Maintenance Worker

Veterans Health Administration • Mather AFB, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Facilities Management Service is seeking a Maintenance Worker to perform small repairs involving HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems, as well as general carpentry duties at a medical center. The work includes installing, assembling, maintaining, repairing, and sometimes fabricating various systems and equipment. The incumbent works under the direct supervision of the Maintenance and Operations Supervisor.

The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Duties include carpentry and construction tasks; operating and maintaining power tools; repairing and installing ceilings, floors, partitions, doors, windows, and fixtures; preparing and painting surfaces; performing minor plumbing and air-conditioning repairs; and repairing medical and transport equipment such as wheelchairs, stretchers, gurneys, and mail carts.

The position involves frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, lifting, carrying, pushing, and handling materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Work may take place on ladders, scaffolds, platforms, overhead, in small spaces, and in areas where dirt, dust, fumes, gases, or other contaminants are present.

Requirements

• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Knowledge of how to lay out partitions, ceilings, and floors.
• Skill in accurately measuring and cutting materials such as wood, tile, and plastic.
• Knowledge and skill to perform minor repairs and adjustments to plumbing, air-conditioning, sprinkler, and electrical systems.
• Skill in using tools and equipment such as hammers, levels, block planes, plumb bobs, brushes, trowels, straight edges, rollers, and spray guns.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities must be supported by detailed descriptions on the resume.
• U.S. citizenship is required unless qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy; applicants must be suitable for Federal employment and meet applicable pre-employment requirements.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
• Selected applicants must complete a one-year probationary period.
• VA Health Care Personnel must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; face masks are required when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, install, and repair wooden or plastic-clad doors, doorframes, window frames, screens, molding, door holders, locksets, closures, bumpers, handrails, and hinges.
• Operate, maintain, repair, and adjust power-activated tools, including skill saws, bench sanders, table saws, and band saws.
• Fabricate, assemble, and disassemble shelves, casework, and counters.
• Repair and install suspended ceilings, grid systems, and panels.
• Lay out, install, and maintain vinyl tile, base coving, and laminated surfaces.
• Lay out and frame partitions; estimate material costs and inspect materials for quality and quantity.
• Build or modify displays, tables, counters, cabinets, and shelves.
• Repair structural and non-bearing walls; install metal-stud walls and finish them with sheetrock or paneling.
• Prepare surfaces for painting, including sanding and patching; paint rooms and perform touch-up painting while matching colors.
• Repair or replace leaking faucets, toilet flushing devices, clogged drain lines, sterilizers, valves, and sprinkler systems.
• Adjust room thermostats and hot- and cold-water temperature-control valves; clean air filters and refrigeration condensers.
• Repair wheelchairs, mobile stretchers, gurneys, and mail carts.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on the type of position 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.

What This Job Offers

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