About this role
Job Summary
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoW Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position
This job announcement will fill multiple vacancies for a Maintenance Worker at the full performance level (FPL) of WG-07.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications
(Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) MAINTENANCE WORKER ~ Perform maintenance and operational work at a lake project, including carpentry, painting, plumbing, grounds and facility maintenance, and operation of maintenance vehicles and equipment; construct, alter, repair, and maintain buildings, utilities, recreational facilities, and dam-related equipment; and operate flood-control facilities by monitoring water and weather conditions, recording and reporting data, regulating discharges, and performing minor equipment maintenance without more than normal supervision.- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
Physical Effort: Works from ladders, scaffolding, and platforms where areas are hard to reach. Works requires standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, and climbing, and may be performed in cramped positions, under equipment, structures, etc. Frequently required to lift and carry parts and items weighing up to 50 pounds. Working Conditions: Work is performed outside in extremes of weather or inside shop and other buildings. Work involves walking and climbing of steps, slopes, and uneven surfaces. There is danger of injury such as cuts, burns, electrical shock and bruises while use of power tools and welding equipment, strains from lifting or work in awkward positions, and danger of drowning while working in proximity of the water. Subject to dirt, grease, mud, and other substances while performing work. Protective equipment may be required while mixing and spraying of herbicides and other chemicals, if applicable.
Major Duties
- Perform work in a variety of trades in carpentry, plumbing, painting and mechanical trades. Such trades involving, but not limited to, maintenance of dam control tower facilities, buildings and structures
- Operation of hydraulic systems, electrical equipment, machinery, mechanical tools, use of backhoe, tractor etc.
- Installation and construction of buildings/structures, as well as modification and repairing of current structures and buildings
- Perform carpentry work that involves utilizing skills and techniques required to install, repair, or modify wood products such as building renovation, door/window frames, walls, furniture, etc.
- Maintenance of water treatment plants requiring filtration processes; electrical work; welding etc.
- Perform repair of electrical fixtures, defective wiring, etc. requiring the removal and replacement, splicing, and soldering or tightening of connections
- Electrical work also involves repair or replacement of such items as switches, defective wiring, controls, circuit breakers, receptacles, ballast's, and lighting fixtures