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Maintenance Worker
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Posted 55 days ago
About the Role
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Mora National Fish Hatchery, Mora, New Mexico
What You'll Do
- →Performs routine preventive maintenance on heating systems and refrigeration and air conditioning units.
- →Examines and operationally tests electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems for proper operation, fluid levels, cycling, and unusual noises.
- →Removes, replaces, and repairs defective components.
- →Adjusts equipment controls, such as temperature sensors, thermostats, and leak detectors.
- →Performs plumbing tasks to hatchery reuse systems, well pumping systems, and various buildings and structures.
- →Operate various electric resistance welding machines such as spot, seam, and flash, or use a manual gas torch welding process such as oxyacetylene, to join a variety of different kinds of parts or components, and determine the welding techniques and machine settings to be used.
- →Welds various metals, cast iron, and steel pipe in flat, curved, vertical and horizontal positions using oxygen-acetylene cutting torches, and metal inert gas (MIG), tungsten inert gas (TIG) and arc welders in the shop or field to repair, modify or fabricate parts or equipment.
- →Applies standard measurements, specifications, and instructions when constructing, installing, or repairing items such as frame structures, decking, partitions, shelving, doors, forms, siding, and scaffolds.
- →Measure, cut, construct, install, repair, and modify wood, composite, and wood substitute items to rough finishes.
- →Uses and maintains tools and equipment, records inventory and maintenance, and reports/documents equipment damage or loss.
- →Assists with spawning of broodstock; incubation of eggs; feeding, cleaning, and sample counting of fry and fingerlings; cleaning of raceways and tanks; distribution of eggs, fry, fingerlings, and adults; and the tagging and marking programs.
- →Rotates on holding hatchery alarm phone and works unusual tour of duty such as weekend shift and occasional holidays.
Requirements
- ✓Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- ✓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 www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
- ✓Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
- ✓This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service.
- ✓Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.
- ✓In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 31d66dc2-b3af-4762-803b-cba673829900
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