Maintenance Mechanic

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days per year

Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of paid leave

Child-Care Subsidy

Retirement: Traditional federal pension and 401(k)

Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, and life

Not a virtual position

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic for its Facilities Management department at the VA Boston Healthcare System. This role involves performing various maintenance tasks including carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work, as well as ensuring safety standards in building operations.

The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision and possess the skills necessary for installations and repairs within the facility. This position offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

Training or experience to perform maintenance duties.
Volunteer experience is credited.

Responsibilities

Perform routine work orders.
Conduct preventive maintenance and repair tasks.
Make visual inspections to determine repair needs.
Perform plumbing maintenance and repairs.
Make electrical repairs and change bulbs in hard-to-reach locations.

Skills

Ability to perform work with minimal supervision

Interpret instructions and specifications

Use and maintain tools and equipment

Knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair

Knowledge of materials and technical practices

Use of measuring instruments

Job description

Summary

Maintenance Mechanic position located in the Facilities Management department at the VA Boston Healthcare System – Jamaica Plain Campus.

Qualifications

Applicants must demonstrate training or experience sufficient to perform the duties. Credentials must be detailed in the resume. Qualifications are first evaluated against a screen‑out element and then against these job elements: ability to perform work with minimal supervision; interpret instructions and specifications (including blueprint reading); use and maintain tools and equipment; knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair; knowledge of materials and technical practices; and use of measuring instruments. Volunteer experience is credited.

Duties

Performs routine work orders

Performs a variety of preventive maintenance tasks such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, roofing and other related trades required in maintenance and repair of buildings, structures, fixtures and related property

Makes visual and operational inspections of a variety of wood, brick, metal and masonry buildings to detect deficiencies and determine repair needs

Determines materials needed and makes repairs or replaces items found defective

Performs inspections to include checking the condition of foundations, walls, flooring, roofs, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical systems, building approaches and obvious safety and fire hazards

Performs carpentry work involving maintenance and repair of a variety of wood products

Selects lumber, materials, supplies and tools

Measures and cuts materials to required lengths and dimensions

Repairs or replaces flooring, sheet rock, plywood, siding, sheathing, roofing, doors, jambs and window frames, interior and exterior trim

Fabricates and installs frames or casings for windows and doors

Installs doors and door hardware; repairs roofs by shingling or installing roll roofing

Repairs floors by replacing flooring

Replaces floor tile and vinyl sheet flooring

Uses a variety of hand and power tools to accomplish work

Performs plumbing work involving maintenance and repair of a wide variety of piping and plumbing fixtures (lavatories, commodes, sink disposals, bath tubs and shower fixtures)

Measures, cuts and threads piping to required lengths using correct size of pipe and threading the correct number of threads

Installs piping by using threaded couplings, joints, fittings and by soldering

Uses a variety of hand and power tools to accomplish tasks such as cutting and threading pipe, unstopping drains, installing fixtures and piping and repairing or replacing all of the above

Makes electrical repairs by removing and replacing defective parts such as incandescent and fluorescent fixtures, receptacles, switches, pull chains, covers, ballasts, starters, sockets, door ball buttons, transformers and other items related to the installed system

Changes bulbs in hard‑to‑reach locations

Performs snow/ice control

Operates equipment with specially designed attachments ("e.g., snow plow, mounted sand spreaders, rotary snow blowers") used separately or simultaneously

May also operate conventional snow removal or clearing equipment as needed

Ensures accomplished repairs are finished by sanding and finishing

Performs shop mathematics in order to compute measurements, angles, arcs, etc.

Cuts various materials to required size or shape—matching colors, patterns and materials—and installs various materials to obtain proper fit, strength and appearance

Reads and interprets drawings and sketches

Repairs or replaces flush valves, vacuum breakers, faucets and traps

Clears clogged sink, lavatory, tub and shower drains; unstops sanitary sewer drains and lines

Benefits

Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Pay may be adjusted above the minimum rate for unique qualifications.

Paid Time Off: 37‑50 days per year (13‑26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays).

Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of paid leave after 12 months of employment.

Child‑Care Subsidy: After 60 days, full‑time employees with a family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a subsidy up to 25% of eligible childcare costs (monthly max $416.66).