Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration•Oklahoma City, OK

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic serves in the Engineering Service at the Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System as a fully trained construction specialist. The position performs a variety of work from written and oral instructions, including reading and interpreting blueprints, sketches, and drawings and preparing material takeoffs for projects. The mechanic processes assignments using judgment and initiative, identifies equipment malfunctions, determines repairs and materials needed, and selects appropriate work methods. The position independently diagnoses, plans, and completes routine repair projects and work orders, and may provide technical assistance to other workers. Work includes repairing and maintaining utility, supply, and disposal systems; plumbing fixtures and distribution systems; fire sprinkler systems; furniture and hospital equipment; and building components. Duties also include building inspections and electronic work orders, woodworking and millwork, drywall and ceiling work, flooring and metal-stud installations, door and frame work, and demolition. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 2:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., in a 10-hour shift. The work takes place throughout the medical center and in shop areas, with occasional work in tight, dirty, dusty, hot, cold, or elevated locations and possible overtime or emergency call-back.

Requirements

Demonstrated training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the position's duties; a specific length of training or experience is not required.
Ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision.
Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, drawings, and blueprints.
Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.
Knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair; materials; technical practices; and measuring instruments.
Ability to install and remove drywall; lay out and install suspended and drywall ceilings; prepare and level concrete floors; install and remove LVT; lay out and install metal studs and commercial metal door frames; and demolish these items.
Journeyman-level knowledge to operate power tools such as gasoline-powered trowel machines, concrete vibrators, jackhammers, mixers, and masonry saws, and hand tools such as floats, trowels, screeds, shovels, rakes, chisels, and Georgia buggies.
Ability to read and interpret instruction manuals, drawings, and blueprints and to independently determine work sequence, trade tools, and techniques.
General knowledge of repairing desks, furniture, chairs, shelves, filing cabinets, doors and door frames, chair rail, and corner guards.
Knowledge of hanging wood and metal doors with proper clearance and boring and installing different types and styles of locks.
U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
Suitability for federal employment, determined by a background investigation; selected applicants in testing-designated positions must submit to pre-employment drug testing.
Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
Completion of onboarding and required application documentation; acceptable identification is required for pre-employment requirements.
Successful completion of a one-year probationary period, subject to written certification for continued employment.
Ability to meet physical demands, including strenuous work, prolonged standing, working at heights and in awkward positions, handling heavy tools and materials, and frequently handling objects weighing 10 to 90 pounds.
Participation in the seasonal influenza program, either by annual vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption; a face mask is required with an exemption.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of experience as a commercial carpenter (preferred experience).
Verifiable experience as a team or job-site commercial carpenter leader (quality ranking factor).
Ability to work in all weather conditions and temperatures and in confined, dusty, dirty, hot, or cold areas such as crawl spaces and attics (preferred but not mandatory).

Responsibilities

Process work assignments and use judgment and initiative to complete them.
Identify equipment malfunctions or failures, determine the scope of repairs and required parts and materials, and select appropriate methods.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, and maintain equipment, circuits, controls, systems, and components using test equipment and hand tools.
Repair sewage, water, oil, and gas distribution systems; water closets, tubs, showers, and fire sprinkler systems.
Independently diagnose, plan, and complete routine repair projects and work orders.
Conduct building walk-through inspections and initiate electronic work orders for deficiencies.
Measure, cut, construct, install, repair, and modify millwork, framing, benches, partitions, tables, furniture, and related items.
Repair or replace parts of bedside stands, cabinets, and hospital equipment.
Install, modify, and repair utility, supply, and disposal systems.
Perform drywall, ceiling, flooring, metal-stud, door-frame, and demolition work as needed.
Operate specialty woodworking machines, power tools, and hand tools.
Provide technical assistance to other workers when needed.