Carpenter

Veterans Health Administration • Durham, NC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, VISN 6, at the Durham VA Health Care System in Durham, North Carolina, within the Area Maintenance Section of Facilities Management Service. The posting identifies the position as Carpenter, although the listed duties describe journeyman electrician work. The employee performs installation, modification, repair, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and testing of electrical systems and related equipment. Work includes interpreting plans and drawings, planning system layouts, ensuring safe operation and code compliance, and testing completed work. When replacement parts are unavailable, the employee may use resourcefulness to keep equipment or appliances temporarily operational.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 4:00 p.m. to midnight. The position requires the ability to lift heavy equipment and to work for extended periods in awkward positions, including kneeling, crouching, stooping, or standing. The employee must also be able to climb and work from ladders, scaffolding, hydraulic lifts, and roofs. No education qualification is required. Applicants must provide evidence of training or experience sufficient to demonstrate their ability to perform the work.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Applicants tentatively selected for a testing-designated position must submit to urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of employment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period and receive written certification to continue employment after its completion.
• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Meet the position's screen-out qualification and demonstrate relevant job elements, including carpentry/woodworking, operating equipment or machinery, planning and organizing work, using prints and drawings, and working without more than normal supervision.
• Be able to lift heavy equipment and work for prolonged periods in awkward positions, and climb and work from ladders, scaffolding, hydraulic lifts, and roofs.
• VA Health Care Personnel must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; those granted an exemption must wear a face mask.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, repair, troubleshoot, maintain, and test electrical systems, circuits, equipment, appliances, controls, components, lighting fixtures, and fire alarm systems.
• Work on electrical distribution lines and circuits, panels, switchgear, power and control circuits, alarm and detection systems, high-intensity and high-voltage systems, street lighting, motors, elevators, capacitors, cable television, and air circuit breakers.
• Use building plans, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings to plan and lay out routing, placement, and arrangement of systems, circuits, controls, and equipment.
• Ensure safe and proper operation of systems and equipment and compliance with the National Electrical Code.
• Complete installations, modifications, and repairs, and load and test systems, circuits, equipment, and controls with little or no checking during or after the work.
• Use ingenuity and resourcefulness to keep equipment or appliances temporarily operational when required parts are unavailable.

Benefits

• The announcement describes a federal employee benefits package for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• VA may offer newly appointed federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual; approval is required and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed