Maintenance Worker

The primary purpose of the position is to perform general maintenance:

• Inspection & Quality Control: Inspects maintenance and repair work performed by carpenters plumbers and painters. Identifies deficiencies and coordinates corrective actions with the supervisor.
• Carpentry & Wall Repair: Repairs damaged walls and structural frames. Fills smooths and sands surface to original structural specifications.
• Painting & Surface Preparation: Mixes and applies paint to interior building surfaces using brushes or rollers. Ensures exact color matching and appropriate paint types specializing in repairing spill-damaged areas.
• Equipment & Material Transport: Utility trucks safely operate (up to 1-ton capacity) to transport essential tools materials and equipment to active facilities and CBOCs.
• Physical Security & Key Control: Serves as the primary key custodian. Manages key control registers ensures secure storage and conducts periodic inventory inspections. Generates only authorized duplicates in strict compliance with Physical Security Plans.
• Safety & Compliance Oversight: Leads monthly building safety rounds in coordination with the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and the building lessor. Conducts mandatory monthly fire extinguisher inspections reports hazards to leadership and serves on local space and safety committees.
• Administrative Coordination: Generates tracks and manages facility work orders and maintenance requests. Dispatches work orders directly to the lessors building manager.
• Multi-Site Scope: Performs skilled minor repairs outside the scope of the standard lease contract. Supports four regional locations: Greenville Health Care Center Morehead City CBOC Cherry Point Clinic and Havelock Clinic.
• Office Furniture Arrangement: Relocate furniture equipment and other items that are damaged and outdated also assembles install and delivers RA equipment for Reasonable Accommodations purposes.

Work Schedule: 8-4:30p Monday-Friday
Position Description Title/PD#: Maintenance Worker/PD068660
Physical Requirements: Incumbent must move and control heavy furniture and equipment. Incumbent works from ladders frequently. He/she often works in areas that are cramped dirty and in hard-to-reach locations. The work may involve prolonged crouching and standing and frequent stooping bending kneeling climbing and working in exhausting and uncomfortable positions. The incumbent frequently lifts or carries tools equipment ladders parts and supplies up to 50 pounds. Occasionally the incumbent will be required to lift and carry items over 50 pounds. Occasionally pushes loads weighing up to 500 pounds.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory qualification and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Working Conditions- Required to work in storage buildings pods trailers vehicles and warehouses that may be hot cold drafty and poorly lighted. Will be required to work outdoors on docks making deliveries in all types of weather conditions during all seasons. Hazardous materials may be encounter in daily work activities. Duties will be subject to the possibility of trips falls scrapes cuts bruises or injury from the use of equipment. All types bf Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be required. Will be subject to conditions that could result in serious accidents; precautions will be taken.

Must possess a valid state drivers license or commercial drivers license (CDL) as applicable if required to operate a motor vehicle or commercial vehicle.

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public 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 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.

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:

• Carpentry/Woodworking
• Customer Service
• Equipment Assembly Installation Repair
• Interpret Instructions Specifications (includes blueprint reading)
• Troubleshooting
• Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Without 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.