, and operating/technical manuals for systems and equipment to be repaired.
Perform extensive inspections and testing of utilities system and equipment to ensure proper operation and adherence to standards and tolerances.
Observe and comply with all standard safety codes, practices, and performs routine operational tasks.
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