Facility Operations Specialist

This position is located withing the Facility Managements Service and reports to the Chief Facility Management Service at our Peoria CBOC. This position is responsible for the day-to-day building operations and maintenance of leased administrative and clinical space for VA Illiana Healthcare System. Incumbent will be responsible for constant communication with building owner, contracting officers and building tenants to ensure all requirements of the leases and needs of the tenants are met.

Major duties

Duties: Responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of VAIHCS off-site outpatient sites of care and administrative leases. Initiates and serves as the Contracting Officer's Representative Level II (COR) for property leases and a variety of building maintenance and repair contracts and coordinates with a variety of service providers who perform work at the off site locations. Evaluates, develops, and recommends a course of action for coordination on decisions involving change or alterations to facilities and utilization. Reviews and certifies invoices for contract facility support for a variety of facility supportive vendors. Responsible for the management of GSA leased vehicles assigned by Fleet Management to the off-side leased sites motor vehicle pool. Analyzes and evaluates facility maintenance, security, and safety by determining specific requirements and implementing programs based on the needs, interests and level of detail needed to satisfy a wide variety of user requirements. Prepares correspondence for signature of Chief, Facility Management Service and VA executive Leadership addressing facilities and leasing program issues. Researches and prepares comprehensive procurement package for new and replacement facilities, conducting market research, calculating space requirements and develops the agency specific requirements. Research, analyze and prepare reports to Facility Management Service (FMS), Space Committee, and planning to operate facility assets at their most effective level based on building conditions and lifecycle cost analysis. Other facility operations duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:45 - 4:15 Telework: This position is not authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Facility Operations Specialist/PD253650 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/23/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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 announcement. In 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-9 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. Specialized experience can also include: provide planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control in a Maintenance and Operations Section; assist in providing review and guidance of assigned technical programs and projects; assist with broad managerial responsibilities over transportation, roads and grounds, buildings and utilities repair/maintenance, electronic equipment repair/maintenance, and capital improvement programs; personal success with projects that generally vary in complexity from one project to another; provides technical and supervisory oversight to a service line; updates management of any subsequent problematic areas after review and provides trend and analysis data reports to clinical and administrative services; ability to interact, educate, and communicate with others is of importance in establishing appropriate guidelines for proper protocol and action of others; conducts open discussion and consultation with supervisors and associates on new or revision of policies, programs, objectives, requirements, or trends; and plans own work, coordinates with engineers or subject-matter specialists, resolves problems and carries assignments through to completion. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Requirements

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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's 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 interest. In 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.