Maintenance Worker

• Conducts visual examinations and operational tests to determine the need for and the performance of repair work on a level of difficulty and responsibility of trades such as carpentry painting plumbing roofing etc.
• Maintains and repairs facilities including but not limited to: comfort stations fee booths fish cleaning stations information signs and reservation boards.
• Maintains and repairs campsites parking lots picnic shelters shower buildings administration buildings and visitor centers.
• Responsible for potable water system sampling testing and record-keeping as required by regulations for all administrative and recreation sites.
• Performs plumbing duties including responding to water system outages and diagnoses water loss problems repairs leaks pumps pipes and fixtures or related issues and restores system functionality.
• Responsible for water system maintenance including monitoring leak location testing wells pumps leak repair and adding line replacements. Conducts routine system monitoring valve exercising and evaluation.
• Performs general carpentry work such as measuring cutting constructing installing repairing and modifying wood composite and wood substitute items where specific fit and accuracy are within allowable limits to produce a serviceable product.
• Applies standard measurements specifications and instructions when constructing installing or repairing items such as frame structures decking partitions shelving doors forms siding and scaffolds.
• Responsible for conducting safety inspections of facilities documenting safety hazards working condition of facilities and functionality.
• Responsible for maintaining facility maintenance records and inputting maintenance data into a national database.
• Develops annual maintenance schedule and maintains records for owned equipment such as trailers welders saws tractors and other equipment.
• Moves installs repairs and replaces campground related fixtures including wood and concrete tables stairs pads cans fire rings etc.
• Answers maintenance and repair related questions by visitors or refers them to the appropriate authority. Occasionally works on facility rehabilitation projects.
• May have to repair/replace roofs and paint interior and/or exterior of buildings or projects.
• Operates both handheld and mobile radios as well as a variety of hand and power tools such as hammers sanders grinders saws pliers wrenches drills etc.
• May also perform a variety of laborer tasks such as clearing brush seeding and sodding clearing timber policing grounds waste disposal mowing repairing damaged roadways cleaning ditches and assisting other trade positions.

• 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.
• Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choosing.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit E-Verify.
• Must be 18 years of age.

In order to qualify you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position visit the Office of Personnel Managements Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance scope and quality of all experience and training regardless of where or how acquired.

Applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement.

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly Installation Repair etc.
• Technical Practices (theoretical precise artistic)
• Use of Measuring Instruments
• Ability To Interpret Instructions Specification etc. (includes blueprinting reading)
• To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Knowledge of Materials

There is no substitution of education 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.

To receive consideration for this position you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.