Laundry Operations Specialist

Description:

Employee will be assigned to Environmental Management Services, VA Healthcare System West Palm Beach, FL, serving as the Textile/Laundry Manager. The laundry provides support to the healthcare system with all associated community-based outpatient clinics. The textile care facility operates five (5) days a week, eight (8) hours per day with current annual production of over 1.8 million pounds annually.

Requirements:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: performing a variety of administrative and oversight services concerning laundry and dry cleaning functions; identifying and recommending needed equipment repairs, upgrade, or purchases; ensuring laundry and/or dry-cleaning processes and services operate efficiently to include directing and evaluating work performed by laundry workers; forecasting expenditures and preparing budget estimates; and maintaining communication with various departments and external vendors regarding supply and distribution needs.
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SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE ( Transcript Required ) - Applicants must possess successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.
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COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE ( Transcript Required ) - Combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Cost Estimation and Analysis
• Flexibility
• Manages and Organizes Information
• Oral Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Planning and Evaluating

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.

Physical Requirements: Regular and recurring work involves considerable physical exertion of walking, driving, bending and lifting moderately heavy equipment or other items weighing under 50 pounds. May be required to walk or drive in inclement weather from building to building or from the Medical Center to various locations.


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/ .