Job opening: Preservationist
Salary: $28 - 37 per hour
Relocation: YES
Published at: Feb 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.
Duties
The purpose of the position is to perform work on conventional/typical preservation projects for a variety of historic structures. This entails the full gamut of types, and includes some new construction, major restoration or rehabilitation, complete stabilization, significant alteration, etc.
As a Preservationist you will:
Use of planers, table saws, jointers, radial saws, band saws, and shapers.
Maintain the full range of hand and power masonry tools i.e. skill saw, electric drill, router, chainsaw, sander, table saw, jointer, radial saw, bandsaw, planer, shaper, floor sander, and surfacing machines.
Repair, reconstruct, restore, and rehabilitate masonry structures by performing work such as stabilizing or constructing foundations, walls, chimneys, fireplace, and other building elements.
Replicate antique and highly skilled forms of craftsmanship using specialized tools.
Assist with the inspection of historic structures/sites/landscapes on site to determine physical condition and the type and amount of maintenance required to maintain in proper condition.
Read, interpret and apply building plans, specifications, blueprints, sketches, working drawings and building codes.
Compute curves, arcs, tangents, and possess advanced knowledge of carpentry and masonry skills utilizing accepted trade methods and techniques.
Use a variety of hand and power tools such as trowel, float, hammer, pick, chisel, brick saw, angle grinder, and pneumatic chisel in cutting and shaping stone and repointing, resetting, and relaying masonry.
Select appropriate stone and mortar materials to closely match historic fabric in color, texture, and composition, with ability to apply selected materials in a manner appropriate to historic character.
Pay Rates:
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, $27.77 - $32.42 per hour
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, New York - $30.51 - $35.64 per hour.
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Park, Atlanta, GA - $31.67 - $36.88 per hour.
Area Information:
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, located south of Colonial Beach Virginia, encompasses 550 acres of the former Popes Creek Plantation, which was where George Washington was born and is the American ancestral home of the Washington Family. In addition to a working Colonial Revival farm, visitor center, several historic structures, curatorial facility and maintenance complex, the park also has picnic grounds and a public beach. Numerous recreational activities take place in the park including fishing, kayaking, and hiking. Annual visitation to the Monument is 130,000.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, located in Oyster Bay, New York, is the preeminent storyteller of Theodore Roosevelt's home and family life. Operating on a year-round basis, this beautiful 83-acre site features two historic homes, multiple historic farm structures, fields and orchards, as well as a nature trail with woodlands, a salt marsh, tidal creek, and beach. Administrative, interpretative, cultural, and maintenance staff collaborate with partners and friends' groups to preserve and interpret the structures, landscape, collections, and other cultural resources associated with Theodore Roosevelt's home and ensure that future generations understand and appreciate the life and legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, his family, and the significant events associated with him at Sagamore Hill. Learn more about the park, including what it's like to work and/or live at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site by visiting the "Work with Us" page and reading the "Guide for Prospective Employees."
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park was established in 1980 to "protect and interpret for the benefit, inspiration, and education of present and future generations the places where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born, where he lived, worked, and worshipped, and where he is buried." The park is located within the "Sweet Auburn" community, which served as the economic, cultural, and religious center for Atlanta's segregated African-American population from 1910 through the 1960s. The buildings on the birth home block are contributing structures in the National Historical Landscape District.
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)
Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc
Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic)
Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)
Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment.
Knowledge of materials
Use of Measurements.
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 NPS Inflation Reduction Act
1849 C St. NW
Washington, DC 20240
US
- Name: Clent Hart
- Email: [email protected]