Description du poste
This position is located with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Plains Area, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Manhattan, Kansas. In this position, you will be an integral member of Facilities Engineering Office, performing a full range of activities involved in maintaining and repairing a variety of air conditioning and cooling unit systems.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Install equipment from individual systems to large scale equipment responsible for cooling, heating, and humidifying at various locations such as office buildings, laboratories, warehouses, mechanical rooms, and areas with sensitive equipment.
Perform yearly maintenance that includes checking all laboratory cold storage and campus refrigerators, freezers, environmental growth chambers, and walk-in coolers.
Conduct preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshoot; repair/replace defective parts, inspect/test new refrigeration equipment, and replenish gases for refrigerators and freezers.
Ensure general building maintenance such as air balance, ventilation systems, electrical pumps, electric motors, etc., related to air conditioning and refrigeration.
Refurbish old equipment including wiring and insulation.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following by the closing date of the vacancy announcement: 11/25/2026Qualifications will be determined under the Job Element Rating System X-118C, Qualifications Standard Handbook. While a specific length of time and experience is not required for most Wage Grade positions, you must show through experience and training that you possess the best qualified level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of this position. Qualification requirements emphasize the quality of experience, not necessarily the length. The responses to the questionnaire and your resume should be in significant detail to provide the person rating your application with a good understanding of your ability to do the job, technical knowledge, work, and training experience, etc. (For example You must have the ability to perform the duties of an, Air Conditioning Equipment Mechanic without more than normal supervision (Screen Out)). Applicants who do not meet the SCREEN OUT ELEMENT will not be given further consideration. Working Conditions: The incumbent usually performs work inside heated buildings but may be required to work on equipment located outside of buildings and on top of roofs. When outside, work may be occasionally performed in all kinds of weather. The incumbent may be exposed to equipment in continual operation, noise levels, and odors. The incumbent is also subject to infection, mechanical injury, electric shock, gas, cuts, bruises, fumes, dirt and grease. Safety equipment must be used when required and the incumbent is required to wear a full-faced respirator when working in biological control settings. The health status of personnel is monitored periodically using biologic and serologic tests and physical examinations. Restrictions against contact with birds and livestock outside the laboratory may apply after entering high security animal facilities that are working with disease agents foreign to the United States. For the health and safety of the incumbent and to prevent the spread of disease, immunization against diseases being studied which are transmissible to humans may be required. The mission of NBAF includes research, diagnosis and training for animal diseases foreign to the U.S. for the purpose of protecting American agriculture and domestic food sources from their potentially devastating effects. NBAF is vital to successfully protecting U.S. agriculture from the intentional or non-intentional introduction of foreign animal diseases such as Foot-and-Mouth disease. The position supports the biocontainment facilities and may require entry into biosafety level (BSL) 3, 3 enhanced, 3 Ag and BSL-4 labs. The in