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Carpenter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 17 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administartion (VHA) Veterans integrated Service Network 6 (VISN 6), at the Durham VA Health Care System (VAHCS) in Durham, North Carolina, within the Area Maintenance Section of Facilities Management Service. This position reports directly to the manager of the Carpentery Section (i.e. a Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor)
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited too: The incumbent performs general maintenance and repair pertaining to be carpenter trade throughout the VA Medical Center.
- →This includes inside and outside repairs to the building, alterations, and minor improvement projects.
- →Incumbent installs floor tile requiring material for adhesion, repairs and replaces window guides and tapes, cuts and replaces different size window glass, installs detention screens, acoustical ceiling suspension systems, metal stud walls, partitions and carpet.
- →Setting up and operating a wide variety of wood working machines and tools.
- →Constructing, installing, repairing and modifying wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness.
- →Incumbent performs preventive maintenance of buildings and makes necessary repairs as a result of these inspections.
- →Incumbent installs and repairs locks, hardware, door closures, and security combination locks such as push button and safes.
- →Incumbent is required to re-key lock cylinders, duplicate and make new keys.
- →Incumbent is required to repair and troubleshoot automatic doors, which includes reading schematics and installation of parts.
- →Incumbent is responsible for the VA Medical Center lock system and maintains all key codes and door hardware, repairs and maintains automatic doors and installs fire protection door closures on all smoke doors thought out the Medical Center.
- →Heavy lifting (over 50 pounds) and strenuous exertion is occasionally necessary.
- →The incumbent will require the ability to work in a variety of work sites, including, roofs, scaffolds, crawl spaces, ladders, etc.
- →The employee must be able to distinguish colors.
- →The employee is standing or walking most of the time.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Designated and/or random drug testing may be required Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is 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.
- ✓Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan.
- ✓Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position.
- ✓USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job.
- ✓Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying.
- ✓VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed.
- ✓Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job 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: 17f38c8a-5f5c-459f-a62c-5cc879bcbb03
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