These positions are located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Facilities Management Service Line at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this position, you will perform a variety of work in maintaining, repairing, installing, modifying, overhauling, and adjustments to complex heating, air conditioning, ventilation, and refrigeration equipment systems throughout the medical center.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Installs, operates, adjusts, maintains, and modifies, a highly complex, computerized central environmental control system to optimize efficiency and energy savings, and maintain comfortable, safe, and productive work areas by manipulating temperature, humidity, ventilation at proper rates (Operating Rooms, Surgery Unit, Laboratory, ICU, Computer Server Rooms, etc.) Troubleshoots, diagnoses, repairs, replace and evaluates the system and subsystems, and components through use of the computer, flow diagrams, wiring diagrams, electrical and electronic schematics, manufacturer's technical manuals, and a variety of test instruments; Operates, adjusts, maintains and repairs a number of very complex variable speed drive units, involving detailed circuitry and power transistor work that must be interfaced to the energy management system; Repairs, overhauls, adjusts, installs and maintains a variety of large heating, air conditioning, ventilation, and refrigeration systems and equipment; Installs and makes repairs to window and rooftop units for heating and air conditioning; Services large units, up to 1200 ton centrifugal or helical screw chillers in a multi-chiller operation; Installs various types of thermostats, water controls and regulators, and electrical controls on research lab deep freezers, walk-in coolers, and exhaust hoods; Designs, fabricates, and installs a variety of duct work; Installs, maintains, repairs, services and disinfects a variety of ice machines; Researches and solicits quotes, orders materials for components, equipment, parts and materials; Performs other duties as required. Work Schedule: Sunday thru Thursday: 7:00am to 3:30pm, 3:00pm to 11:30pm, 11:00pm to 7:30am Monday thru Friday: 7:00am to 3:30pm, 3:00pm to 11:30pm, 11:00pm to 7:30am Tuesday thru Saturday: 7:00am to 3:30pm, 3:00pm to 11:30pm, 11:00pm to 7:30am (Tour to be determined at time of selection.) Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Pre-employment physical may be required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The duties require considerable movement around the hospital and involve bending, lifting, work from ladders, both in and outside the building, and crawling through restrictive areas. You must occasionally lift equipment or materials weighing fifty pounds or more with proper equipment. Assignments may require him/her to stand, stoop, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Work requires standing stooping, kneeling, crawling, often in hard to reach places. You will be standing or walking much of the time and must be in good overall physical condition. Physical capacity to regularly walk long distances, dexterity and accurate eye-hand coordination, and corrected 20/20 vision and accurate color perception are required. Most work is often performed inside, but the mechanic is frequently subject to sudden temperature changes when working on equipment such as walk-in freezer units. You will occasionally be subject to cuts, burns, electrical shock, and respiratory aggravation. Exposure to repeated prolonged or concentrated amounts of refrigerant gases may cause toxic effects to the eyes, skin and internal organs. You may also be exposed to high voltage, dust, chemicals, solvents, and contagious disease. You will occasionally be required to work outside, on top of tall buildings, in drafty attic spaces, and in cramped, confined areas with low overheads. Uncomfortable face masks and protective clothing may occasionally be worn as necessary when there is a possibility of exposure to hazards such as toxic refrigerants. You will work on larger, more complex systems with large quantities of refrigerants, thus exposing yourself to larger amounts of escaping gases when making emergency repairs. You will often be exposed to dust, grease and soiling of clothing and skin. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element. Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. IMPORTANT NOTE: You are required to have an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Universal Certification in accordance with Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. If you do meet this requirement, you will be ineligible for further consideration. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Equipment Assembly, Installation, RepairInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)MaterialsTechnical PracticesTroubleshootingUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Pittsburgh VA Medical Center 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh, PA 15215 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]