The purpose of the position is to perform repairs, installations, aid in construction efforts, and renovations of rooms, corridors, façades, and maintenance of buildings and leased spaces. The position is located at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Facility and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/21/2025. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair Interpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading) Measuring Instruments Technical Practices Troubleshooting Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Without more than normal supervision Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Workers use manual or portable power tools for extended periods in uncomfortable positions. On-site work typically requires bending, stooping, crawling, and climbing on ladders, scaffolding, and rooftops. and where the surfaces to be coated are in cramped and hard-to reach places. This requires them to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Workers may lift and move materials up to 41 kilograms (90 pounds), unassisted, and occasionally lift or move heavier items with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers. Workers are frequently required to perform heavy lifting up to in carrying bricks, block, stone, mortar, cement, and sand. They are continually required to stand while working and must frequently climb ladders and scaffolds. Working Conditions: Workers are exposed to a variety of weather conditions while outdoors. They are subject to danger of falling when working from ladders and scaffolds. They are also exposed to dust and dirt while mixing mortar and while handling various masonry materials. Some work is performed in shop areas where the worker is exposed to moderate or high noise levels from operating machinery, sawdust in the air, fumes, and hazards associated with woodworking and related power equipment. When working at job sites, workers may be exposed to weather conditions and the hazards of working on and around scaffolds and ladders. They may occasionally be exposed to the possibility of broken bones. Workers are sometimes required to prepare and coat surfaces outside in bad weather. Occasionally, they may be required to wear protective equipment and clothing that are sometimes heavy and uncomfortable. They are subject to cuts, bruises, and contusions. Workers may work in confined areas such as crawl spaces and attics which may be dusty and dirty. They use protective devices such as ear plugs, safety glasses, respirators, and gloves.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Masonry: Performs multiple duties that include the maintenance, repair, or construction of a variety of structures and surfaces of brick, block, stone, and other related materials. Receives work orders or oral instructions outlining the work to be done and methods to be used in accomplishing the laying of whole brick, block, and stone in straight, horizontal rows. Removes damaged portions of walls, partitions, or other similar structures in preparation for repair of damage. Tear out portions of walls for the installation of doors or windows. Creates forms and establishes a good base for pouring concrete for sidewalks, curbs and needed slabs of cement/concrete throughout campus and finishing of concrete with various masonry tools. Carpentry: Employs skilled techniques to construct, install, repair, and modify wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness. Construct and repair a wide variety of structural items such as building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, interior and exterior trim, and miscellaneous items such as workbenches, counter tops, bookcases, equipment cabinets, computer consoles, and items requiring limited decorative trim and molding. Locksmithing Duties: Performs visual and operational checks to locate trouble sources and determine best methods of correcting problems. Removes locks, disassembles, detects worn or damaged parts, i.e., broken springs, jammed pins, bent discs, broken tail pieces, rust, and corrosion. Lubricates and cleans parts, straightens bent parts, replaces broken parts, reassembles, tests, and reinstalls devices. Duplicates keys, cuts keys, and rekeys locks by using standard key coding practices to conform to station policy and VA criteria. Maintains blank keys of all known locking devices, cuts keys required for issue and replacement as required; does not maintain extra keys, precut keys, or discarded turned-in keys. Immediately seizes and reports unauthorized keys to the Chief, Engineering Service, and Police Service. Installs locks in doors, desks, office furniture, safes and other units as required by approved work orders only. Makes necessary alterations to locking mechanisms and units to close fit. Replaces escutcheon and face plates on doors to change size of existing holes, measures precisely and cuts off excess spindles, changes position of spline key to reverse lock case direction. Installs, programs, and maintains standard and electronic locks. Picks or neutralizes locks as required in emergency when keys are unavailable, removes broken keys from keyways, corrects doors sag by tightening hinges to bring locking components into proper alignment, and makes minor adjustments to door closures and coordinators to ensure proper locking alignment. Painting: Provides new coating work to the constructed area through any of the accepted methods of the trade including special finishing techniques such as marbling and graining, by using coating materials that are prepared in special as well as common ways, and by applying coating techniques that ensure surfaces have a smooth textured and decorative appearance and meet thickness and level requirements. Determines the methods, techniques, devices, and materials that are best suited to the surface finish required, for example, glossy finish, grained effect, or a finish that must meet specified thicknesses and levels. Prepares surfaces by methods such as smoothing with pumice and rottenstone, filling, shaping, and leveling with metal and synthetic resins, and mixing and applying precoating agents, for example, pickling and alkali compounds. Prepares coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives. Applies coating materials with any of the accepted trade devices including those designed to give special effects, for example, brushes, rollers, spray guns, and graining devices. Ensures coating finish meets match, texture, decorative, thickness, and level requirements. Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm; Monday-Friday Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Mechanic/PD10357A