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Locksmith
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
This position serves as Locksmith within the Facilities Management Service, Engineering Branch at the Orlando VA Health Care System (OVAHCS) in Orlando, FL. This will include travel in between Orlando Sites of care in order to perform routine and preventive maintenance related to job duties.
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: Ensures that operation, maintenance and repair of all described technical security aspects of building and facilities.
- →Serves as an expert in the area of physical security locking systems and physical access control systems capabilities and functions, working closely with management in determining the most suitable security containers and locking devices to be used in solving unique security problems.
- →Services a wide variety of commonly used locks, and the functions they perform involve repairing, replacing or fabricating parts covered by manufacturer parts catalogs and specifications and apply a broad knowledge of the functions and capabilities of commercially manufactured locking devices.
- →Erects or suspends scaffolding in the performance of duties and is responsible for the proper care and maintenance of tools and equipment.
- →Ensures that all tools and equipment are properly functioning and are safe for use.
- →Constructs necessary dust barriers and/or block off areas as needed for the safety and protection of patients, staff, visitors, and equipment.
- →Ensures that the job site is clean of all debris and equipment upon the completion of work.
- →Assists other maintenance personnel with other or similar trade assignments.
- →Maintains, repairs, and installs a variety of electronically controlled locking devices throughout medical facility and clinics that are integral to the access control system.
- →Reviews incoming Federal Regulations and VA directives to ensure compliance with these directives in the day-to day operations of security container maintenance.
- →Performs ongoing inspections of security containers and related physical access control equipment, as required, for evidence of surreptitious penetration or tampering.
- →Inspects security containers received through supply sources to ensure suitability for intended use and for evidence of secretive tampering or modification.
- →Inspects security containers returned to service from storage to determine fitness for intended use.
- →Installs or oversees the modification of safes, vaults, and other items of security equipment to meet specifications when modification orders are received from higher Federal regulations Special Security.
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
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