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Maintenance Mechanic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This Maintenance Mechanic position is located within the Facilities Management Service at the VA Medical Center in Portland, OR. This position combines the duties of a journeyman carpenter, journeyman painter and a journeyman sign maker in order to provide more flexibility in the assignment of work.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent as a journeyman carpenter will be required to work on construction, alteration, repair and modification of structures such as: framework, doors, finish paneling, windows, rough furniture, interior and exterior trim, rafters, trusses and beams, where accuracy, spacing and fit are essential and appearance is important.
- →Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Uses skilled techniques to construct, install, repair, and modify wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness.
- →Carpenter plans and completes projects from layouts to final assembly.
- →Must be able to work from blueprints, sketches and work orders.
- →Able to interpret drawings, blueprints, and specifications independently, and determine the layout and work sequences and types of lumber or special related materials.
- →Accuracy, spacing, fit, and structural soundness and finished appearance are essential.
- →Able to construct straight angles and curved cuts which must be exact.
- →Must know how to replace glass window panes, layout and install metal and wood studs for sheetrock and plastered walls, install drop ceilings, repair roofs and flashing of buildings, etc.
- →Mixes concrete and installs footings, curbs, walls and like construction.
- →Lays and repairs floor coverings and installs plastic coverings on counter tops and other related items.
- →Mixes materials used in finishing plaster surfaces in construction and repair on interior and exterior walls and ceilings.
- →Performs plastering on all types of backgrounds such as metal, wood or gypsum lath, wallboard and masonry surfaces, as well as repair patching of plaster and stucco surfaces.
- →Performs preventive maintenance/inspections on tools and equipment and machinery related to trade.
- →Construct and repair a wide variety of structural items such as building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, interior and exterior trim, and miscellaneous items such as workbenches, counter tops, bookcases, equipment cabinets, computer consoles, and items requiring limited decorative trim and molding.
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 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.
Benefits
- ★There is no education substitution for the WG-9 position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: dd1685db-521b-46b9-8514-1810f1087280
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