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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Chicago, IL $33.8 – $39.4/hr Apply by Jun 12, 2026 Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic ESTPISTP Trades
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AC Equipment Mechanic position is located in the Engineering Service at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL. This position performs a variety of tasks involved in the upkeep and maintenance of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. In accordance with Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, this position requires a current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA approved Universal Certification. Copy of certification required at time of application.
What You'll Do
- →The Air Conditioning equipment Mechanic performs a wide range of work involving installing and recognizing the cause of faulty refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and making repairs on large systems that provide for a variety of air conditioning functions such as heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, cleaning, filtering, and circulating.
- →Duties include: Calculates airflow and the pressure-temperature characteristics for different systems; locates and repairs faulty equipment swiftly in order to reduce inoperative time to a minimum; locates trouble before dismantling and makes repairs which insure proper functioning after assembly.
- →Performs complex repairs such as installing and fitting connecting rods, crank shafts, piston rings, bearings, and bushings; overhauling valves by adjusting or replacing gaskets, springs, floats, diaphragms, valve fittings, seals, and couplings; and aligning motors and flywheel drives.
- →Checks out the refrigeration cycle of a variety of commercial and industrial systems to locate and check elements such as those that control low side and high side pressure; the temperature of the cooling units; the temperatures of the liquid and suction lines; and the running time of the various mechanisms.
- →Examines equipment components visually and audibly for the probability of leaks; and performs prescribed test procedures and explores probable reasons for equipment failure.Identifies faulty equipment causes and makes repairs on large systems that provide for a variety of air conditioning functions such as heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, cleaning, filtering, and circulating.
- →These systems use a variety of methods of air conditioning such as mechanical compression, vapor compression, absorption, and steam jet or air cycle.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: 3:30 PM to 12:00 AM Wednesday-Sunday Position Description Title/PD#: Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic/PD02036A Physical Requirements: The work requires carrying of equipment, tools and testing devices that seldom weigh over 50 pounds.
- →Most of the equipment can be reached from the floor or from ladders.
- →Occasionally, platforms and scaffolding re needed to reach parts of the systems such as fans, electrical and water lines and duct work.
- →The incumbent is required to stoop, stretch, bend, kneel and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
- →Working Conditions: The incumbent is regularly required to work out of doors on the roofs of buildings exposed to extremes of temperature and inclement weather.
- →Regularly exposed to indoor temperature extremes and required to work with high pressure steam, high pressure water and hot water.
- →Regularly required to perform duties which involve potential exposure to oxygen depleting refrigerant gases, dangerous chemicals, harmful vapors and harmful fumes.
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 All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6ffdad86-c609-4935-9906-1686d8b7abc6
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