Job opening: Maintenance Worker
Salary: $24 per hour
Published at: Oct 26 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located within a National Forest. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of duties that involve the upkeep of buildings, grounds, and related structures, fixtures, and utilities.
Duties
Conducts visual examinations and operational tests to determine the need for, and the performance of, repair work on a level of difficulty and responsibility of trades such as carpentry, painting, plumbing, roofing, etc.
Maintains and repairs facilities, including comfort stations, fee booths, fish cleaning stations, information and reservation boards and signs, campsites, parking lots, picnic shelters, shower and administration buildings, and visitor centers.
Responsible for potable water system sampling, testing, and record-keeping as required by regulations for all administrative and recreation sites.
Performs plumbing duties, including responding to water system outages and diagnoses water loss problems, repairs leaks, pumps, pipes, and fixtures or related issues, and restores system functionality.
Responsible for water system maintenance, including monitoring leak location, testing wells, pumps, leak repair, and adding line replacements.
Conducts routine system monitoring, valve exercising, and evaluation.
Performs general carpentry work such as measuring, cutting, constructing, installing, repairing and modifying wood, composite, and wood substitute items where specific fit and accuracy are within allowable limits to produce a serviceable product.
Applies standard measurements, specifications, and instructions when constructing, installing, or repairing items, such as frame structures, decking, partitions, shelving, doors, forms, siding, and scaffolds.
Responsible for conducting safety inspections of facilities, documenting safety hazards, working condition of facilities, and functionality.
Responsible for maintaining facility maintenance records and inputting maintenance data into a national database.
Develops annual maintenance schedule and maintains records for owned equipment, such as trailers, welders, saws, tractors, and other equipment.
Moves, installs, repairs and replaces campground related fixtures, including wood and concrete tables, stairs, pads, cans, fire rings, etc.
Answers maintenance and repair related questions by visitors or refers them to the appropriate authority.
Occasionally works on facility rehabilitation projects.
May have to repair/replace roofs and paint interior and/or exterior of buildings or projects.
Operates both hand-held and mobile radios, as well as a variety of hand and power tools such as hammers, sanders, grinders, saws, pliers, wrenches, drills, etc.
May also perform a variety of laborer tasks such as clearing brush, seeding and sodding, clearing timber, policing grounds, waste disposal, mowing, repairing damaged roadways, cleaning ditches, and assisting other trade positions.
Requirements
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choosing.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-Verify.
- Must be 18 years of age.
Qualifications
You must possess the Basic Requirements identified below to be considered eligible for this position. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate experience requirements.
Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired.
Applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement.
Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision
Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
Use of Measuring Instruments
Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)
To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Knowledge of Materials
There is no substitution of education for this position.
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; religious; 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.
To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements on the closing date of this announcement.
Contacts
- Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center
DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Albuquerque, NM 87109
US
- Name: HRM Contact Center
- Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
- Email: [email protected]