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Maintenance Worker
Bureau of Reclamation · Posted 58 days ago
On-site Klamath Falls, OR $25.8 – $31.9/hr Apply by Aug 19, 2026 Maintenance Mechanic ESTJESTPISTJISTP
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You will serve as a Maintenance Worker. Join the Klamath Basin Area Office as a Dam Operator responsible for the operation of multiple Dams within the Klamath Project, located in Southern Oregon and Northern California. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Observes and reckons with related operational factors, such as maintaining prescribed water levels in reservoirs, conveyance capacities, and changes in diverter's pumping operations.
- →Makes irrigation water deliveries to private lands from canal turnouts, water releases into water areas under Fish and Wildlife control, and from wildlife regulating ponds into Project leased lands.
- →Repairs, paints and replaces water control gates and pipes.
- →Maintains and repairs irrigation equipment and facilities, including pumps, valves, discharge gates, turnouts, pipes, fittings).
- →Operates and services farm and construction-type equipment, such as rubber-tired backhoe, motor grader, crawler tractor, farm tractor, hydraulic excavation, front end loader, forklift, boat, power mowers, asphalt pots, small cement mixer, motor vehicles and trucks weighing no more than 26,000 pounds.
- →Performs janitorial and groundskeeping tasks (e.g., mowing, watering, trash removal), fuels and services vehicles, and removes snow and ice from Project office access and parking areas.
- →Repairs, paints and replaces water control gates and pipes.
- →Maintains and repairs irrigation equipment and facilities, including pumps, valves, discharge gates, turnouts, pipes, fittings).
Requirements
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓You must possess or obtain a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
- ✓Failure to obtain/maintain a Class A CDL will result in the termination of appointment.
- ✓Pre-employment and random alcohol and drug testing are required.
- ✓You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive test is received.
- ✓You will be required to complete a pre-employment physical examination by a licensed physician certifying your ability to perform the duties of this position.
- ✓The cost of the exam will be reimbursed by the agency.
- ✓You must obtain and maintain a State Herbicide license within 180 days of employment.
- ✓Failure to obtain/maintain the license will result in the termination of appointment.
- ✓You must obtain and maintain a Forklift Operator's license, Fixed Crane certification, Rigger certification, various Dam Tenders certification courses and a valid CPR and First Aid certificate.
- ✓Failure to meet certification requirements could result in adverse consequences.
- ✓You are required to work a rotating weekend and holiday schedule.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a8ae3f00-8695-44cc-afd2-3dcd645c7e81
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