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Maintenance Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 61 days ago
About the Role
This position functions as a Maintenance Worker for the Harry S. Truman Memorial Hospital, Columbia MO, within the Facilities Management Division. Performs a variety of Journeyman Maintenance Mechanic functions such as review work orders to determine the problem and scope of work required, selecting appropriate tools, supplies, and materials, interpret drawings and manuals to determine facility/system maintenance inspections to determine hazards and repair requirements.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent serves as a member of the Facilities Management team.
- →Works from ladders, scaffolding platforms, or cramped areas where equipment, parts, or tools are hard to reach.
- →Work requires frequent stooping, stretching, bending, kneeling, and working in tiring, uncomfortable positions for long periods.
- →In addition, work involves frequent movement and maneuvering of large, heavy equipment using hoists, holders, and pulleys as required.
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 educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 81f9313d-cdcf-4b57-9fad-d8a652be8c98
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