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Maintenance Worker
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
You will serve as a Maintenance Workerwith US Fish and Wildlife Service.This WG-4749-08 position is located within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge in King Salmon, Alaska. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
What You'll Do
- →As a Maintenance Worker (WG-08) your duties may include but are not limited to the following: Building & Facility Maintenance: Maintain multiple buildings and housing units, including basic carpentry, electrical and plumbing tasks, boiler and heating systems, and routine repairs to keep facilities safe and operational-especially during Alaska winters.
- →Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance: Perform scheduled service on refuge vehicles and heavy equipment (oil changes, tire service, minor repairs).
- →Ensure all equipment is operational since local repair resources are limited.
- →Grounds & Small Engine Work: Maintain refuge grounds year-round: mowing, trimming, brush removal, snow removal, and operating equipment such as the motor grader to keep access roads and parking areas clear.
- →Safety, Inventory & Miscellaneous Duties: Conduct safety inspections, maintain fire alarms/extinguishers, manage chemical storage and safety data, track supplies, complete required paperwork, and support the refuge's safety program.
- →Physical Effort: The employee uses considerable physical effort is required in the operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and attachments.
- →The employee frequently is required to perform heavy lifting and exerts considerable physical effort while using hand and power tools.
- →Work requires extensive leg, arm, and hand movement, standing, stooping, walking, bending, climbing, and kneeling, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
- →The employee frequently lifts, carries, and sets up parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, and over 50 pounds with assistance.
- →The employee uses jacks, pulleys, dollies, or other lifting and carrying devices.
- →Work may be from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, or high places, and in hard-to-reach places.
- →Frequent arm and leg movements are required to operate controls, make repairs, and build items.
- →Working Conditions: Work is accomplished both in an office setting (5%) and outdoors (95%).
- →Works outside in all kinds of weather and frequently exposed to running water, fumes, dust, grease, dirt, and moving parts of equipment and machinery.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓Pre-employment and random drug testing are required.
- ✓You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
- ✓You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
- ✓You may be required to carry a non-law enforcement firearm as a collateral duty for protection from animals in the backcountry.
- ✓Under certain provisions of the Federal Gun Act, any person who has been convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence or who is subject to a qualifying protection order is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
- ✓Probationary as a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0f082536-9e43-4928-9062-836819558e3c
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