Carpenter

Summary

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans? DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.

Duties

• This Carpenter position is aligned under the Architectural Shop, Facilities Management Division, at the Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. The work involves construction, altering, maintaining, and repairing buildings, structures, partitions, panels and other items using wood, wood substitutes, and composite building materials. Major Duties: Reads, interprets, and works from drawings and blueprints. Utilizes good carpentry practices, and follows state and federal codes. Performs wall, floor ceiling construction, lays sub-flooring in an expert fashion, and hangs suspended ceilings or attaches ceiling tile. Fabricates and installs Formica countertops and installs wall coverings. Cuts, sands, and plane lumber.-Installs and adjusts storm door checks. Repairs and inspects fire doors using local checklist. Performs carpentry tasks such as alterations and/or remodeling which includes removing and installing partitions, additions to buildings, opening of walls for installation of doors and windows, cuts and sets concrete forms. Cuts lumber to size for ceiling and floor plates, studs, braces headers, framework for doors and windows, including headers and anchors. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 7 AM-3:30 PM and may be required to be present to provide off-hours support for utility outages, maintenance and projects support, etc. *Eligible for Alternate Work Schedule (AWS) with (8) 9 hour days and (1) 8 hour day and (1) day off a pay period being a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Requirements

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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's 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 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.