Environmental Services Technician Supervisor

Veterans Health Administration • Iron Mountain, MI

23d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS) at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. The supervisor exercises technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers supporting EMS goals and objectives, including environment of care, textile distribution, and training. The position oversees environmental sanitation operations and supervises Wage Grade and Wage Leader employees. The work involves planning and coordinating assignments, inspecting work areas, ensuring sanitation and equipment-care standards, training and developing staff, monitoring work quality and production, and coordinating operations with other units. The supervisor also evaluates employee performance, schedules leave, addresses complaints and grievances, and initiates disciplinary actions as needed.

The regular schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with rotating shifts that may include weekends and holidays as needed. Work takes place in a variety of medical-center areas, including operating, treatment, examination, imaging, and patient rooms, as well as public, recreational, and administrative areas. The work may require protective clothing and personal protective equipment and can involve exposure to cleaning solutions, bodily fluids, communicable disease, and hazardous cleaning chemicals. Work may occur indoors and outdoors.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must meet the applicable OPM Federal Wage System qualification standards; applicants are evaluated using the job element method and must meet the prescribed screen-out element where applicable.
• Resume must provide detailed descriptions supporting questionnaire responses; qualifying experience may include paid or unpaid experience, including volunteer work.
• Required job-related elements include dexterity and safety; interpreting instructions and specifications; leading or supervising; using and maintaining tools and equipment; and work practices.
• Must be able to meet the physical demands, including occasional bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Must comply with applicable pre-employment screening and appointment requirements, including drug testing for testing-designated positions, background/security investigation, and pre-employment physical.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel requirement.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee environmental sanitation operations within Environmental Management Services.
• Supervise Wage Grade and Wage Leader employees.
• Plan daily and weekly assignments and schedule periodic work for assigned areas.
• Inspect assigned areas to ensure work is completed on time, sanitation standards are maintained, equipment is cared for, and housekeeping objectives are met.
• Conduct staff meetings to communicate new procedures and directives.
• Ensure special projects, periodic cleaning operations, and moves are completed on time.
• Provide basic and ongoing employee training and assist with division training programs.
• Support the career development of subordinate employees.
• Review subordinate work to ensure quality standards and production schedules are maintained.
• Address deficiencies identified in observation reports and establish deadlines and priorities.
• Determine which assignments can be completed within available time and which may need to be delayed.
• Ensure materials, equipment, and supplies are available.
• Explain work requirements, methods, and procedures to employees as needed.
• Coordinate work with supervisors of other units, organizations, and functions.
• Ensure subordinates carry out policies in support of management objectives.
• Formally appraise employee performance and determine training needs.
• Schedule and approve subordinate employees’ leave requests.
• Counsel employees and address informal complaints and grievances through discussion with employees and union representatives.
• Initiate disciplinary actions as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• Potential credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed