Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration•Tampa, FL

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About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic serves as a work leader in the Building Maintenance and Environment of Care Unit, which includes journeyman-level maintenance mechanics, carpenters, painters, locksmiths, and other assigned positions. The position may also assume the duties and responsibilities of a Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) as required. The work leader must have journeyman-level maintenance mechanic or carpenter experience and prior experience as a work leader or in an equivalent position. Along with performing and overseeing journeyman-level work, the incumbent coordinates the manpower and materials needed to fabricate, install, modify, troubleshoot, test, repair, maintain, and inspect assigned equipment and buildings throughout the Medical Center. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
Must pass a background/security investigation and pre-employment physical.
Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel employee.
Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
Must demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
Must demonstrate the ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision.
Must demonstrate the ability to interpret instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading.
Must demonstrate the ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.
Must demonstrate knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair; materials; and technical practices.
Must be able to bend, stoop, lift, work overhead, crawl, climb ladders and scaffolding, and tolerate prolonged standing and walking.
Must be able to lift loads up to 50 pounds.
Must use appropriate safety tools and clothing while working in medical facilities.
Must have experience as a journeyman-level maintenance mechanic or carpenter with a construction and/or maintenance background.
Must have prior experience as a work leader or in an equivalent position.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the manpower and materials needed for work on assigned equipment and buildings throughout the Medical Center.
Perform and supervise journeyman-level maintenance work, including fabrication, installation, modification, troubleshooting, testing, repair, maintenance, and inspection.
Answer supervisors’ questions about overall work operations and problems.
Advise workers to follow supervisors’ instructions and meet deadlines.
Check work in progress and upon completion to verify that instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been followed.
Ensure plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and obtain needed stock from supply locations.
Maintain current knowledge of procedures, policies, written instructions, and directives, and answer workers’ questions about them.
Report work status, progress, and causes of delays to supervisors.
Construct and repair a wide variety of structural items.
Ensure safety and housekeeping rules are followed.
Assume COTR duties and responsibilities as required.