Maintenance Mechanic

Defense Logistics Agency•New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA

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About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic performs preventive-maintenance inspections of buildings, structures, signs, and related facilities; identifies defects; makes on-the-spot repairs when feasible; documents findings; and estimates labor, materials, and time required. The position performs multi-trade maintenance, repair, fabrication, and construction work involving carpentry, masonry, sheet metal, painting, drywall, doors, windows, hardware, basic roofing components, and related building systems. It also diagnoses and repairs plumbing fixtures and components, troubleshoots and repairs authorized electrical components, and performs basic HVAC preventive maintenance and servicing. The Maintenance Mechanic prepares interior and exterior surfaces and applies primers, paints, varnishes, epoxies, and decorative finishes using brushes, rollers, and spray equipment while following appropriate safety procedures. The role plans, designs, lays out, fabricates, finishes, and installs visual communication products such as traffic-control, parking, and directional signage, using manual and digital graphic-design methods. The employee operates authorized Government vehicles and uses hand tools, power tools, measuring devices, ladders, scaffolds, rigging, painting equipment, and sign-production equipment to transport materials. Work is performed indoors and outdoors and involves frequent physical activity, including standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing, reaching, lifting, and carrying. The employee may handle materials and equipment weighing more than 75 pounds with assistance or mechanical lifting devices when appropriate. The work environment includes exposure to noise, dust, sawdust, paint and glue fumes, dirt, spray, changing weather, equipment, and maintenance and construction hazards. Protective equipment is used as required.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must meet the applicable screen-out element and demonstrate through experience and training the knowledge and skill needed to perform the work; no specific length of experience is required.
Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license if operating Government vehicles is a regular and recurring duty.
Must complete a favorable suitability or fitness determination when reciprocity cannot be applied.
Pre-employment physical required.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
Selectees must have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.
Must comply with DLA drug-testing requirements if selected for a testing-designated position.
Must use required personal protective equipment.

Responsibilities

Conduct preventive-maintenance inspections of buildings, structures, signs, and related facilities; identify defects, perform feasible on-the-spot repairs, document findings, and estimate labor, materials, and time.
Perform multi-trade maintenance, repair, fabrication, and construction involving carpentry, masonry, sheet metal, painting, drywall, doors, windows, hardware, basic roofing components, and related building systems.
Diagnose and repair plumbing fixtures and components, including faucets, valves, traps, sinks, pipe sections, water heaters, and disposal units.
Troubleshoot and repair authorized electrical components, including lighting fixtures, switches, outlets, single-phase motors, emergency-lighting units, and fluorescent ballasts and starters.
Perform basic HVAC preventive maintenance and servicing.
Prepare interior and exterior surfaces and apply primers, paints, varnishes, epoxies, and decorative finishes using appropriate equipment and safety procedures.
Plan, design, lay out, fabricate, finish, and install visual communication products, including traffic-control, parking, directional, and other signage, using manual and digital graphic-design methods.
Operate authorized Government vehicles and use tools, equipment, ladders, scaffolds, and rigging to perform work and transport materials.