Boiler Plant Operator

  • Canandaigua VA Medical Center
  • Canandaigua, New York
  • Full Time
Boiler Plant Operor

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administrion

Veterans Health Administrion

Summary

The Finger Lakes Healthcare System has 2 vacancies for a Boiler Plant Operor the Canandaigua VA Medical Center in the Engineering Service. Incumbent is assigned to the operions, maintenance, and repair of a ste-of-the-art combinion nural gas/fuel oil/biomass steam generion plant with electrical cogenerion, and reverse osmosis and wer softening plant where steam is genered for he, sterilizion, cooling and heing of hot wer.

Summary

The Finger Lakes Healthcare System has 2 vacancies for a Boiler Plant Operor the Canandaigua VA Medical Center in the Engineering Service. Incumbent is assigned to the operions, maintenance, and repair of a ste-of-the-art combinion nural gas/fuel oil/biomass steam generion plant with electrical cogenerion, and reverse osmosis and wer softening plant where steam is genered for he, sterilizion, cooling and heing of hot wer.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/05/2025 to 09/02/2025

Salary

$27.41 to - $31.96 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 9

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Canandaigua, NY

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

5402 Boiler Plant Opering

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

Yes

Announcement number

CBTE-12778035-25-EW

Control number

842501400

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarificion from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.

Duties

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Major duties include but are not limited to:

Independently lights off (ignites), operes, secures, and maintains power to boilers, associed auxiliary and pollution control equipment without other higher graded operors present to ensure continuous supply of steam to the medical center, using proper procedures to inspect, opere, and maintain the steam distribution system throughout the boiler plant; and maintain production of steam.

Responsible for the operion and maintenance of all boiler plant equipment and maintains constant observion of all auxiliary equipment such as pumps, sump pumps, fans, chemical trement feeders, condense return equipment and soft wer systems.

Makes decisions on type of fuel to use to maintain efficiency of operion.

Plant operors are required to work alone and are placed in charge of a complete utility's generion plant.

Maintains daily log sheets and operes, checks, and performs preventive maintenance on three (3) nural gas/fuel oil boilers 724 HP ea. And two (2) biomass boilers of 289 HP ea. and a wer softening system, as well as a RO system.

Multi-fuel operion requiring pollution control equipment and tendant decision-making requirements adds to the complexity.

May decide to shut down a malfunctioning boiler or other equipment and fire up another boiler or tempt to bypass the trouble until the problem can be fixed.

Responsibility to determine wh work must be done to correct the malfunction and has the authority to approve overtime or to call in off-duty maintenance personnel. Maintenance of utilities to the facility is a critical function.

Performs maintenance and repairs of the medical center complex stion wide on assigned shift.

When Operors support medical center maintenance and repairs, they must determine if approprie plumbing, electrical, air conditioning, medical equipment repair, construction/maintenance, mechanical and general maintenance can be made based upon the knowledge and skills of the Operor.

In support of the biomass portion of the plant, incumbent required to supervise wood chip unloading and inspect, adjust, and repair storage facilities and merial handling conveyors, ash disposal mechanisms, and electrostic precipitors for pollution control.

Operor on shift will test and analyze boiler wer for; hardness, alkalinity, phosphe, dissolved solids, sulfite, neutralizing amine, PH and other required testing.

Operor is continuously responsible for checking the power control panels and instrumention panels which record the operion of the boilers, steam flow, oxygen, furnace, low wer control, burner controls, fuel selection, purge, ignition, shift alarms tests, low wer, etc. and for making necessary adjustments based upon their knowledge and properly documenting those changes.

The incumbent will opere all equipment in a manner th is safe and meets opering requirements for efficient operions.

Maintains a work site th is clean, ne, and painted to meet good housekeeping practices.

Work Schedule: M-F 7:30am - 4:00pm (subject to change due to position coverage)

Position Description Title/PD#: Boiler Plant Operor/PD08274A and PD07820A

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: A relocion/recruitment incentive may be available for highly qualified applicants.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

Subject to a background/suitability investigion

Designed and/or random drug testing may be required

May serve a probionary period

Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959

A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (

Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.

Qualificions

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:

Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision

Dexterity and Safety

Equipment Assembly, Installion, Repair

Interpret Instructions, Specificions (includes blueprint reading)

Measuring Instruments

Operion of Equipment/Machinery

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Operor is required to work from ladders, scaffolding, plforms, and eleved cwalks. Work requires standing, reaching, bending, climbing, lifting and stooping as the work site dictes. Work may be or above ground level. Lifting, carrying and handling merial up to 100 lb. (unassisted if on shift alone) may be required. Operors frequently work in confined areas in and around boilers and support equipment.

Working Conditions: Work is performed both inside and outside in all kinds of weher. Inside conditions may be hot and noisy. Operor is exposed to possible scalds, gas, oil or sulfuric fumes, chemical poisoning, acid burns, cuts, burns, bruises, and broken bones which may result from accidents while working around machinery and equipment. Due to the equipment involved and the operor working alone, the operor must be alert all times. Must wear the prescribed uniform all times, as well as prescribed safety clothing and equipment. Must adhere to required personal protective equipment (PPE) for protection against hazards such as electrical voltage, fumes, mists, airborne contaminants, chemical, or aerosol exposure.

Educion

There is no educion requirement for this position.

Additional informion

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer (TJO). Please the Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more informion.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

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Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

Resume

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/02/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

Erika Weisbrod

Phone

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Address

Canandaigua VA Medical Center

400 Fort Hill Ave

Canandaigua, NY 14424

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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Documents Accepted:

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (VA)

Resume

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Documents Required:

Resume

Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.

Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.

Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/02/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

Erika Weisbrod

Phone

...

...

Address

Canandaigua VA Medical Center

400 Fort Hill Ave

Canandaigua, NY 14424

US

Next steps

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/05/2025 to 09/02/2025 Salary $27.41 to - $31.96 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Canandaigua, NY 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBTE-12778035-25-EW Control number 842501400
Job ID: 488479029
Originally Posted on: 8/7/2025

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