Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Maintenance Worker. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon

Duties

NOTE: This recruitment is for a TERM position. It is a time limited position and MAY be extended up to a maximum of FOUR years. For current DOI employees this MAY be a TEMP PROMOTION or TEMP REASSIGNMENT NTE .The position MAY be converted to a permanent, career or career conditional appointment without further competition as long as all requirements are met. Performs a variety of trades and crafts duties associated with the maintenance and operation of an area office, its grounds, and facilities. Performs water operation tasks, such as operating pumping plants, making prescribed water releases, and taking reservoir readings. Uses skill in the techniques and methods of carpentry, painting, masonry, pipefitting, welding, irrigating, gardening, and calculating water releases. Operates and maintains various construction equipment, vehicles, and boats. -Performs maintenance work as part of a regular schedule or as problems occur. -Reads and interprets instructions, blueprints, specifications, product directions, operating procedures, etc. -During periods of non-operation, performs maintenance work on canals, drains, and water facility structures, including dams, pumping plants, check structure turnouts, and bridges, etc. -Constructs, installs, repairs, or modifies wooden items and structures, such as panels, concrete forms, dry walls, framework, interior and exterior trim, cabinets, fences, bridges, etc. -Measures and cuts materials to required dimensions, assembles with appropriate hardware or adhesives, and finishes completed work (e.g., planes, sands, seals, paints) as necessary. -Installs, repairs, and replaces pipe, tile, union joints, faucets, drains and related items. -Operates and services farm and construction-type equipment, such as rubber-tired backhoe, motor grader, 10-yd. dump truck, lowboy, crawler tractor, farm tractor, hydraulic excavation, front-end loader, forklift, boat, power mowers, asphalt pots, small cement mixer, light-duty truck, and motor vehicles. -Mixes and applies chemicals to control noxious weeds and pests. -Performs water operations tasks as directed or in accordance with established procedures. -Makes prescribed water releases from storage and diversion dams for irrigation and flood control purposes. -Operates pumping plants for drainage purposes, involving determining pumping requirements by close observation of water levels and operating conditions. -Makes irrigation water deliveries to private lands from canal turnouts, water releases into water areas under Fish and Wildlife control, and from wildlife regulating ponds into Project leased lands.

Requirements

Qualifications

Who May Apply:30% or More Disabled VeteransBureau of Reclamation Employees (Competitive)Bureau of Reclamation Employees (Non-Competitive)Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive)Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive)Federal Employees (Competitive Transfer)Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Transfer)Former Federal Employees (Competitive Reinstatement)Former Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Reinstatement)Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A)Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)Military SpousesMiscellaneous Appointing AuthoritiesPathways Program - Conversion EligiblePeace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA VolunteersPublic Lands Corps (PLC) Hiring AuthoritySpecial Hiring AuthoritiesVeterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA)Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA) Your application materials must demonstrate sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position without more than normal supervision. Qualifications will be determined on the basis of information submitted within your resume and responses to the assessment questions. For information about qualifications for Federal Wage System positions please, visit OPM. Minimum qualifications for trades and labor positions are determined by evaluation of job elements. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements in order to be considered qualified for this position. 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 06/26/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address KBAO Bureau of Reclamation 6600 Washburn Way Klamath Falls, OR 97603 US
• Name: BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
• Phone: 916-978-5476
• Email: [email protected]