Job opening: Maintenance Worker
Salary: $32 - 42 per hour
Published at: Dec 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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
As a Maintenance Worker, you will perform recurring building, utility, and operations maintenance including carpentry, painting, plumbing, roofing, electrical, cement finishing, masonry, custodial and motor vehicle/forklift operations. Duties frequently include:
Construct, install, repair, and replace items such as doors, shelves, supply racks, hardware, frame structures, windows, trim and cabinets.
Apply premixed paints or stains to masonry, gypsum board or wood surfaces using brushes or rollers.
Paint various types of structures such as interior and exterior metal, wood and masonry surfaces and a variety of wooden trim and new and old cabinets.
Perform plumbing tasks such as replacing hose bibs, valves, nipples, unions and elbows, fixtures, toilets, flush valves, faucets and various types of pipe and copper lines.
Check, troubleshoot and analyze electrical circuitry using proper equipment to measure current, voltage and resistance.
Install, repair and replace electrical systems components.
Operate motor vehicles, trucks, trailers, tractors, skid steer loaders, backhoe, lawn mowers, edgers, etc.
Please visit find a park for additional park information.
The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period for each duty station is listed below. These employment periods can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding.
Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA) - Denali Park, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is April - September. Selectees may be moved between duty stations within park boundaries. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: April 2025.
Gates of the Arctic National Park (GAAR) - Bettles, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - October. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GLBA) - Bartlett Cove, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is April - October. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: April 2025.
Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM) - Brooks Camp, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is April - September. Apply to Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska if you are interested in working at Brooks Camp. Applicants selected for Lake & Peninsula County will be duty stationed at Brooks Camp, AK. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: April 2025.
Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM) - King Salmon, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is April - September. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: April 2025.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO) - Skagway, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is April - October. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: April 2025.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL) - Port Alsworth, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - October. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) - Copper Center, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - September. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) - Kennecott, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - September. Apply to McCarthy, Alaska if you are interested in working at Kennecott. Applicants selected for McCarthy will be duty stationed in Kennecott, AK. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve & Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (YUGA) - Coal Creek Camp, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - October. Apply to Circle Hot Springs, Alaska if you are interested in working at Coal Creek Camp. Applicants selected for Circle Hot Springs will be duty stationed at Coal Creek Camp, AK Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve & Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (YUGA) - Eagle, Alaska - Anticipated employment period is May - October. Anticipated Entrance on Duty: May 2025.
Positions may not be filled at every duty station.
Government housing is anticipated to be available at Bettles, Brooks Camp (Lake and Peninsula County), Coal Creek Camp (Circle Hot Springs), Eagle, King Salmon and Port Alsworth. Government housing may be available at Bartlett Cove, Copper Center, Denali Park, Kennecott (McCarthy) and Skagway.
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)
Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (includes blueprint reading)
Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Knowledge of Materials
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.
In addition, experience in a variety of the following trades is required to be documented in detail in your resume: carpentry, painting, plumbing, roofing, electrical, cement finishing, masonry, wastewater plant operator, and/or water plant operator.
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.
Continued from the Requirements section:
Special requirement for Kennecott (McCarthy): Employees must pass a pulmonary respiratory resistance test to determine the physical ability to perform the work required as a condition for appointment. All employees on site are subject to an initial medical examination and periodic blood tests as required by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62 (at government expense). Lead is known to be present in the Kennecott area, primarily in the form of paint dust. As determined through air monitoring, respirators may be required. Respirators must be worn in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.134, which requires a good face seal. Presence of facial hair, glasses, etc. are prohibited if it cannot be proven that such conditions do not prevent that requirement.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Contacts
- Address Alaska Regional Office
240 W 5th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
US
- Name: HR Assistant
- Phone: 907-644-3828
- Email: [email protected]