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Maintenance Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Mechanical Unit Engineering Section/Service Line. The Maintenance Mechanic serves as the general maintenance mechanic, primarily a carpenter, locksmith, painter and associated trades. Mechanics service and repair building and related fixtures on an emergency type basis and are dedicated to construction and maintenance of both interior and exterior center structures.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but not limited too: Performs routine work orders.
- →Performs a variety of preventive maintenance tasks such as carpentry, locksmithing, painting and other related trades required in maintenance and repair of buildings, structures, fixtures, and related property.
- →Makes visual and operational inspections of a variety of wood, brick, metal and masonry buildings to detect deficiencies and determine repair needs.
- →Determines materials needed, and makes repairs or replaces items found defective.
- →Performs inspections to include checking the condition of foundations, walls, flooring, roofs, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical systems, building approaches and obvious safety and fire hazards.
- →Performs carpentry work involving maintenance and repair of a variety of wood products.
- →Selects lumber, materials, supplies and tools.
- →Measures and cuts materials to required lengths and dimensions.
- →Repairs or replaces flooring, sheet rock, plywood, siding, sheathing, roofing doors, jambs and window frames, interior and exterior trim.
- →Fabricates and installs frames or casings for windows and doors.
- →Installs doors and door hardware Repairs floors by replacing flooring.
- →Replaces floor tile and vinyl sheet flooring.
- →Uses a variety of hand and power tools to accomplish work.
- →Operates equipment with specially designed attachments used separately or simultaneously.
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.
- ✓There is no education requirement for this grade.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 689d4346-fd08-4051-acb9-6b438369d110
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