Maintenance Worker, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic, Building Maintenance

The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Hampton VA Medical Center
- Engineering Service. Performs maintenance and repair of architectural, mechanical and electrical components of buildings requiring the use of a variety of trades and practices associated with the following occupation: painting, plastering, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and air conditioning.

• Duties include but not limited to:
  Carpentry Repairs and maintains wooden structures such as furniture, railings, shelves, doors, bulletin boards, etc. Repairs cabinet and locker doors to include hardware, locks, tracks, etc. Installs and replaces ceiling tiles, bumper rails, handrails, comer guards, cove base, and other parts of buildings using hand and power tools. Plumbing Makes repairs and performs installation of existing utilities and disposal systems.
  
  Incumbent inspects, repairs and replaces fittings and plumbing fixtures to maintain water and drainage systems. Repairs flush valves, faucets, showers, vacuum breakers, or other parts in leaky valves, water closets, etc. Must be knowledgeable of how various supply disposal and utility systems operate in order to perform preventive maintenance inspections and make necessary repairs. Electrical Inspects and tests electrical lighting, power circuits and ballast transformers, and other simple elements of electrical systems, fixtures, and appliances.
  
  Renews circuits either by isolation and cutting out defective wiring and replacing it with new wiring, or by splicing ends of broken wires. Replaces and installs light fixtures, ballasts, fluorescent tubes, electrical outlets, light switches, etc. Painting Knowledge of standard surface preparation and coating methods and techniques. Knowledge of coating materials so that the surfaces are free from skips, runs, and drips.
  
  Knowledge to sand, wire brush, scrape, spackle, and putty surfaces. Knowledge to brush out, roll on, and spray coating materials. Air Conditioning Skilled in the installation, repair, modification and preventive maintenance of most heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Efficient use of all specialized tools used in the HVAC trade such as, measuring equipment, hand tools and any other specialized tool unique to the HVAC trade.
  
  Replaces and repairs thermostats, adjusts temperature settings, cleans and replaces filters; repairs and adjusts VAV boxes. Makes minor repairs to ice machines, etc.
  
  Work Schedule:
  
  Monday
  - Friday, 7:30-4:00pm Position Description Title/PD#:
  Maintenance Worker/PD02428A

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL  cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct;

the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/07/2026.

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…