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Maintenance Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Poplar Bluff, MO $22.7 – $26.4/hr Apply by Jun 12, 2026 Maintenance Mechanic ESTJESTPISTJISTP Operations
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The position functions as a Maintenance Worker under the general supervision of the Maintenance & Operations Supervisor of John J. Pershing VAMC. Performs a variety of sub-journey level trade tasks for carpentry, painting, laboring, and motor vehicle operation duties.
What You'll Do
- →MAJOR DUTIES Carpentry, Painting, and Facility Maintenance: Plans, performs layouts, repairs, replaces, and installs wood components such as furniture, siding, doors, paneling, ceiling tiles, tables, window and door frames, bulletin boards, and door jambs.
- →Constructs shelving and simple frameworks.
- →Installs and replaces simple hinges, locks, catches, and other hardware items.
- →Performs medium-grade finish work on paneling, cabinets, doors, molding, and other wood products.
- →Paints materials applied after repairs or for touch-ups on interior and exterior surfaces.
- →Surfaces are sanded, scraped, textured, spackled, and puttied.
- →Applies finishes such as paint, varnish, lacquer, shellac, epoxy, resin, plaster, and Teflon to wood, metal, glass, synthetic, and concrete surfaces, ensuring no skips, runs, or drips.
- →Uses brushes, rollers, spray guns, cutting-in, and dip and-overflow techniques.
- →Matches texture and paint color to existing surfaces.
- →Maintains and fabricates structures, facilities, and equipment to support medical center operations.
- →Manages storage areas, roads, facilities, and signage.
- →Demolishes, relocates, and removes buildings and facilities from the main campus and storage areas.
- →Completes internal facility projects, special construction projects, and upgrades.
- →Sets forms, mixes, and pours concrete.
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 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: 83eaa1fa-c807-46b7-9b75-a0cdaebe9769
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