Utility Systems Repairer-Opera

Veterans Health Administration • Tampa, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The employee serves as a Utility Systems Repairer/Operator in the Central Energy Plant (Building 39) and Building 100 (New Bed Tower) Utility Plant within the Facilities Management Service at the James A. Haley Hospital in Tampa, Florida. The hospital is a complexity Level 1 facility and among the largest medical centers in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Its services include a full medical, surgical, and research facility; outpatient clinics throughout central Florida; nursing homes; and a domiciliary.

The position operates, troubleshoots, and repairs utility systems, including air conditioning, boilers, medical air, medical vacuum, direct digital control (DDC), pneumatic tube, and Simplex fire alarm monitoring systems. The employee uses computerized DDC software and electric, pneumatic, and electronic controls to operate and monitor building and plant systems. The work schedule varies according to service needs.

The employee frequently works in hot, humid, confined spaces around utility plant equipment; accesses roofs and cooling towers using vertical ladders; and enters boilers, tanks, cooling tower basins, and sump pits for inspections. The role also requires climbing, bending, crouching, stooping, prolonged standing and walking, and lifting parts, supplies, and chemicals weighing up to 60 pounds. A yearly physical is required under VHA Directive 1810.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• 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.
• Ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision.
• Ability to interpret instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading.
• Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair.
• Knowledge of materials and technical practices.
• Ability to use measuring instruments.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including lifting up to 60 pounds and working in confined utility plant spaces.
• Successfully complete a yearly physical as required by VHA Directive 1810.
• Subject to background and suitability investigation; designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Submit a complete application package, including resume and transcripts, and complete online onboarding if selected.
• Serve a probationary or trial period.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, and repair air conditioning, boiler plant, medical air, medical vacuum, DDC facility management, pneumatic tube, and Simplex fire alarm monitoring systems.
• Use computerized DDC software and electric, pneumatic, and electronic controls to control air conditioning, boilers, exhaust and supply air, medical gas, water pumps, filters, generators, blood bank systems, and fire and sprinkler alarm bypasses.
• Monitor gauges, charts, pressure and flow transmitters, temperatures, combustion, exhaust, water levels, airflow, pressures, and lubricants; adjust controls and make necessary repairs to meet cooling and steam demands.
• Start, adjust, and stop air conditioning and power boiler plant equipment and perform operational repairs, calibration, and maintenance on the equipment and associated systems.
• Enter boilers, condensate and deaerator tanks, cooling tower basins, and sump pits to conduct internal inspections as required by VA regulations.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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