Job opening: Maintenance Worker (MVO)

Salary: $19 - 22 per hour

Published at: Dec 08 2023

Employment Type: Full-time

The position is to perform basic maintenance and repair of grounds, walkways, exterior structures, campgrounds, buildings and related utilities. Work includes custodial worker and laborer duties, masonry, carpentry, gardening, plumbing, roofing, painting, and other trade work. On a regular basis also operate light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds (such as pick-up trucks, panel trucks, flatbed trucks, etc.) to transport personnel, material, or equipment.

Duties

Performance of a variety of duties required in the routine operation, maintenance and minor repairs of buildings and related facilities, including roads and trails, landscaping and grounds care. Janitorial work to include daily cleaning of restrooms, public areas and offices including washing, stripping and waxing floors; vacuuming carpets and washing windows and mirrors. Minor carpentry repairs to building and structure components such as roofs, walls, ceilings, doors and windows. Use electrical power tools to cut, router and sand informational signs. Minor plumbing repairs include replacing washers, valves and water supply lines. Painting and preparing surfaces; both interior and exterior wood, plaster and concrete. Minor electrical repairs and use of welding and metal cutting equipment are also frequently performed. Assist in concrete repairs to walks, trails and brick or wood structures. Use of riding lawn mowers is a part of the grounds care duties. Must be able to operate standard transmission vehicles including 4 x 4 pickup and garden tractor mower. The position will include exposure to difficult field conditions (high heat/humidity, biting insects). Incumbent must be in excellent physical condition, be able to do considerable walking, standing, bending, kneeling, stretching, climbing, crawling, working outdoors in high humidity, wind, dust and temperatures that can reach 100+ degrees. Employee will be required to complete a pre-employment background security check. For open continuous JOA's add this verbiage: This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement. The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm (est), 12-18-2023. Initial consideration will be given to candidates whose applications have been received before the first cut-off date. Qualification requirements must be met for those applications submitted by the first cut-off date.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and EquipmentKnowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.Knowledge of materialsTechnical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic)Use of Measuring InstrumentsVehicle Operation Screen Out: Have performed elementary carpentry repairs such as replacing broken planks on picnic tables, repairing siding or wooden chairs with nails, reapplying/repairing molding, or installing shelving, signage, or items like whiteboards. Repaired minor wood structures, such as park benches, waste baskets, and signs. Used circular or hand saw to make straight and routine cuts. Used simple measuring devices such as tape measures and squares; and hand and power tools such as hammers, bars, handsaws, screw drivers, and skill saws. Replaced toilet seats, installed soap and paper towel dispensers, unplugged sinks and toilets using a plunger. Tightened simple connections to stop leaks. Cleaned and prepared buildings, walls, trim, and floor surfaces for painting by sanding, scraping, or wire brushing. Performed touch-up painting on tools and equipment, wood, or metal surfaces. Stained slats in park benches or on waste baskets. Painted garbage cans, gates, signposts, and other features. Inspected, maintained, and replaced light bulbs in a variety of fixtures both inside and outside. Mowed lawns using large, complex industrial-type (walking and riding type) power mowers and a small domestic power mower. Performed routine maintenance and repair on equipment. Operated power edger and trims along walkways and curbs. Cut and removed brush; dug and filled trenches with pick and shovel. Hauled materials with wheelbarrow. Cleaned and serviced restrooms, other visitor facilities and/or office areas, employee break rooms, exhibit areas. Loaded trash and debris into trash packers, dump trucks, and other vehicles and receptacles. Performed asphalt work and road maintenance by repairing pavement surfaces. Used, cared for, and accounted for various hand tools and equipment. Picked up tools and equipment after completion of project or assignment. Cleans work area and returns tools to designated compartments, racks, carts, or toolboxes. Swept sawdust, cleaned spills, gathers scrap, and remove trash to keep work area clean and orderly. Spread sand on ice from the back of moving truck during inclement weather; shoveled walkways; applied ice control chemicals to sidewalks, plazas, steps, and parking lots. Operate motor vehicles up to 10,000 pounds GVW including 2- or 4-wheel drive pickups on regularly established schedules and standard routes to transport personnel, supplies, materials, or equipment and tools throughout the park under limited traffic conditions at low speeds. Perform minor operator maintenance on light duty motor vehicles such as pickup trucks, panel trucks, flatbed trucks, carryalls, sedans, crew cab pickup trucks. Work is supervised throughout completion. Orally received and carried out detailed assignments. This position requires that the incumbent possess and maintains a valid State Driver's License. If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors. Volunteer Experience: 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.