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Maintenance Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 75 days ago
On-site Fayetteville, NC $27.2 – $31.7/hr Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Maintenance Mechanic ESTJESTPISTJISTP
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This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Fayetteville VA Medical Center, Facilities Management Service, Maintenance and Repair Section in Fayetteville, NC. Performs maintenance and repair of architectural, mechanical and electrical components of buildings requiring the use of a variety of trades and practices associated with the following occupation: painting, plastering, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning.
What You'll Do
- →Primary Duties include: Preparing, painting, and refinishing interior and exterior buildings surfaces and other structures, furniture, equipment and machinery; removing and installing floor and ceiling tile, stud walls, and gypsum wall board, windows and doors; replacing electrical lamps and air conditioning filters; and other duties as assigned.
- →Carpentry - Repairs and maintains wooden structures such as furniture, railings, shelves, doors, bulletin boards, etc.
- →Repairs cabinet and locker doors to include hardware, locks, tracks, etc.
- →Installs and replaces ceiling tiles, bumper rails, handrails, comer guards, cove base, and other parts of buildings using hand and power tools.
- →Plumbing - Makes repairs and performs installation of existing utilities and disposal systems.
- →Incumbent inspects, repairs and replaces fittings and plumbing fixtures to maintain water and drainage systems.
- →Repairs flush valves, faucets, showers, vacuum breakers, or other parts in leaky valves, water closets, etc.
- →Must be knowledgeable of how various supply disposal and utility systems operate in order to perform preventive maintenance inspections and make necessary repairs.
- →Electrical - Inspects and tests electrical lighting, power circuits and ballast transformers, and other simple elements of electrical systems, fixtures, and appliances.
- →Renews circuits either by isolation and cutting out defective wiring and replacing it with new wiring, or by splicing ends of broken wires.
- →Replaces and installs light fixtures, ballasts, fluorescent tubes, electrical outlets, light switches, etc.
- →Painting - Knowledge of standard surface preparation and coating methods and techniques.
- →Must know how to apply coating materials so that the surfaces are free from skips, runs, and drips.
- →Must have the skill needed to sand, wire brush, scrape, spackle, and putty surfaces.
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.
- ✓Must possess a valid state driver's license and may operate government vehicle.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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