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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 days ago
On-site North Little Rock, AR $29.4 – $34.3/hr Apply by Sep 10, 2026 Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic ESTPISTP OperationsHealthcareTrades
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Performs skilled installation, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of hospital HVAC/R equipment. Work ensures consistent environmental conditions needed to support safe patient care and clinical operations, including temperature, humidity, filtration, and pressurization requirements. Assignments include hospital AHUs/ERUs, chilled-water systems, heating equipment, refrigeration units and building automation controls under the guidance of senior mechanics or engineers.
What You'll Do
- →Your duties can include but are not limited to the following: Central Plant Equipment Maintenance: Performs skilled work on chillers up to large-tonnage hospital equipment, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, and condenser water systems.
- →Troubleshoots basic refrigerant circuit faults, sensor issues, and component malfunctions.
- →Airside Distribution and Clinical Ventilation Support: Maintains and repairs hospital AHUs and ERUs including filters (HEPA where installed), coils, belts, motors, dampers, and drain systems.
- →Refrigeration and Cold Storage Systems: Installs, maintains, and repairs refrigeration systems including coolers, freezers, ice machines, and water fountains.
- →Performs component-level replacement work such as motors, fans, valves, coils, and compressors under established procedures.
- →Preventive Maintenance, Testing, and Documentation: Conducts routine preventive and predictive maintenance following established schedules and procedures.
- →Performs basic functional tests on HVAC/R systems, documents readings, identifies routine deficiencies, and records corrective actions in Maximo CMMS.
- →Supports commissioning and TAB activities by collecting data, operating equipment during tests, and performing minor adjustments under guidance.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:30PM (Subject to change based on the needs of the agency) Position Description Title/PD#: Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic/PD04853A Physical Efforts: Work requires regular and sustained physical effort including standing, walking, climbing ladders, bending, kneeling, reaching, and working in awkward or confined positions.
- →The mechanic frequently lifts, carries, or positions items such as tools, test instruments, HVAC/R components, motors, belts, coils, and refrigerant cylinders weighing up to 50 pounds, and occasionally more with assistance.
- →Physical exertion occurs throughout the workday and can involve pushing, pulling, and maneuvering heavy or awkward components during installations, adjustments, or repairs.
- →Tasks may require prolonged periods of troubleshooting or testing systems in physically demanding environments such as rooftops or interstitial spaces.
- →Muscular strain can occur due to repetitive work, extended kneeling, climbing, and handling of heavy materials.
- →Working conditions: Work is performed in a variety of hospital environments including mechanical rooms, rooftops, interstitial spaces, laboratories, cold rooms, and occupied patient-care areas.
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 Pre-employment physical required.
- ✓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.
- ✓Driver's License: A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package.
- ✓If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License.
Personality Fit
Job ID: c481ac65-8890-4775-b1ac-99d60d4e566d
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