Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance MechanicIncumbent will maintain appropriate level of computer literacy to use the stations' engineering software package. Incumbent will receive general supervision from the Supervisory Maintenance Mechanic as to work schedules, operating policies and procedures. Incumbent will work alone most of the time. He/she will work from blueprints, drawings, or other specifications. The duties are performed in the following trades: electrical, constructing, altering, maintaining, and finishing, air conditioning, welding, machinist, automotive mechanic, pipefitting, and boiler plant operator at the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina. Use standard methods of combustion, heat transfer principles, and fuel characteristics to install, repair, and maintain heating boilers and domestic heating units and systems. Maintains constant observation of flowmeters and charts to determine amount of steam produced and if it meets the demands or exceeds them, and the amount of fuel used and evaporated. The incumbent will be responsible for following an assignment through completion from lay out to final assembly. Preferred Experience: Three years experience on heating steam systems. Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday to Friday Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Mechanic/PD01825A Physical Requirements: The work requires a considerable amount of standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and/or uncomfortable positions. May be ask to weld overhead or other unusual positions. The incumbent may work from ladders and scaffolding. When operating equipment, the worker may be under a great deal of strain from constant reaching, bending, turning, and moving of hands, arms, feet, legs, and by the vibration and jerking of the equipment. The incumbent carries, lifts, and handles parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and may occasionally exceed 50 pounds.