This position reports to the Electric shop within the Maintenance Division of Facilities Engineering Service at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center with physical assignment to the Laundry/Textile care facility.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Monitors and maintains the series of complex laundry systems for proper operations; Responsible for the preventative maintenance, corrective maintenance, installation, troubleshooting, repair and upgrade of all microcomputer and microprocessor controlled laundry equipment and the related systems; Immediately responds to outages to minimize downtime; Plans, schedules, organizes and prioritizes routine work; Documents all maintenance performed to meet Joint Commission (JCAHO), Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Lock out Tag Out (LOTO), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and National Association of Institutional Linen management (NAILM) documentation requirements; Builds relationships with outside vendors and contractors in addition to their peers in other VA Textile care processing facilities; Determines and facilitates the need for design modification, implement the modifications, test, and evaluate the modifications through electromechanical and electronic means; Operates all equipment and differentiates between faulty operating techniques and machine malfunctions; Performs corrective and preventative maintenance on belts, shackles, pulleys, shafts, gear and gear boxes, bearings, pumps, drives, motors and transmissions; Interprets engineering drawings to effectively troubleshoot highly complex systems; Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:30am-4:00pm (Work hours may be further discussed during interviews) Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The work is active, frequently requiring physical effort in lifting up to 35 pounds without assistance and over 50 pounds with assistance from other workers or weight handling equipment. Work assignments involve frequent standing, sitting, climbing of ladders, bending and working in cramped and awkward positions. The work is primarily indoors in a well-lighted, heated and ventilated shop area or building, but at times can be subjected to working outside for several hours in inclement weather conditions. Occasionally, the incumbent is exposed to the possibility of burns, cuts, electric shock, falls from a ladder and other normal hazards associated with working around machinery and confined spaces. 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 (other than blueprint reading)MaterialsTechnical PracticesTroubleshootingUse and Maintain Tools and Equipment 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 Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]