This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as a Maintenance Worker at a lake project, performing a variety of duties associated with the maintenance and operation of the dam and appurtenant structures, and may include a number of public use recreational facilities in the lake area.

Duties

Performs work in variety of trades in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, welding and mechanical trades. Performs repetitive duties incidental to the servicing, maintenance, and operation of dam equipment and facilities. Duties include threading and bending pipe or conduit, cutting boards and pipe to specified lengths. Apply premixed paint to rough work. Performs gasoline and/or diesel engine repairing. Perform concrete mixing as well as ground maintenance. Participates with higher grade maintenance mechanics in the construction, alteration, maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, utilities, and other facilities related to the operation and maintenance of a lake project.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent is required to obtain and maintain a valid, State-issued Driver’s license.
• This position requires incumbent to obtain and maintain a Corps of Engineers certification to operate a motorboat.
• Incumbent is required to wear a Corps of Engineers uniform.
• The position meets the criteria for random drug testing under the Department of the Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Program as supplemented by USACE Pamphlet 600-1-3.
• This position requires successful completion of pre-employment and/or annual physical examinations in accordance with agency requirements.
• Incumbent must lift objects up to and occasionally in excess of 50 pounds.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a Maintenance Worker without more than normal supervision. Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Maintenance Worker Helper WG-4749-5 Perform simple carpentry work, install electrical fixtures or have received training on the use of basic hand tools and power tools. Maintenance Worker WG-4749-7 Perform common electrical wiring, hydraulic systems, rough carpentry work, masonry work, plumbing systems, and roofing. Physical Effort: Performs duties from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms where areas are hard to reach. Work requires standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and work in cramped positions. Frequently required to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds. Working Conditions: Works outside a substantial part of the time subject to extreme weather. Work involves walking, climbing of ladders, steps, slopes, and uneven surfaces. Subject to dirt, grease, mud, and other substances while performing work. There is danger of injury while using power tools and other equipment, of strains and sprains from lifting and working in cramped, positions, and of drowning when working in the proximity of water. Protective equipment may be required while mixing and spraying of herbicides and other chemicals, if applicable.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-LOUISVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk