Maintenance Worker, WG

Overview

Northwestern Division (NWD) - Portland District

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position:
As a Maintenance Worker you will be responsible for the maintenance, repairs and construction of various project and public use facilities, wildlife habitat maintenance and restoration. In addition, you will be responsible for general maintenance to grounds and buildings.

Lowell, OR

• Construct, maintain, and repair various project and public use facilities: floating boat docks, pump houses, restrooms, flood control structures, tables, fire pits, roadways, log booms, sidewalks, boat ramps, shop facilities, play structures.
• Perform basic brazing and arc welding in the modification of equipment, construction of gates, and fabrication of brackets.
• Maintenance work includes repairing interior and exterior trim, doors, windows, gutters, shingle roofs, floors. Mix and pour concrete, build fences, repair hand tools and plumbing systems.
• Cut grass, prune trees and shrubs, load and unload materials and supplies, collect trash and garbage, clean restrooms, remove floating debris from the reservoir and shoreline.
• Operate and maintain miscellaneous equipment: mowers, brush chipper, stump chipper, gas powered hand tools including chain saws, brush cutters, air compressors, power saws and miscellaneous power hand tools.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations. 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.

WG-06: Ability to do the work of a Maintenance Worker (Motor Vehicle Operator) without more than normal supervision. Must have the ability to perform common maintenance and construction tasks under normal supervision including painting, carpentry, and plumbing repairs. The ability to operate common hand tools and measuring devices of the carpentry or painting trades to perform simple maintenance tasks. The ability to operate a motor vehicle, transport equipment/material to the job site in preparation of work and clean-up after completion of the work assignment.

Work may be performed under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed.

WG-07: Ability to do the work of a Maintenance Worker (Motor Vehicle Operator) without more than normal supervision. Must have the ability to perform common maintenance and construction tasks under normal supervision including painting, carpentry, and plumbing repairs. The ability to prepare surfaces for painting and prepare coating materials. The ability to measure and cut wood, perform plumbing repairs to maintain toilets, drinking fountains, showers, and caulk and seal elbows and joints.

The ability to operate tools and equipment commonly used in the mechanical, carpentry, plumbing, painting and metal working trades such as measuring devices, squares, planes, power-saws, paint sprayers, air compressors, drill presses, power riding mowers and farm-type tractors. The ability to plan jobs by determining the work needed and the materials, parts, supplies and tools needed to accomplish the job.

The ability to operate motor vehicles.

WG-08: Ability to do the work of a Maintenance Worker (Motor Vehicle Operator) without more than normal supervision. The ability to perform general construction, maintenance and repair to project and public use facilities including pump plants, levees, shop facilities, water supply, toilets, picnic tables, operating equipment, roadways, sidewalks, playground equipment, and shelters. The ability to maintain grounds and buildings, mix and pour concrete, construct wooden forms, perform plumbing repairs to maintain toilets, drinking fountains, showers.

The ability to install and repair iron, ceramic and plastic plumbing and fixtures, and caulk and seal elbows and joints. The ability to use small power and hand tools including table saws, skill saw, radial arm saw, sander, electric drill, small lathe, arc welder, and gas welder. The ability to read and interpret written instructions, plans, specifications, operation and maintenance manuals.

The ability to repair irrigation systems. The ability to plan jobs by determining the work needed and the materials, parts, supplies and tools needed to accomplish the job. The ability to operate motor…