These positions are located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in the Facility Management Division. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

Duties

Major Duties: · Make regularly scheduled checks to water meters, gauges, motors, pumps, feeders, and other complicated recording and control devices. Ensure water quality is in compliance with all Federal, state, and/or local regulations, as well as Departmental and Bureau level policy. · Operate a centralized, multiple zone air conditioning plant that serves a building or complex of buildings. · Install, diagnose, and make repairs on a variety of domestic and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems such as walk-in coolers, refrigerators, evaporative coolers, attic and evaporative fans, and other equipment of comparable complexity. Test for proper operation and replace items such as belts, fans, and fuses. Replace major portions of various cooling units, such as compressors, condensers, expansion valves, float and service valves, thermostats, coils, and drive assemblies. · Complete water treatment processes where the quality of the water (typically pretreated or well water) is below acceptable and prescribed standards and requires non filtration processes such as carbonation, ammoniation, fluoridation, and chlorination to change the taste, odor, or chemical content of the water. Complete water treatment processes in accordance with Federal, state, and/or local regulations, as well as Departmental and Bureau level policy. Make scheduled equipment checks to gauges, meters, electrical motors, pumps, chemical feeders, auxiliary generators, and recording and controlling devices. · Operate one or more types of heavy equipment (e.g., graders, tractors with bulldozer or angledozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, trench diggers, large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments) to push, pull, pile, or load materials such as sand, gravel, earth, coal, or refuse on flat or rolling terrain and utility construction sites with simple terrain problems. Area Information: Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in western Texas, 55 miles from Carlsbad, NM and 110 miles from El Paso, Texas. This is a remote park with the nearest community of Dell City (pop. 500), which has bus service for school grades K-12. The area has a semi-arid climate with warm summers, mild winters, abundant sunshine, low relative humidity and approximately 21 inches of rainfall per year. Grocery and department stores, hospitals, doctors, churches of most denominations, banks, motels, restaurants, and recreational facilities are found in Carlsbad, NM and in El Paso, TX. Recreation opportunities are plentiful with Carlsbad Caverns National Park located 2 miles from the city of Carlsbad, two state parks (Brantley Lake and Living Desert Zoo) and the Lincoln National Forest within an hour's drive. El Paso provides an abundance of recreation and cultural opportunities.

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 Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc. Knowledge of materials Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic) Use of Measuring Instruments 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Contacts

• Address Guadalupe Mountains National Park 400 Pine Canyon Salt Flat, TX 79847 US
• Name: Cori Stonebridge
• Email: [email protected]