Maintenance Worker

• Perform the full range of outside maintenance and landscaping activities involved on campus facilities.
• Maintain work and equipment areas and work with supervisor to ensure supplies and equipment are on hand.
• Maintain surfaces such as sidewalks steps walls curbs ramps roads etc.
• Ensure adherence to conduct safety fire care of equipment housekeeping rules and regulations.
• Remove broken concrete and prepare subsurfaces for repair including leveling ground and tamping fill material such as sand dirt and gravel.
• Operate pickup trucks panel trucks flatbed trucks and other vehicles (weight up to 10000 pounds) to tow and carry equipment lawn materials supplies etc.
• Prune and trim shrubs trees and other plants as required to obtain a proper balance between roots and top growth.

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.
• Direct Deposit Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit E-Verify at vehicle or commercial drivers license required.
• Drug Test Required.
• Vaccine(s) Required.
• Special Physical Requirements/Demands.
• SAC and full background investigation required for positions working with BSL-3 (or higher) agents or in BSL-3/BSL-4 facilities.
• Department of Justice (DOJ) Security Risk Assessment (SRA) approval is required.
• Immunizations may be required.
• Respirator fitting and certification are required.
• Required to report or duty during emergencies critical periods or during times when there are Government closures due to inclement weather or lapses in funding.
• Required to lift up to 100 pounds with appropriate support.
• Require pre-employment medical examination after receipt of a conditional job offer and on a periodic basis after onboarding.
• Must pass periodic fitness for duty physicals.
• May require a baseline blood sample for employees entering and working in the biocontainment facilities.
• All personnel entering the BSL-3 or higher biocontainment facilities at NBAF shall not be in contact with specific susceptible animals and their premises away from NBAF for a period of five (5) days after leaving biocontainment.

In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following by the closing date of the vacancy announcement:

07/14/2026Qualifications will be determined under the Job Element Rating System X-118C Qualifications Standard Handbook. While a specific length of time and experience is not required for most Wage Grade positions you must show through experience and training that you possess the best qualified level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of this position. Qualification requirements emphasize the quality of experience not necessarily the length. The responses to the questionnaire and your resume should be in significant detail to provide the person rating your application with a good understanding of your ability to do the job technical knowledge work and training experience etc. (For example You must have the ability to perform the duties of a Maintenance Workerwithout more than normal supervision (Screen Out)). Applicants who do not meet the SCREEN OUT ELEMENT will not be given further consideration.

Working Conditions
The incumbent works both inside and the operation of equipment and other activities the incumbent is subject to dust dirt grease scrapes burns infections fumes drafts noise chemical dust and varying temperatures outside including extreme temperatures. The incumbent follows prescribed safety practices and uses safety equipment to avoid injury and possible hazards in the work mixing substances and applying pesticides wears respirators gloves and other personal protective equipment.

The health status of personnel is monitored periodically using biologic and serologic tests and physical examinations.

Restrictions against contact with birds and livestock outside the laboratory may apply after entering high security animal facilities that are working with disease agents foreign to the United States.

For the health and safety of the incumbent and to prevent the spread of disease immunization against diseases being studied which are transmissible to humans may be required.

To prevent the transmission of disease out of biocontainment and retention of the position the incumbent must meet the following medical standards in a pre-employment medical examination conducted after the receipt of a preliminary job offer and on a periodic basis:

• Ability to shower out of biocontainment one or more times per day;
• Not have any skin condition which would prevent this;
• Body piercings must be able to be removed prior to entry;
• External medical assist devices must have the ability to be removed prior to entering or not impede the ability to enter biocontainment and the individual must still be able to shower out safely without assistance;
• Ability to follow instructions regarding decontamination from biocontainment;
• Any medical condition which could create an unsafe environment for the individual or his/her co-workers such as: insufficient control of a medical disorder which could result in sudden loss of consciousness; and inadequate vision and hearing required for safety in a laboratory environment.