Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration • Columbia, SC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic works in Engineering Service at the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, under the supervision of the Supervisory Maintenance Mechanic, with second-level direction from the Maintenance Control Manager. The position performs varied maintenance and repair work involving buildings, grounds, structures, fixtures, and utilities. The mechanic works alone most of the time, receives general supervision on schedules and procedures, and uses engineering software and blueprints, drawings, or other specifications to complete assignments from layout through final assembly.

Duties span electrical work, construction, alteration, maintenance and finishing, air conditioning, welding, machining, automotive mechanics, pipefitting, and boiler plant operation. The mechanic applies combustion methods, heat-transfer principles, and fuel characteristics to install, repair, and maintain heating boilers and domestic heating systems. The role also involves monitoring flowmeters and charts to assess steam production, demand, and fuel use.

The work schedule is 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Physical work includes prolonged standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, working in tiring or uncomfortable positions, welding overhead or in unusual positions, and working from ladders or scaffolding. The mechanic operates equipment that may involve strain from repetitive movement, vibration, and jerking, and carries, lifts, and handles parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and occasionally more.

Requirements

• Demonstrated 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 the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the position.
• Meet the position's screen-out element and demonstrate relevant job elements, including 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 without more than normal supervision.
• Be a U.S. citizen, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Submit to pre-appointment urinalysis if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position; applicants who refuse testing will be denied employment.
• Register with Selective Service if a male born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete required onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period, subject to evaluation and written certification for continued employment.
• As VA Health Care Personnel, receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; face masks are required when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Maintain buildings, grounds, structures, fixtures, and utilities.
• Use the station's engineering software package and work from blueprints, drawings, and other specifications.
• Perform electrical, construction, alteration, maintenance, finishing, air-conditioning, welding, machining, automotive mechanic, pipefitting, and boiler plant operator work.
• Install, repair, and maintain heating boilers and domestic heating units and systems using combustion methods, heat-transfer principles, and fuel characteristics.
• Monitor flowmeters and charts to determine steam production, whether production meets or exceeds demand, and the amount of fuel used and evaporated.
• Carry assignments through completion, from layout to final assembly.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may grant credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when calculating 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