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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Omaha, NE $39 – $45.6/hr Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic ESTPISTP Trades
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The position is located in the Facilities Management Service of the Nebraska Western Iowa VA Health Care System at the Omaha VA Medical Center. The primary function of the Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic Supervisor is to serve in a supervisory role with first level authority over an organizational segment responsible for operating and maintaining a 24/7 chiller plant that includes multiple large capacity chillers, air handlers, and rooftop units.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties of the A/C Equipment Mechanic Supervisor include, but are not limited to: Coordinates with Engineering and AC Shop personnel to plan and schedule maintenance activities.
- →Establishes work sequences and resolves identified issues through inspections, alarms, and system monitoring.
- →Plans repair strategies, schedules equipment outages with affected clinical areas, and ensures work minimizes disruption to patient care.
- →Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for maintenance related HVAC services contracts and verifies contractor performance.
- →Reviews engineering design packages strictly for maintainability, serviceability, and long-term accessibility, without performing engineering design work.
- →Supervises and directs daily corrective and preventive maintenance performed by AC Equipment Mechanics.
- →AC Equipment Operators, and the AC Equipment Mechanic Leader; the incumbent assigns work orders, monitors progress, verifies proper completion of maintenance tasks, and ensures all work.
- →Follows established procedures, equipment manuals, and safety requirements; the incumbent distributes workload equitably, balancing skill sets, operational priorities, and emergency response.
- →Ensuring maintenance of chillers, air handlers, pumps, cooling towers, ventilation components.
- →Plans and assigns daily and weekly work for AC Equipment Mechanics, AC Equipment Operators, and the AC Equipment Mechanic Leader.
- →Establishes priorities and adjusts assignments based on system demands, emergencies, and seasonal load changes.
- →Coordinates multi-trade work involving mechanical, electrical, and piping shops to ensure shared effort.
- →Provides daily oversight of the AC Equipment Mechanic Leader and ensures shop personnel receive needed direction, clarification, and technical guidance.
- →Performs supervisory administrative functions including leave approval, employee counseling, addressing conduct or performance concerns, and evaluating performance.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓No educational substitution.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 70979023-9536-45ff-83ac-f37cf92f95d2
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