Maintenance Mechanic

About the role

This position is located in the Engineering Maintenance Department at the Thomas E. Creek VA Health Care System Center in Amarillo, TX.

Incumbent shall have responsibility for multiple trade activities relative to maintenance, repair and replacement to isolate or resolve malfunction or make necessary adjustments and repairs requiring the use of a variety of trades and practices associated with electrical, pipefitting, and carpentry.

What you will do

• Must have knowledge of the electrical trade to permit working from blueprints, wiring diagrams, cut-sheets, manufacturers drawings and engineering drawings, to plan and layout work to install and repair new and existing electrical systems, controls, fire alarm panels and equipment for furnishing light and power to AHU's, RTU's, automatic faucets, package boilers, automatic valves, controls for kitchen equipment including disposals, refrigerators, freezers, rational cookers, fryers, and ovens, to include replacing ballasts, tracing circuits, and adding additional circuits.
• Disassembles equipment, repairs and/or replaces parts and components, cleans and reassembles.
• Incumbent uses a variety of tools and test equipment including wire cutters and strippers, drills, soldering irons, ohmmeters, ammeters, voltmeters and various other electrical and measuring devices.
• Pipefitting: Must have knowledge of pipefitting methods and techniques.
• Must acquire the skill thru training and previous experience as needed to install, modify, and repair new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, steam generators, flash and expansion tanks, condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, and radiators.
• Incumbent must also have the skill needed to install equipment i.e. water heaters, food service equipment, pumps, valves, steam operated equipment, electric motors, condensate return systems, heat exchangers, chill water systems, control valves, automatic faucets, package boilers, automatic valves, using accepted plumbing and mechanical trade practices.
• Carpentry: Must know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and work with simple fractions to plan and measure material according to requirements and dimensions outlined in shop drawings, architectural drawings and knowledge of the carpentry trade.
• Knowledge of the use of various carpentry tools and machinery such as table saws, radial arm saws, band saws, drill pressed, hammer, hand saws, tile cutters, knives, etc., will be required to make repairs as a team member of the ward zone mechanic.
• Incumbent must have journeyman level carpentry skills gained through experience, training or a combination of both.
• Incumbent will serve on an overtime required snow/ice removal team during inclement weather situations.
• Work Schedule: Friday-Monday, 8:00pm-6:30am Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Mechanic/PD01089A Physical Requirements: Heavy lifting (45 lbs and over); Moderate carrying (15-44 pounds); Straight pulling (up to 2 hours); Pushing (up to 4 hour); Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (up to 8 hours); Standing (up to 6 hours); Crawling (up to 1 hours); Kneeling (up to 2 hours); Repeated bending (up to 4 hours); Climbing, use of legs and arms; Both legs required; Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16"; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Depth perception; Ability to distinguish basic colors; Ability to distinguish shades of colors; Hearing (aid permitted).The duty require considerable movement around the hospital and involves bending, lifting, working from ladders and scaffolding and platforms, both inside and outside buildings, and crawling through restrictive areas.
• The incumbent must occasionally lift equipment or materials weighing fifty pounds or more with proper equipment.
• Assignments may require incumbent to stand, stoop, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
• Working Conditions: The incumbent is exposed to extremes of heat and cold, dust, dirt, noise, grease, unpleasant smelling fumes and moisture as well as outside the normal indoor environment of the hospital.
• The work environment includes crawl spaces and interterrestrial spaces of the hospital.
• Incumbent may occasionally be exposed to disease, bad weather, possible electrical shock, refrigerant gases, flying splinters and chips, and respiratory ailments.
• Incumbent has frequent exposure to the possibility of scrapes, burns, infections, cuts and bruises.
• The incumbent will be part of a snow removal team and should expect to be called back for snow removal.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (***).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
• Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

How you will be evaluated

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.

WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.

Documents you must provide

• Cover Letter DD-214/ Statement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) Other (3) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certification Proof of Enrollment Resume Separation Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.
• Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).You will not be contacted for additional information.
• Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
• Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply.
• Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
• Applications are accepted online.
• Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.

What to expect next

After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.

Additional information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted.

HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties.

VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities.

HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at ***

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service.

This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.