Employee will be assigned to Environmental Management Service, VA Medical Center Manchester, NH, serving as the key focal point for the coordination of receiving and fulfilling requests for furniture and equipment to various patient care areas throughout the system service area, including outpatient clinics throughout the state and VISN.
DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT: This position requires a current, valid state driver's license. Please do not upload a copy of your license at this time. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current, valid, and unrestricted state driver's license. PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Requires driving a truck for several hours to reach the remote location of service. Employee is required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, climb and stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions. They may lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds, with heavier items being moved with handling equipment or the assistance of other workers. She/he moves supplies and materials with pallet jacks, forklifts and through physical labor. During travel, considerable physical effort may be required to change tires and make limited emergency repairs. The duties require considerable dexterity, hand, foot and eye coordination, and concentration. Employee will operate motor vehicles in all types of traffic and weather conditions on public roads and are exposed to the danger of serious accidents. Employee works both outdoors and indoors, including areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, and/or poorly lighted. Regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock or mechanized work areas. Appropriate protective gear (e.g., gloves, support belt, steel toe shoes) will be supplied and shall always be utilized by the material handler to minimize such risks. Must be able to sit for long periods of time while driving and is exposed to road hazard conditions daily. Applies all established safety practices, will report unsafe conditions and unsafe practices to the supervisor and will report any occupational injury or illness in a prompt practical manner. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Lead or Supervise Materials Technical Practices Work Practices 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.
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Plans and coordinates with Environmental Management Service supervisors to establish daily tasks for facility furnishings based on program changes, additional programs, or relocations conducted in support of the VA's mission. Performs and leads material handlers through daily tasks (e.g., track and monitor furniture needs, adjust and make changes in layouts, monitor inventory), ensuring that the quality and quantity of work meets established standards. Operates motor vehicles to include pickup trucks, panel trucks, flatbed trucks, 26 foot moving van, sedans, or a crew cab pickup truck, which will have an approximate gross vehicle weight up to 4,500 kilograms (10,000 pounds). Loads and unloads the vehicles by hand, sometimes receiving help from other workers. Loads from the warehouse using forklift equipment as necessary and transports to the required remote locations daily. Inventories the stock of furniture at the warehouse, identifies component shortages for replenishment orders, confirms receipt of orders, identifies discrepancies including improper items received, shortage of items delivered, wrong products, damage to shipment, etc. Assists in identifying and forecasting the need for various facility furnishings based on program changes. Tracks and monitors furniture needs which support the working environment of the employees. Reads, understands, and applies instructions contained in various manuals, blueprints, specifications, etc. Moves and installs furniture and equipment which may include partial or complete assembly using hand and power tools. Works and collaborates with interior designers on proper furnishings that meet infection control requirements, standardized goals, as well as provide well-coordinated furniture compatible with floors, walls, and patient needs. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized