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Locksmith
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at an assigned Veterans Administration medical facility performing work involved with repairing, overhauling, modifying, testing, and installing a variety of locking devices typically found on doors, desks, compartments, mobile equipment, safes, vaults, and other secured locations in Bedford, MA..
What You'll Do
- →*******THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***** Major duties may include, but are not limited to: Provides technical assistance and guidance to remote customer locations and to lower graded/less experienced locksmithing personnel.
- →Performs the full range of work in the installation, repair, maintenance and modification of a wide variety of commercial locking devices with varying makes and models found in doors, desks, safes, vaults, compartments, mobile equipment, and secured areas.
- →Disassembles repairs, cleans, reassembles, and reinstalls a large variety of moderate to extremely complex locking devices.
- →Provides expert advice and recommendations to management on the most appropriate locks/systems for specific security requirements.
- →Where appropriate, suggests the use of a master key system to preclude the overuse of keys and to provide offices with a more effective.
- →Designs and installs such master key systems as requested.
- →Designs and installs locks and integrated locking systems (e.g., including electronic panic button interfaces, etc.) to meet special security requirements and management needs.
- →Increases the level of key control and security by modifying keyways and key blanks to create local-unique combinations.
- →Attends seminars and carefully reviews trade journals, catalogs, regulations and manuals to maintain expert knowledge of locks and associated hardware, new products, and regulatory requirements affecting work.
- →Maintains required records.
- →Troubleshoots to determine malfunctioning components and repairs by reworking existing parts based on knowledge of internal structure plus the operating characteristics of a wide range of models and of their working interrelationship with related components.
- →Determines precise locations and angles for drilling without harming the contents or causing irrevocable damage to the locking mechanisms or containers.
- →Examines all locks worked on for evidence of attempted neutralization and, if found, takes the steps necessary to decertify the lock and/or container.
- →Uses a large variety of intricate tools to perform this work and provides maintenance on same.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Pre-employment physical required Subject to background/security investigation 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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) 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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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