Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration • Reno, NV

25d

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic performs maintenance, preventive maintenance, inspections, and construction projects assigned by the Maintenance section. Work covers buildings on the main campus, leased facilities, and off-site facilities throughout northern Nevada and northern California. The mechanic works independently after receiving an initial assignment and instructions, handling repairs ranging from minor maintenance to major construction on building shells and interior and exterior areas. The position involves reviewing project requirements, understanding complex blueprints and specifications, and carrying assignments from initial layout through final assembly.

Duties include basic electrical troubleshooting and repair; use of common electrical hand and power tools and testing equipment; resetting and troubleshooting circuit breakers; and identifying replacement needs. The mechanic assists carpenters with construction, alteration, repair, and modification of frameworks, doors, finished paneling, windows, trim, millwork, framing, and partitions. The position also includes repairing or replacing flooring, ceiling and wall tiles, drywall, handrails, corner guards, wainscot, and other items; maintaining and repairing plumbing and utility systems; and maintaining backflow prevention valves, steam control valves, radiators, and coils. The mechanic installs, repairs, modifies, and performs preventive maintenance on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment, using basic knowledge of the refrigeration cycle to recognize equipment faults. Other duties may be assigned.

The work schedule is 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Work takes place at job sites and in wood shops, as well as in cramped, dirty, and hard-to-reach utility areas. The role involves working from ladders, scaffolding, and hydraulic platforms and lifting and carrying tools, equipment, ladders, scaffolding, parts, and supplies, typically up to 40 pounds and occasionally more than 40 pounds.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the position's screen-out element and demonstrate relevant job elements, including equipment assembly, installation and repair; interpreting instructions, specifications and blueprints; materials; measuring instruments; technical practices; and work without more than normal supervision.
• U.S. citizenship is required unless qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be suitable for federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• If tentatively selected for a testing-designated position, submit to urinalysis for illegal drug screening; refusal results in denial of employment.
• Register for Selective Service if a male born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and all application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period and receive written certification to continue employment after the period.
• Comply with the VA annual seasonal influenza vaccination requirement or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if exempt.

Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, inspections, and construction projects at campus, leased, and off-site facilities.
• Work independently on assigned projects from initial layout through completion, reviewing project details and requirements.
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance through major construction on building shells and interior and exterior areas.
• Troubleshoot and repair basic electrical issues; use electrical hand and power tools and testing equipment; reset and troubleshoot circuit breakers and identify replacement needs.
• Assist carpenters with constructing, altering, repairing, and modifying frameworks, doors, paneling, windows, trim, millwork, framing, and partitions.
• Measure, cut, construct, install, repair, and modify routine millwork, framing, and partitions.
• Repair or replace floor and ceiling tile, VCT flooring, wall tile, corner guards, drywall, handrails, wainscot, and miscellaneous items.
• Repair and maintain plumbing systems, including installing, modifying, and repairing utility, supply, and disposal systems.
• Maintain backflow prevention valves, steam control valves, radiators, and coils.
• Install, repair, modify, and perform preventive maintenance on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment; identify causes of equipment faults using basic knowledge of the refrigeration cycle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• Potential credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining 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