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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
On-site Kansas City, MO $35.2 – $41.1/hr Apply by Jun 17, 2026 Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic ESTPISTP Trades
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This position is located within the Kansas City Veteran's Affairs Medical Center (KCVAMC), Facilities Management Service (FMS). The position serves as the Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic for the In-House Construction section of FMS and is responsible for the installation, repair, and operation of all refrigeration, air conditioning and air handling parts and equipment to be installed, modified, retrofitted, removed, and maintained as part of any In House Construction Projects at the KCVAMC.
What You'll Do
- →Recognize and use tools of the trade to detect refrigerant leaks, and assemble, dissemble, overhaul, and install refrigeration, air conditioning, and control equipment and related systems ln a journeyman like manner.
- →Use knowledge of electricity to safely perform maintenance, adjustments, or repairs on refrigeration, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and control equipment and related systems.
- →Select proper materials including, but not limited to, piping, sheet metal hangers, fasteners, heating instruments, motors, pumps, valves, couplings, flanges, etc. to accomplish maintenance, repairs, adjustments, modifications, or installation of refrigeration, air conditioning, and control equipment and related systems.
- →Use refrigerant recovery and evacuation/vacuum systems to affect repair, recycling, and recharging of refrigeration and air conditioning systems in accordance with EPA guidelines.
- →Properly document activities for each unit and record refrigerant use.
- →Determine appropriate quantities and types of chemicals necessary to properly treat liquid systems associated with cooling towers, refrigeration, and air conditioning equipment and related systems.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:00 am to 2:30 pm Position Description Title/PD#: Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic/PD02067A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 33df0340-61e5-4396-b431-3be49548d368
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