Maintenance Worker Leader

• Serves as working leader of employees in accomplishing various trades and labor work.
• Passes instructions received from supervisor and assigns tasks to be performed.
• Ensures that needed plans, blueprints, material, equipment and tools are available.
• Checks work in progress for compliance with supervisor's instructions.
• Demonstrates proper work methods.
• Answers questions regarding procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives.
• Provides information to supervisor on status and progress of work, causes of delays, overall work operations and problems.
• Assures that safety and housekeeping rules are followed.
• Coordinates work between supervisor, technical crew, project or district engineering staff, and environmental personnel.
• Works with crew, setting the pace, performing non-supervisory work of the same kind and level as that done by the group led.
• Performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks related to the operations and maintenance of physical plant facilities, project grounds, parks, wildlife areas and other public use facilities.
• Operates and maintains a variety of heavy equipment, including graders, boom trucks, backhoes, tractors, excavators, dump trucks, forklifts, fish barges, and boats.
• Performs, assists or provides oversight for pump repairs and troubleshooting and repair of flood control, irrigation, water flumes, supply pipes, valves, various motors and engines, fish truck transport tanks, and sewage systems.
• Ensures proper fish handling techniques are utilized where applicable and incorporates fish friendly equipment design and repairs.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A pre-employment drug test is required.
• A pre-employment physical is required.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain Class A CDL w/liquid load endorsement within 1 year of employment.
• Position may require working weekends and holidays as needed during fish collection season (May through October).
• Must be able to obtain/maintain operator's licenses for equipment within the organization within 1 year of employment.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• This position requires the ability to lift heavy objects, up to 50 lbs.

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 Leader ~ without more than normal supervision. I have the ability to perform common dutiesof a Work Leader. I can plan and independently perform tasks in the areas of maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, heavy equipment operation and operating and maintaining systems such as pumping plants, large scale irrigation, or similar operations. I am able to work as part of a crew and to assume responsibility for leading in the accomplishment of tasks. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

• PHYSICAL EFFORT
  Uses moderate physical effort to stack, load, unload, move and carry tools, equipment, and materials ranging in weight from 10 pounds to 50 pounds unassisted. Occasionally lifts heavier objects with assistance (e.g., using a hand truck). Required to reach, walk, stand, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Occasionally works in cramped quarters, or from ladders, scaffolds, or platforms.
• WORKING CONDITIONS
  Work is performed inside and outside in all types of weather (e.g., heat, cold, rain, wind, etc.) and usually in a dirty, dusty and/or greasy environment. Incumbent is exposed to the possibility of broken bones, electrical shocks, burns, cuts bruises, maimed fingers, and scrapes. Occasionally is required to wear uncomfortable protective clothing. Schedule is subj'ect to emergency work outside of normal duty hours.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.

As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

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