Maintenance Worker

Veterans Health Administration • Chillicothe, OH

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Construction & Maintenance Shop of the Facilities Management Service at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center. The Maintenance Worker works under the direct supervision of the C&M Supervisor. The primary purpose of the role is to perform carpentry work supporting construction, maintenance, repair, installation, troubleshooting, testing, and inspection of real and personal property.

The position also performs maintenance mechanic duties across trades including electrical, plumbing, painting, and carpentry. Work includes maintaining, repairing, and inspecting carpentry items, plumbing systems, and mechanical devices, as well as conducting tests and checks related to equipment operation.

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 ability to perform the duties through detailed descriptions of relevant experience on the resume.
• Meet the position's screen-out element and job-related competencies, including equipment assembly, installation and repair; ability to use and maintain tools and equipment; knowledge of materials; interpretation of instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading; technical practices; and use of measuring instruments.
• 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 based on a background investigation.
• Undergo pre-employment urinalysis if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements, if applicable to males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and pre-employment identification requirements.
• Complete a pre-employment physical examination.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Meet the physical demands of working from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms; standing, reaching, bending, climbing, and stooping; working above ground level, in manholes, cramped areas, temporary platforms, and overhead; and lifting and carrying items generally up to 90 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, install, troubleshoot, test, and inspect real and personal property in trades such as electrical, plumbing, painting, and carpentry.
• Maintain, repair, and inspect carpentry items including ceiling tiles, ward and office furniture, walls, floors, trim, windows, handrails, cubicle tracks, and curtain rods.
• Hang pictures, bulletin boards, and other hanging devices.
• Adjust doors, door closers, hardware, and stops.
• Maintain, repair, and inspect plumbing systems, including sinks, water closets, drinking fountains, hot water storage, hot and cold-water lines, copper, brass and iron piping, sanitary sewers, vents, and storm sewers.
• Maintain, repair, and inspect mechanical devices including door openers, bearings, wheels, casters, seals, shafts, gears, pulleys, chains, and belts.
• Perform a wide range of tests and checks related to equipment operation.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• VA may credit 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.

What This Job Offers

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