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Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 16 days ago
On-site San Antonio, TX $31.2 – $36.4/hr Apply by Sep 26, 2026 Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic ESTPISTP Trades
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The incumbent will function as an Air Conditioning Mechanic, for the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) and is located within Engineering Service. Incumbent is a highly qualified journeyman industrial/commercial air conditioning mechanic responsible for maintaining, repairing, modifying, testing, inspecting, analyzing for defects, troubleshooting and eliminating malfunctions on all the non-medical heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerated equipment in the facility.
What You'll Do
- →The duties include but are not limited to the following: Incumbent has skill and experience in troubleshooting, calibrating, installing and repairing a wide variety of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating equipment, which operate within critical tolerances and specifications.
- →Incumbent use knowledge of the refrigeration cycle of a variety of commercial and industrial systems to locate and check elements such as those which 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.
- →Incumbent checks for the probability of leaks by visual and audible examination of equipment components; by applying prescribed test procedures and equipment; and by exploration of probable reasons for equipment failure.
- →Incumbent know principles and theories of air conditioning and refrigeration such as the refrigeration cycle, heat transfer laws, the use of refrigerant tables, how to calculate airflow, and the pressure temperature characteristics for the different systems in order to locate and repair faulty equipment swiftly and to reduce inoperative time to a minimum.
- →Incumbent has skill and knowledge to troubleshoot and locate trouble before dismantling, and to make repairs, which insure proper functioning after assembly.
- →Incumbent has the skill and knowledge, to work on systems that include a variety of compressors such as gear, reciprocating, centrifugal, or rotary pump, and a variety of refrigerant controls such as those with low and high pressure side floats, automatic thermostatic expansion valves, capillary or choke types, and those based on volume or quantity changes.
- →A variety of complicated motor controls are also used such as hermetically sealed motors and pressure controls, thermostatic motor controls (remote and double remote), full and semi-automatic defrosting controls, relays, and other controls to protect against overload or overheating.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0730-1600, 0800-1630 Position Description Title/PD#: Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic/PD01018A Physical Requirements: Incumbent must wear appropriate safety gear, including full-face and half-face respirators when accomplishing work on certain equipment.
- →This protective gear can place additional effort on employee in accomplishing work.
- →Incumbent works from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, motorized high-lift, etc. as well as other hard to reach places.
- →Incumbent stands, stoops, bends, kneels, crawls, climbs and works in tiring and uncomfortable positions for extended periods of time.
- →Because the equipment in the air handling system is usually larger and must be maneuvered into and out of specific locations while dismantling and reassembling, the incumbent frequently lifts and carries tools, parts, equipment and material that weigh up to 50 pounds and less often up to 40 pounds.
- →Grade 10 mechanics frequently carry and set up parts and equipment that weigh up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds).
- →Hoists, holders, and pulleys are operated when removing units such as large compressors, condensers, and chillers.
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
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