U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic position at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System involves performing maintenance, repair, alteration, and installation work on buildings, equipment, and utility systems that support various 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 and responds to facility emergencies and utility failures across the campus.

Requirements

• Must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the duties of this position.
• Qualifications will be evaluated against the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
• Experience may include paid and unpaid work, including volunteer experience.

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.