Maintenance Mechanic

Veterans Health Administration • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

This Maintenance Mechanic position is in the Facilities Management Service, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and is assigned to the National Center for Warrior Independence. The incumbent performs maintenance, repair, alteration, and installation work on buildings, structures, fixed and mobile equipment, and utility systems that support patient care, clinical, administrative, and support operations.

The work includes carpentry; plumbing and piping; electrical wiring and controls; HVAC and refrigeration; emergency and standby power systems; medical gas and vacuum systems; and fire pumps and related equipment. The position also involves preventive maintenance rounds, documenting work orders in a computerized maintenance management system, maintaining tools and shop areas, and responding to facility emergencies and utility failures across the campus. Work schedules vary based on service needs. The announcement may close before November 13, 2026, depending on the number of applicants.

Requirements

• Provide 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.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position through detailed descriptions in the resume.
• Meet the 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 using and maintaining tools and equipment without more than normal supervision.
• Be a U.S. citizen, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy because qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Submit to urinalysis before appointment if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Receive an annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons; employees with an exemption must wear a face mask when required.

Responsibilities

• Lay out, fabricate, repair, and install structural and finish carpentry.
• Construct and repair partitions, walls, doors, door frames, windows, cabinets, casework, shelving, stairs, ramps, and roof and floor structures.
• Install, alter, repair, and maintain domestic water, sanitary waste, vent, storm, and low-pressure process piping systems.
• Install, modify, troubleshoot, and repair branch-circuit wiring, lighting, receptacles, switches, panels, motors, motor controls, and low-voltage control and signal circuits.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair HVAC and refrigeration equipment, including air handlers, exhaust and supply fans, pumps, compressors, condensers, evaporators, and associated controls.
• Operate, inspect, test, maintain, and repair emergency and standby power systems and their associated generators, transfer switches, fuel systems, batteries, chargers, cooling and exhaust systems, and controls.
• Maintain medical gas and vacuum systems serving dental and clinical spaces, including medical air compressors and medical-surgical vacuum pumps.
• Inspect, test, maintain, and repair fire pumps and their drivers, controllers, jockey pumps, piping, valves, and sensing lines.
• Perform preventive maintenance rounds and complete work orders in the computerized maintenance management system.
• Maintain tools and shop areas.
• Respond to facility emergencies and utility failures across the campus.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may offer newly appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual; approval is required and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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