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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteTopeka, KS$35.2 – $41.1/hrApply by May 19, 2026Air Conditioning Equipment MechanicESTPISTPTrades
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This position serves as an Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic in the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) shop at the Leavenworth and Topeka VA Medical Centers (VAMC).
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities will include: Maintains, repairs, and operates all refrigeration, air conditioning, and air handling equipment.
- →Performs electrical maintenance and installation work on electric systems and equipment.
- →Performs scheduled preventive maintenance on all air handling, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment.
- →Responds to service order calls regarding malfunctioning or inoperable refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
- →Repairs a variety of domestic and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems, such as walk-in and reach-in coolers, refrigerators, evaporative coolers, water coolers, and window air conditioning units.
- →Observes and tests for the correct operation of all parts of the refrigeration cycle.
- →Makes repairs on large and small systems that require various types of pneumatic and electrical controls and relays to operate at peak efficiency.
- →Adjusts various pressure, pneumatic, and electrical valves to control the flow of refrigerants, steam, and water.
- →Stops and starts compressors, fans, and other equipment at specific test stages when temperature and pressure changes are required.
- →Performs operational maintenance as scheduled or necessary; this includes adding refrigerant, changing filters, cleaning the strainer, replacing drive bells, and lubricating compressors, fans, shafts, pumps, and moving parts of other operating and standby equipment.
- →Diagnoses trouble and makes repairs by removing, replacing, tightening, splicing, soldering, and insulating defective wiring, controls, equipment, and fixtures, such as broken and bare wiring, burned-out switches and relays, loose connections and fittings, and poorly operating thermostats.
- →Tests equipment using a VOA meter and watt meters.
- →Performs Preventive Maintenance on all filters in the hospital.
- →Maintains a tool and parts inventory for assigned tools, parts, and equipment.
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.
Personality Fit
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