Job opening: Maintenance Mechanic
Salary: $27 - 32 per hour
Published at: Sep 20 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: The person in this position will perform a variety of tasks involved with the upkeep of buildings, grounds, and related structures, fixtures, and utilities, and equipment.
Duties
Perform a variety of electrical maintenance tasks including installing, repairing, and troubleshooting electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment and controls.
Install wiring, conduit, fixtures, transformers, and other electrical devices for proper and safe operation.
Service air conditioning, heating, and ventilation systems such as heaters, dehumidifiers and commercial air conditioning units for optimal performance.
Perform carpentry duties such as framing structures and rebuilding walls with respect to structural integrity.
Operate government vehicles to transport building material, tools, and equipment across the hospital campus.
Estimate plumbing, electric, and ventilation material requirements such as pipe, fixtures, wires, circuits, and refrigerant to complete service.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
- This position has a requirement to lift up to 50lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.
- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid Government Driver’s License.
- This position is subject to screening and update of required immunizations unless exempted for medical or administrative reasons.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Maintenance Mechanic ~ without more than normal supervision such as installing, repairing, troubleshooting and testing new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, fixtures, controls, and equipment; AND performing plumbing tasks such as threading and pipe bending, determining guide lines, and placing and connecting water fixtures such as water mains and hydrants; AND installing, repairing, and troubleshooting ventilation equipment systems for heating, cooling, filtering, and circulating. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
Physical Effort: Moderate physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls. Moderate physical effort is required in the frequent handling of objects weighing up to 20 pounds and the occasional handling of objects weighing over 50 pounds while loading and unloading cargo. Equipment requires moderate physical effort in that heavy chains, bars, hooks, etc., must be lifted and properly secured. Duties may require standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Requires considerable walking, standing on concrete floors, and climbing stairways and ladders. Light-to-moderate effort is used to turn valves and controls. Works in stretched, cramped and awkward positions. Position may require considerable standing while working on ladders or scaffolds.
Working Conditions: Incumbent works inside and outside in all kinds of weather. Is exposed to caustic and dangerous chemicals. The presence of sewage, gases and fumes such as methane, chlorine, and carbon monoxide may require the wearing and/or use of protective clothing and equipment in accordance with established health and safety regulations and SOPs. May incur contact with running motors, pumps, and machinery. Cuts, bruises, and broken bones may result from accidents. Works in cramped quarters inside and outside; exposed to mud and water; dirty, dusty and greasy conditions and injury from use of power and hand-tools and occasional use of caustic soda and hot lead.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DD83CS DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-GUTHRIE AHC
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Fort Drum, NY 13602
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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