About This Role
This position is for a Mason in the Carpentry shop of the Maintenance Section of Facilities Engineering Service at the VA Medical Center. The work involves bricklaying, concrete work, and general masonry, requiring significant physical effort and a strong focus on safety.
Responsibilities
- Perform bricklaying as required to repair existing structures, including cutting and splitting of bricks and blocks (common and face brick, terra cotta, cement, and cinder block)
- Create or replace expansion joints and edges using forms, edging tools, jointers, and straightedges
- Perform construction of steel reinforced support pads for building equipment
- Perform general ceramic tile work for wet areas, such as kitchens, bathrooms, operating room scrub areas, and labs
- Create window and doorway openings in concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls
- Install windowsills and door jambs, along with lintels used to support the weight of the wall above the openings
- Construct and repair retaining walls
- Shape and repair sandstone capstone and ridge
- Repair existing manholes and catch basins, adjusting for proper height and slope to drain
- Repair and construct walls of various materials like gypsum, stucco, concrete, plaster, steel stud, block, or brick
- Alter wall layouts by demolishing and rebuilding, bracing with steel framing, taping, mudding, and texturing as needed
- Construct, install, repair, and modify wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit, structural stability, and weathertight assemblies
- Apply wood, metal, and various composite materials for both interior and exterior finishes
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
- Current, valid state-issued driver's license
- Physical strength, safe approach, and stamina to cope with heavy lifting and strenuous work, such as mixing mortars, setting concrete and gypsum blocks, or carrying up to 90 pounds of materials, tools, or equipment
- Ability to stand, kneel, and stoop for long periods of time
- Ability to interpret instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading
- Knowledge of materials measurement and layout
- Technical practices in masonry
- Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment
- Ability to work without more than normal supervision
- Responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of experience on resume, including month and year start/end dates
- Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities, with clear indication of duties, responsibilities, and hours per week
