Employee will be assigned to the Facility Management Department at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), North Chicago, IL, installing, maintaining, and repairing a variety of automated/electrical systems and equipment.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Checks equipment for worn or broken parts, disassembling, cleaning all parts, making the necessary mechanical repairs, adjustments, or replacement. Repairs such equipment as large and small dishwashers, food mixers, choppers, gas ranges, ward food conveyors, garbage disposers, and other equipment used in kitchens. Makes minor and major repairs to all laundry equipment such as air compressors, mangles, folders, dryers, washers, extractors, various types of steam presses, electric hoists, and small laundry trucks. Maintains other equipment such as gasoline pumps, electric operated saws, planers, shapers, and jointers. Repairs vacuum pumps, autoclaves, and sterilizers. Repairs automatically air operated valves for washing machines, domestic gas ranges, hot water heaters, automatic clothes washers and dryers, and pumps of all kinds. Fabricates special parts by laying out scribing line, arcs and circles, angles, and tapers from working drawings. Re-seats steam and hot water valves by means of the lathe, shaper, grinding wheel, milling machine attachment, and other machine shop tools. Uses and maintains a variety of tools; and conducts preventive maintenance inspections. Reads and interprets technical directives, blueprints, sketches, diagrams, and electrical schematics. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Must be capable of lifting, carrying, and moving heavy loads (weighing up to 50 pounds), stooping, climbing, standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, etc. Often times, works in cramped spaces which involve muscular strength and sustained physical efforts. May be required to work at variable heights to accomplish assigned tasks. Full use of arms, hands and legs is required to enable employee to accomplish these physical demands. Good hearing, corrected with an aid, and good eyesight, corrected with glasses, are required to enable you to perform a satisfactory job. You will be subject to working in varying temperatures between working in poorly ventilated areas or, at times, under inclement outdoor weather conditions. Majority of work will be performed inside buildings. Hazards include the possibility of electrical shock and burns; injuries to skin, eyes and lungs from refrigerants, gases, chemicals and solvents; and danger of cuts, scratches and bruises from use of various tools while working in cramped quarters. Employee will also be exposed to dust, foul odors, dampness and the hazards of power machinery during performance of daily work assignments. May also be subject to falls from ladders/scaffolds during performance of duties. 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)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 Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center 3001 Green Bay Road North Chicago, IL 60064 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]