This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Salem VA Medical Center in Facility Management Service, Mechanical Section.

Duties

The following duties are performed: Assist the shop supervisor and act on his behalf when absent. Designs and lays out jobs, instructs others in proper procedures, codes, policies, regulations, and the use of new equipment. Passes to employees the instructions received from supervisors and gets work started; assigns tasks to be performed by members of the group. Ensures that work crews complete their work in a timely manner while following codes, regulations, policies and safety rules. Ensures that needed plans, materials, and tools are available for each job. Ensures that daily reports are made to supervisor on the progress of jobs and requests for needed materials are done in a proper and timely manner. Checks work in progress and upon completion to ensure supervisor's instructions and deadlines have been met. Ensures that safety and housekeeping rules are followed. Promotes the accurate completion of quality work assignments in a timely and effective manner. Assists in developing training programs and assist in doing training for shop personnel Performs other duties assigned. Work Schedule: Other; 7:45 a.m.TO 4:30p.m. "Must have the ability to work out side of normal Tour of Duty including Weekends and Holidays if required Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Incumbent shall make installation and repairs from ladders, scaffolding, platforms and where parts of systems worked on are hard to reach places. This requires incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Incumbent frequently lifts and carries heavy materials such as pipe, plumbing equipment, iron bars and materials. The work is performed inside and outside and usually dirty, dusty and greasy and the incumbent makes repairs in areas where bad smelling fumes are present. Incumbent is subject to the possibility of scrapes, burns, infections and communicable diseases 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 (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). 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. 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)Measurement and LayoutTechnical 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 Salem VA Medical Center 1970 Roanoke Boulevard Salem, VA 24153 US
• Name: Andrew Larrison
• Phone: 8505137687
• Email: [email protected]