Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance Mechanic

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Birmingham, Alabama

Salary Range: $30.69 - $35.81 Per Hour

Job Summary: This position is located within the Engineering Service under the Maintenance and Operations Section. The incumbent must respond to a variety of trouble calls, including fire alanns and elevator entrapments throughout the medical center. After nonnal business hours, the incumbent is the only Engineer on Duty (EOD) and may be called upon to perfonn duties nonnally considered outside his field of expertise, exercising judgment and using creativity to solve problems.

Major Duties:

• Major duties and responsibilities will include: Oversight and operation of chiller plant and heating and cooling systems throughout the facility. Perform hourly checks of all operating equipment associated with centrifugal chiller units, making inspections of the cooling towers and mechanical spaces. Maintains a comfortable enviromnent throughout the medical center; controlling air-handlers, hot water reheat systems, and chilled water pumps through the Johnson Controls, Metasys control system, Checks temperature sensing points in various building areas and adjusts controls to meet local requirements and desires. Regulates, and stops the various items of air handling equipment from central switches or from decentralized switches in fan or equipment rooms. Starts, stops, and regulates the air conditioning compressors, the cooling tower fans, Knowledge of standard plumbing methods and techniques. Skills needed to remove and replace fixtures and controls, and to make repairs, such as tightening connections and wrapping exposed wiring with insulating tape. Knowledge of the AC and refrigeration cycle of a variety of systems to make visual, audible, and mechanical checks Performs operator-level corrective maintenance on chillers, cooling towers, pumps, steam traps, and other associated equipment Performs such repairs as replacing valve plates, broken flared ends of copper tubing; repacking glands, adjusting expansion valves, replacing small electric motors, and making temporary repairs to pipes Performing preventative maintenance on shop tools and equipment to ensure safe and proper function; Must also have the skill needed to hook up equipment (for example, water heaters and disposal units) to installed systems, must have skill in the use of tools and equipment such as tapes, rules, hacksaws, hand and power pipe threaders and cutters, packing and caulking irons, and pipe wrenches. Work Schedule: Every other Wednesday , Thursday, Friday and Saturday , 10am -10pm Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Mechanic/PD09300A Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: This position requires walking, standing, bending, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy loads daily and occasionally loads over 50 pounds. The incumbent must be in good physical condition, have good eyesight with or without glasses and cannot be colorblind. Work is accomplished from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, motorized high-lifts, as well as other hard to reach places. The incumbent is exposed frequently to temperature extremes, drafts, dampness, water and noise for work conditions. The majority of work takes place in an industrial environment but does require work outdoors, exposed to the elements.

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: Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, and Repair, etc. 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.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/22/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12948199. 1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. 2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. You may check the status of your application at any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applications. Information regarding your application status can be found in the USAJobs Help Center. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. If initial application submission is updated and resubmitted with a new resume, only the most current resume will be reviewed for consideration. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-22