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Locksmith
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent serves as a Locksmith for the Seattle VA Medical Center, Facilities Maintenance Shops in Seattle, WA.
What You'll Do
- →Coordinates with the supervisor and police to discuss special locking requirements and determine suitable locks to be utilized in solving security problems.
- →Improvises trade techniques to adapt locking mechanisms for uses to which they were not specifically designed, to hamper or prevent the use of standard neutralization techniques.
- →Determines whether locking devices have been tampered with and provides professional documentation to the Police Service as required.
- →Makes independent judgments in determining work sequence, selection and use of trade tools, and techniques applied.
- →May be required to provide technical assistance and guidance to other staff at any Puget Sound Healthcare remote location.
- →Performs visual and operational checks to locate trouble sources and determine the best methods of correcting problems.
- →Removes locks, disassembles, and detects worn or damaged parts. i.e. broken springs, jammed pins, bent discs, broken tail pieces, rust and corrosion.
- →Lubricates and cleans parts, straightens bent parts, replaces broken parts, reassembles, tests, and reinstalls devices.
- →Keys and rekeys locks by using standard key coding practices to conform to station policy and VA criteria.
- →Maintains blank keys of all known locking devices, cuts keys required for issue and replacement as required; does not maintain "extra" keys, precut keys, or discarded turned-in keys.
- →Carefully monitors the key accountability system.
- →Maintains master keying plans for the facility.
- →Install's, troubleshoots, maintains and repairs locks in doors, desks. office furniture, cabinets, safes and other units as required by approved work orders only.
- →Makes necessary alterations to locking mechanisms and units to assure correct fit.
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 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical 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.
- ✓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 or 2-year trial 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 or trial 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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