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Maintenance Mechanic Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 days ago
About the Role
This position functions as a Maintenance Mechanic Leader for the Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVAMC), Facilities Management Service, In-House Projects Team. The primary purpose for the position is to lead employees engaged in performing general maintenance and repair requirements duties as established by Leadership.
What You'll Do
- →As a Maintenance Mechanic Leader, you will serve as the working leader for the In-House Projects Team within the Facilities Management Service at the Kansas City VA Medical Center.
- →You will lead a multidisciplinary crew performing complex construction, renovation, installation, troubleshooting, and repair work across the medical center's facilities.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: Primary Responsibilities Lead a team of maintenance employees performing trades and labor work, passing on supervisor instructions, assigning tasks, reviewing work in progress, and ensuring adherence to methods, deadlines, and safety procedures.
- →Provide technical guidance to workers, answer policy and procedure questions, and report work status and delays to the supervisor.
- →Assist the supervisor in identifying, preparing, and ordering materials needed for maintenance, repair, and improvement projects.
- →Ensure needed stock is obtained from supply locations before work begins.
- →Train employees on proper work steps, operational procedures, safety practices, equipment use, and completion of work orders.
- →Ensure compliance with safety requirements and housekeeping standards.
- →Carpentry Work Coordinate, perform, and oversee rough and finish carpentry tasks, including framing, constructing walls, installing doors/windows, building cabinets and counters, hanging drywall, installing ceiling grid systems, constructing temporary walls, and supporting specialized hospital areas with carpentry modifications.
- →Flooring Installation Oversee the removal and installation of flooring materials (carpet, vinyl, ceramic tile), including surface preparation, measurement, cutting, fitting, and finishing work.
- →Ensure flooring plans are followed and work areas remain organized and clean.
- →Painting and Surface Preparation Prepare interior and exterior surfaces for painting, mix paints to required consistency and color, and apply coatings on drywall, masonry, concrete, and specialized hospital environments.
- →Perform drywall finishing and install wall coverings.
- →Set up ladders, scaffolding, and rigging equipment.
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
Job ID: 79b07dae-54d7-4a4b-9eba-a19b0ce1b8e2
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