Summary
The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16), Facilities Management Service Line, Maintenance and Operations Team, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX (MED VAMC).
Duties
Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate electronic controls and indicating and recording systems throughout the medical center related to HVAC, boiler and chiller plant equipment.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Design, major repairs, minor improvements, and modifications to existing equipment and structure. Write plans, layouts, sketches, and estimates of time and materials for assigned repairs, preventive maintenance and minor improvements.
- Troubleshoots highly complex systems of electronic sensing and control, such as the Metasys Extended Architecture system.
- Operates, maintains and modifies to optimize efficiency and energy savings, while maintaining environmental functions, i.e., temperature, humidity, ventilation and fire & smoke damper at proper levels for patient care and other facility operations.
- Design programs, troubleshoot, diagnose, replace, repair and evaluate this system and its subsystems and components by use of multi-meters, manometers, temperature sensors, hygrometers, anemometers, logic diagrams, as-built electronic control drawings, electronic schematics and manufacturer's literature.
- Analyze a failure and define the precise cause and distinct location of the failure in the subsystems.
- Use programming skills to analyze, edit and test proprietary programming language for these multiple systems as well as an excellent working knowledge of networking architecture.
- Cuts, brazes and solders piping, wiring and circuit boards.
- Review construction plans, verifies their correctness and provides feedback regarding building automation controls consistency and ease of maintenance, and expandability.
- Provide innovative ideas to reduce energy usage through awareness of energy conservation measures and an excellent command of the various control system programming and software tools.
- Make recommendations or suggestions and presents them to the supervisor for final approval and action.
- Provides on-the-job training as it relates to the Building Automated System controls functions.
Work Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, Midnight - 8:30 am, subject to change based on the needs of the Agency
Position Description Title/PD#: Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic/PD03897A
Physical Requirements: Work assignments require moderate physical effort. Regular duties require work in cramped, hot, humid, and otherwise unpleasant surroundings. Work is done from ladders and scaffolding, as well as in crawl spaces and mechanical equipment rooms. Work requires frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, crawling kneeling, and climbing. It requires the frequent lifting and carrying of weights up to
50 pounds. The incumbent is required to climb and work in high places. There is frequent exposure to the possibility of bums, scrapes, and cuts. Exposure often requires the wearing of personal protective equipment like gloves, face shields, hard hats, glasses, welding hoods, and leathers. Work area is often loud, dirty, dusty, and greasy
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- License
- Other (1)
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Documents Required:
Resume Requirement: Your resume must include the following information: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending date (month/year) of employment; and average hours worked per week.
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application. Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
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 12/16/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12627149.
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. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
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.
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.