A/C Equipment Mechanic Leader serves in the Refrigeration, Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Section as a Working Leader of three or more employees located in the Veterans Administration Medical Center Louisville, Kentucky. Performs repair, rebuilding, retrofitting, and state-of-the-art updates for a variety of multi-function fixed and semi-fixed Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment.

Duties

A/C Equipment Mechanic Leader serves in the Refrigeration, Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Section as a Working Leader of three or more employees located in the Veterans Administration Medical Center Louisville, Kentucky. Performs repair, rebuilding, retrofitting, and state-of-the-art updates for a variety of multi-function fixed and semi-fixed Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment. Duties include: Must be UNIVERSAL E.P.A. certified to handle, recover, and reclaim refrigerants for all types of machines used at this medical center. Supervises and/or performs inspections 20 % of the time; and repair, maintenance, installation, relocation, and trouble shooting a wide variety of non-production industrial hospital machinery, equipment, and systems located at the facility 80 % of the time. Works with highly complex systems and equipment to provide specific and critical climate conditions in different locations, such as laboratories, operating rooms, nuclear medicine laboratories and exam rooms, X-Ray rooms and labs, computer rooms, SICU, MICU and CCU areas, morgue coolers, walk in boxes, blood banks, clinics, offices and wards. Ensures the refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic worker makes preventative maintenance inspections, performs major overhauls, and completes installations and repairs to: exhaust fans, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and steam operated cooking equipment. Makes independent decisions on repairing, modifying, altering, balancing and specifying construction and repair components. Ensure repairs to components such as compressors including disassembling, measuring tolerances and replacing valves, pistons, motors, oil pumps and reassembling components properly after repairs have been accomplished by technicians. Ensures that needed plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from appropriate supply sources to complete assigned work. All other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 0800-1630 Position Description Title/PD#: A/C Equipment Mechanic Leader/PD005306 Physical Requirements: Daily duties consist of climbing, working in cramped positions and confined spaces and moving and lifting heavy objects and equipment up to 75 pounds in the repairing and installation of AlC and refrigeration systems. Rigging devices, come-alongs, hoists, shop cranes, block and tackle are used in the removal of large compressors, coils, motors, air handlers, evaporators and condensers. He/she makes and/or makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms where the parts of systems are frequently in hard to reach places, therefore requiring stooping, stretching, bending and kneeling for long periods of time.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Equipment Assembly, Installation, RepairMaterialsTechnical PracticesTroubleshootingUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout more than normal supervision 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Robley Rex VA Medical Center 800 Zorn Avenue Louisville, KY 40206 US
• Name: Keyona Browning
• Phone: 615-225- 6489
• Email: [email protected]