Facility Operations Specialist

Duties for the Facility Operations Specialist include but not limited to:

• Coordinate and direct work performed by various trades and labor employees across the Loma Linda VA Medical Center.
• Perform administrative work involving maintenance of buildings grounds roads structures and surrounding areas.
• Conduct inspections to ensure preventive maintenance schedules and work performance meet required standards.
• Test and evaluate integrated maintenance systems and apply practical data to identify repair or replacement needs.
• Plan and conduct maintenance and repair work prepare cost studies and assist in tracking integrated systems such as HVAC electrical plumbing communications and utility components.
• Serve as the point-of-contact for maintenance and repair work requests reviewing orders determining resources and assessing compliance with directives.
• Provide on-site consultations resolve discrepancies review procedures and offer authoritative guidance on maintenance requirements.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Operations staff to coordinate timely emergency responses and appropriate work order actions.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission safety fire prevention infectious disease and security programs for Facilities Management Service.
• Inspect and direct activities involving plumbing masonry water electrical and other facility services.
• Inspect contractor work for compliance with specifications and standards.
• Determine and project funding requirements for maintenance and repair projects including preparing justification documents.
• Track Joint Commission violations compliance inspections and maintain corrective action plans.
• Assist project managers with contract management prepare and submit required documents and process timecards during staff absences.
• Determine which maintenance work requests can be approved based on judgment and established procedures.
• Assess planned operations and maintenance activities identify barriers or restrictions and coordinate solutions to prevent delays.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory qualification and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Facility Operations Specialist/PD142680
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification 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 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 your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 07/31/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 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-07 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. OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate level education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D. if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work. Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering industrial arts property management or business administration. OR
• Combination: An equivalent combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of the position. Experience must be detailed in your resume and transcripts required.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

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