Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration • Temple, TX

21d

About The Position

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Engineering Service, Maintenance and Repair Section. The Maintenance Mechanic performs preventive maintenance and repairs on buildings, structures, components, building equipment, fixtures, and utility components. The work involves new and existing items, including demolition, removal, installation, modification, and alteration. The mechanic applies skills across carpentry, plumbing, painting, metal fabrication, mobile equipment operation, soldering, brazing, welding, and oxy/acetylene cutting.

The mechanic is expected to understand how work activities affect the VA’s environmental stewardship goals, including protection of air, water, land, and natural and cultural resources. This may involve appropriate storage, handling, disposal, or recycling of chemicals and trade-related waste. In support of the VA GEMS program, the mechanic seeks cost-effective compliance with applicable environmental public health and resource-protection laws, regulations, and VA requirements.

Carpentry (40%): Work includes sheetrocking; installing metal grids, suspended ceilings, plaster lath, roofing, windows, doors and frames, floor and ceiling tile; repairing wood flooring; installing carpet, cove base, and seamless flooring; pouring concrete slabs and sidewalks; and building wood equipment and cabinetry.

Plumbing (20%): Work on basic hospital plumbing system components, including repairing faucets, sinks, commodes, sewer and water lines, and valves.

Plaster/Painting (30%): Perform wall taping and mudding, sheetrock repairs, and plaster and tile repairs; paint and prime surfaces on new construction; and maintain areas during routine inspections.

Metal fabrication, welding, and mobile equipment operation (10%): Perform work involving demolition, removal, installation, modification, and alteration of metal structures and components. Operate a backhoe/front loader, trenching machine, and forklift. Other duties may be assigned.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some work may require travel between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas, as well as walking or standing for meetings or conferences away from the worksite. The incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 50 pounds.

Requirements

• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Resume must provide detailed descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Must meet the screen-out element and demonstrate the ability to perform the work with no more than normal supervision.
• Competencies evaluated include equipment assembly, installation and repair; interpreting instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading; materials; measuring instruments; technical practices; and use and maintenance of tools and equipment.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when recruiting qualified citizens is not possible under VA policy.
• Must be suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Selected applicants must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza program is required for covered VA Health Care Personnel, subject to medical or religious exemption; a face mask is required when an exemption is granted.
• There is no education substitution for experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance and repair buildings, structures, components, building equipment, fixtures, and utility components.
• Perform demolition, removal, installation, modification, and alteration of new and existing items and metal structures and components.
• Carry out carpentry work, including sheetrocking, ceiling and roofing installation, window and door installation, flooring work, concrete work, and building wood equipment and cabinetry.
• Work on basic hospital plumbing components and repair faucets, sinks, commodes, sewer and water lines, and valves.
• Perform wall taping and mudding, sheetrock repairs, plaster and tile repairs, and painting and priming of surfaces.
• Maintain areas during routine inspections.
• Operate a backhoe/front loader, trenching machine, and forklift; perform metal fabrication, welding, soldering, brazing, and oxy/acetylene cutting as required.
• Follow sound environmental stewardship practices for trade-related chemicals and waste, including appropriate storage, handling, disposal, or recycling.
• Seek cost-effective compliance with applicable environmental public health and resource-protection laws, regulations, and VA requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to the employee and family; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Potential credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward the rate of annual leave accrual, subject to request and approval before appointment and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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