The primary purpose of the Boiler Plant Worker position is the operation and operational maintenance of single and multiple fuel water or fire tube boilers and associated auxiliary and pollution control equipment. The Boiler Plant worker position is located is at the Temple campus, Engineering Service, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX.

Duties

Constant attention to maintain efficiency and control. Performs operational maintenance, adjustments and repairs to boilers and auxiliary equipment. Performs adjustments, installation maintenance, and repairs during operational and non-operational season. Cleans boilers, furnaces, packs pumps and valves, etc. Repairing motorized valves. Disassembles, cleans, checks for worn or broken parts such as gears, bearings gaskets, etc. Replacing boiler tubes, stay bolts, and rebuilds pumps. Performs preventive maintenance type repair work to all steam, water, oil, and airlines located within assigned plant. Monitors electronic control boards, operating machinery, instruments and control equipment. Makes demand adjustments in order to maintain adequate pressures, temperatures, steam flows, maximum combustion and supplies of fuel, air and water mixtures and to comply. Exercises knowledge in the maintenance of plant and possess the skill to start up from cold start through normal operations and to shutdown boiler as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Frequently work in confined areas in and around boilers. Requires moderate to strenuous effort and long periods of walking, standing, climbing, bending, and crouching. Frequently lift and carry boiler parts and chemical supplies weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted. Occasionally, and with assistance, carries items weighing over 40 pounds. Mainly works indoors, but occasionally work outside for short periods of time. Operator is subject to abnormal heat, hazards of boiler explosions, high noise level, dirt, carbon monoxide, scalds, and toxic fuel fumes and gases. He is subject to cuts and bruises while working around machinery and equipment. There is danger of falls from ladders while checking equipment. Work assignments involve a thorough knowledge of hazardous material handling and related activities. 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: Dexterity and SafetyEquipment Assembly, Installation, RepairInterpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)Measuring InstrumentsOperation of Equipment/MachineryTechnical PracticesWithout 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 VA Central Texas Health Care System 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive Temple, TX 76504 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]