This position is located in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, in the Division of Facilities and Ships. This job announcement is open to receive applications from the first 100 applicants. The job announcement will remain open until either the quota of applicants, or is reached. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration, even those that exceed the 100 applicant limit.

Duties

This is a Career/Career-Conditional Full-time appointment. As a Marine Preservation Mechanic, you will perform the following duties: Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs electrical wiring systems, fixtures, and controls. Performs preventative electrical system maintenance on historic ships and in visitor centers, museums, housing areas, maintenance facilities, public buildings, residences, concessions facilities, and partner facilities and/or shops. Performs welding on historic metals and alloys such as cast iron, wrought iron, steel and its alloys, copper and its alloys, zinc, and galvanized metal. Welds worn, broken, or missing metal parts of historic ships, piping systems and pressure vessels on historic and/or modern boiler tubes and fuel supply pipes. Performs a variety of forging operations such as drawing, upsetting, bending, twisting, scoring, hacking, rolling, beveling, and punching on bars and ingots of metal stock. Fabricates marine related metal tools and parts to historic standards such as metal brackets, stands, tanks, boxes, carts, gates, ramps, grates, and other tools, jigs and fittings as needed. Maintains and repairs the gangways and related gear and work with other members of the crew. Performs boiler making work to include providing metal work support on the historic ship's engines, auxiliaries, boilers, stacks, and related gear. Performs ship fitting work on riveted bulkheads and bulwarks, port lights, deck fittings, specialized fastenings, stanchions, components of the mooring system, mast and spare parts, and other components. Rolls, bends, flanges, cuts, and otherwise shapes plates, beams, and other heavy metal parts, using various shop machinery, such as plate rolls, hydraulic presses, bending brakes, joggle machines, and combinations of punching, shearing, and metering machines. Assembles the various pieces to form the required part. Install and fit parts on ships. Removes, repairs or replaces damaged parts of ship structures.

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 blueprinting 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.

Additional Information -

Documentation for the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) eligibility, submission of ALL SF-50s and performance information for each period of temporary/term employment that qualifies for LMWFA. Performance documentation can be obtained by contacting the supervisors for the positions you served in during your 24 months. If they did not complete performance appraisals ask them to provide a statement of performance for each period of service. The statement must specify the dates for each employment period and your level of performance (dates should match the dates on the SF-50s).

Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies. Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(2) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, and a copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP/ICTAP eligible. If you are selected for Federal employment, you will be required to fill out a Declaration of Federal Employment, OF-306, prior to being appointed to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. Failing to answer all questions truthfully and completely or providing false statements on your application may be grounds for not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be punished by fine or imprisonment (U.S. Code, Title 18, section 1001).

Contacts

• Address San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park DO NOT SEND MAIL TO THE PARK San Francisco, CA 94123 US
• Name: Renate Thibault
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]