U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic position at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System involves performing a wide range of maintenance, repair, alteration, and installation work on buildings, equipment, and utility systems to support patient care and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lays out, fabricates, repairs, and installs structural and finish carpentry.
• Constructs and repairs partitions, walls, doors, door frames, windows, cabinets, casework, shelving, stairs, ramps, and roof and floor structures.
• Installs, alters, repairs, and maintains domestic water, sanitary waste, vent, storm, and low-pressure process piping systems.
• Installs, modifies, troubleshoots, and repairs branch-circuit wiring, lighting, receptacles, switches, panels, motors, motor controls, and low-voltage control and signal circuits.
• Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs HVAC and refrigeration equipment including air handlers, exhaust and supply fans, pumps, compressors, condensers, evaporators, and associated controls.
• Operates, inspects, tests, maintains, and repairs the emergency and standby power system, including diesel engine-generator sets and automatic transfer switches.
• Maintains medical gas and vacuum systems serving dental and clinical spaces.
• Inspects, tests, maintains, and repairs fire pumps and their drivers, controllers, jockey pumps, and associated piping and valves.
• Performs preventive maintenance rounds, completes work orders, maintains tools and shop areas, and responds to facility emergencies.

Requirements

• Applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the duties of this position is required.
• Qualifications will be evaluated against the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work.
• Applicants must clearly indicate the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours spent in such employment.

Additional Information

• Work schedule varies based on the needs of the service.
• Physical requirements include frequent standing, walking, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds unassisted.
• The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all requirements are met.