Transportation Assistant

Fleet Management

Directly responsible for the scheduling and planning of vehicle operations maintenance repair prevented a maintenance and for maintaining vehicle overall appearance scheduling and dispatching vehicles for other official business purposes scheduling maintenance repair and cleaning for all licensed vehicles dispatching buses and other vehicles and operators for patient recreation scheduling return and pick up of General Service administration vehicles at the Fleet Management Center as required and scheduling GSA vehicles to vendors shops for installation of special equipment responsible for inspecting the work performance of all motor vehicle operators for compliance with specifications and ensuring the proper procedure safety rules and regulations are being followed. Responsible for instructing employees in safe operation and maintenance through demonstration of all vehicles of fleet management.

Budget Management

Coordinating planning budgeting and maintaining consistency in fleet services. Report non-compliance or inadequate reporting to hire management with recommendations for correction monitors documentation of this reporting for a timeliness accuracy and effectiveness communicate agency and local policies and priorities to all employees using vehicles and equipment in the fleet orders VA license plates. Orders cancels credit cards review statements checking for fraud or misuse reconciles monthly and undergoes a monthly random audit with fiscal service. Researches all vehicle use including mileage number of trips numbers of passengers and always making sure the fleet is rightsized and maintained within VA and GSA standards interacting with all personnel within the facility as well as many other government and non-government agencies contractors vendors and law enforcement agencies.

Program oversight

Responsible for tracking all vehicle histories from time a purchase/donation to six years past the turn in or salvage auction of each vehicle or piece of equipment per credit card regulations. This includes filing all trip logs credit card receipts accident reports pictures and repair slips. Well take pictures. follow-ups with drivers track accident reports repairs and maintenance.


Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant/PD00329O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
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
• Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• 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)

• 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.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 09/16/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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 as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to operate and instruct others in the safe operation of tools equipment and vehicles associated with fleet management functions knowledgeable in the proper maintenance of all equipment assigned to fleet management services as a qualifying officer for all drivers in relations to their training retraining skills ability to drive assigned vehicles responsible for equipment and hand receipt items serves as a transportation coordinator and manager for all assigned vehicles maintenance and turn-in.

Required Experience:

Junior IC