Utility Systems Repairer - Operator

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.

Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis.

• You will work from approximately Jan-Dec, and you will be in a non-pay status for 1 pay period in Nov from 11/9-11/22.
• Oversee the testing of water samples to verify water quality is in compliance with all Federal, state, and/or local regulations, as well as Departmental and Bureau level policy.
• Operate one or more types of heavy equipment to excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth to rough specifications on projects to break ground for utility systems and construction sites.
• Install, modify, and repair new and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems and equipment such as sewage, water, oil, and gas distribution systems, and water closets, tubs, sprinklers, and showers.
• Make electrical repairs that can be accomplished by removing, replacing, tightening, splicing, soldering, and insulating defective wiring, controls, equipment, and fixtures such as broken and bare wiring, burned out switches and relays, loose connections and fittings, damaged light fixtures, and poorly operating thermostats.
• Operate one or more motor vehicles with gross vehicle weights of more that 26,000 pounds over public roads at highway speeds to transport supplies, materials, equipment, and/or tools, or to tow equipment throughout rural and urban areas.