Laundry Supervisor

Laundry Supervisor

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Waco, Texas

Salary Range: $28.23 - $32.93 Per Hour

Job Summary: The CTVHCS is recruiting for a highly qualified Laundry Supervisor for Environmental Management Service (EMS) located in Waco, Texas. Incumbent is assigned to the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System of VISN 17, Heart of Texas Health Care Network. Incumbent serves as the Textile Care Supervisor for Environmental Management Service.

Major Duties:

• Duties include, but not limited to: The incumbent's position is that of Textile Care Supervisor in Environmental Management Service. Incumbent plans and drafts duty schedules approves, and schedules vacation leave up to 10 days, and all other types of leave as authorized. Incumbent assists the Textile Care Manager in the overall laundry and linen programs. Incumbent plans use of subordinate workers, equipment, facilities, and materials on an on-going basis. Incumbent establishes deadlines, priorities, and work sequences and plans work assignments based on general work schedules, methods, and policies. This includes administration, supervision, and direction of the laundry, linen, and Patient Effects sections. Determines the number of workers needed to accomplish specific projects. Incumbent redirects individual workers and resources to accomplish unanticipated work. Incumbent has full supervisory responsibility for control over work situations and subordinates. Incumbent is responsible on a daily, scheduled rotating basis for approximately 32 Laundry and Linen workers and an average of three Incentive Therapy patients/Compensated Work Therapy assigned to the Laundry Section. Plans work schedules, establishes deadlines, sequences, and priorities of work. Incumbent is responsible for planning work operations of assigned personnel, determining the number of employees needed, the sequence, priority, and time for performance of work operations within broad work schedules and time limits based on general work schedules, methods, and policies set by higher level supervisors. Incumbent informs higher level supervisors in the initial planning of current and future work schedules, budget requests, staffing needs, estimates, and recommendations as to scheduling projected work. Incumbent is responsible for supervision of a variety of markedly dissimilar work functions and areas. Responsible for investigating work related problems to determine causes; recommends corrective actions and requirements or solutions to problems. This consolidated institutional-type laundry provides centralized service to a patient bed census of approximately 2,600 located at the Temple and Waco Facilities. In addition, service is provided in laundering linen and uniforms for Mental Hygiene Clinic, Community Living Center, for Canteens and Barber Shops at the Temple and Waco Facilities'. Uniforms are laundered for approximately 1,400 employees. Because of the high proportion of non-bed patients at the Waco Facility and Domiciliary patients at the Temple Facility approximately 18% of the workload involves wearing apparel consisting of uniforms and patient clothing. The patient either owns their own clothing or it is furnished to them as individuals. To ensure prompt return to the owner/user, the identity of each item of clothing must be maintained throughout the laundering process and the quality of work is comparable to that of work done by commercial laundries. The CTVHCS operates 1,274 authorized beds. The mission includes surgical, acute medical care, extended care to include nursing home care, a domiciliary, emergency room (urgent care), surgical intensive care unit, medical intensive care unit, MRI, research long term care, extended care, Temple and Waco sites, and psychiatry to Austin, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCSs) in Brownwood, Palestine, and Bryan/College Station and a Department of Defense Hospital outside account A total of approximately 3.5 million pounds is processed and a revenue generation from the Department of Defense in excess of $100,000 annually. Incumbent investigates work-related problems such as excessive cost or low productivity and determines causes. Incumbent Implements corrective actions within incumbent's authority to resolve work problems. Incumbent defines standards of quality and quantity for the employees. Reviews work while in progress or upon completion to determine rate of progress and whether work performed meet an acceptable level of productivity and quality. He/she analyzes the performance of marginal employees to determine if weakness is related to improper sequence of tasks, improper frequency, faulty utilization of equipment, supplies, or lack of training, etc. Incumbent shifts or reassigns personnel as required to obtain maximum utilization of knowledge and skills. Incumbent establishes deadlines and priorities, especially when short staffed, to provide optimum effectiveness within the limits of available personnel. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Weekends/holidays possible Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Supervisor/PD02044A Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/10/2026. 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 demonstrates 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 will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Lead or Supervise Materials Operation of Equipment/Machinery Technical Practices Work Practices 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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. Physical Requirements: Receives, segregates and prepares processed laundry for issuing; classifies and segregates items of laundry into groups according to standard laundry formula and finishing process to be used. Involves working around machines and some heavy lifting involved. Heavy lifting and carrying, 45 pounds and over; pulling, pushing, reaching above shoulders; Use of fingers and both hands; Walking and Standing more than 7.5 hours; Climbing, repeated bending, and kneeling. Working Conditions: Excessive humidity, constant noise, dust; working with hands in water, use of solvents, grease, and oils; Working around machinery with moving parts, objects, and/or vehicles; Slippery and uneven walking surfaces, working alone and with others.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/10/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12903161. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial application submission is updated and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume will be reviewed for consideration. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified, you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-10