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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
- ✓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
Job ID: a4d0c0a0-d85a-43ca-9e6c-417d0ec98d92
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