This position is located in Lowell National Historical Park, in the Maintenance Division.

Duties

This position is located in Lowell National Historical Park, in the Buildings Division. The primary purpose of the position is to perform recurring building and/or utility maintenance and operation duties and to assist journeymen and other higher graded maintenance workers. Incumbent utilizes knowledge and skills in several trades and crafts. Perform duties such as Adjusts door hardware including door closures, strike plates, panic bars (crash out bars), locks and cores. Repairs and paints walls throughout the building, using drywall tools, paint brushes, roller, latex and oil based paints. Performs custodial duties such as carpet cleaning, vacuuming, damp and dry mopping floors, apply floor finishes and monitoring and restocking custodial (toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap, trash bags, etc.) supplies throughout the park. Replaces burned out light bulbs, inlcuding a variety of fluorescent and LED bulbs; perfroms minor plumbing repairs such as to urinal flash valves, toilet flush valves and replacing of batteries in auto-flush machines and replacing toilet seats. Performs a variety of outdoor maintenance including maintaining grassy areas using lawnmowers and string trimmers and performing snow removal duties in the winter using shovels or snow blowers. Area Information: Lowell National Historical Park located in Lowell, Massachusetts approximately 28 miles northwest of Boston or 35 minutes by highway and served by commuter rail service directly to downtown Boston. The history of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated in downtown Lowell. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum with a historic weave room that has 88 operating looms, the "Mill Girls" Boarding House dating back to the 1830s, the Market Mills Visitor Center and orientation film, the Suffolk Mill turbine exhibits, the rail line Trolley system, the largest hydro power canal system in the U.S. originated as a transportation canal in 1796 to bypass the Merrimack River rapids are preserved throughout the city and guided tours by boat or foot tell the story of transition from farm to factory, chronicle immigrant and labor history, and trace industrial technology. Lowell National Historical Park has the largest footprint and acreage of all the major urban National Historical Park designations within the National Park Service.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors. You must meet level 2 on the screen out factor/element and an average of level 2 on all factors/elements. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sectors: Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen Out). Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) (JE#-25-E). Use of Measuring Instruments (JE#-60). Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (JE#-75-A). Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment (JE#-81). Knowledge of Materials (JE#-82-A). Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc. (JE#-2E). This position requires operation of government owned motor vehicle, a valid unrestricted state driver's license is required. Candidates who do not meet this requirement by close of this announcement will receive no further consideration for this position. For this position, the work is defined as: full range of maintenance worker duties associated with more than one trade such as carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical and other trades appropriate to this position. 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. Applicants must be physically fit and, as required in Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Handbook, must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the elements listed in the Online Occupational Questionnaire to perform the duties of the position at the level for which they are applying. A specific length of time and experience is not required; however, you must be able to demonstrate the rough experience shown in your written application, that you possess sufficient knowledge, skill and ability to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. 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 Lowell National Historical Park 67 Kirk Street Lowell, MA 01852-1029 US
• Name: Geraldo Carlos
• Phone: 925-597-5860
• Email: [email protected]