Maintenance Worker, General Labor, Building Maintenance

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: Serves as a Maintenance Worker operating and maintaining one or more flood control dams.

* Recruitment/Relocation incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates*

• Inspects circuit breakers and fuses for proper condition and size, replacing defective breakers.
• Constructs, installs, repairs or modifies items and structures, such as panels, bins, concrete forms, dry walls, shelves, framework, doors, finished paneling, interior and exterior trim, bulletin boards, cabinets, bookcases and counters.
• Monitors water filtration equipment and gauges according to prescribed schedules.
• Inspects dam and appurtenant structures and equipment using standard inspection checklists.
• Performs routine maintenance and repair and reports major equipment malfunctions to work leader or supervisor.
• Maintains daily log on operating data such as water inflow and outflow, gate settings, changes in water storage, and any unusual occurrences in daily operation.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Possession of or the ability to acquire the following licenses: a state driver's license; a Corps of Engineers boat operator's license; and a fork lift operator's license.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends depending on the needs of the project to which the employee is assigned.
• Incumbent is required to work in adverse weather conditions (e.g., heat, cold, rain, wind, etc.).
• May be required to have a valid CPR certificate and first responder (or equivalent) certificate.
• May be required to obtain a water treatment plant, Class I or II, operator's license.
• May be required to work in both non-permit and permit required confined space and implement proper rescue and entry techniques.
• May be required to be properly trained and/or operate the following equipment:
  Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBAs), escape packs, atmospheric monitoring devices and fall protection equipment.
• Required to wear prescribed uniform as identified in regulation ER 1130-2-550, dated 15 November 1996.
• Covered under the DA/USACE Random Drug Testing program based upon operation of dam/flood control gates (USACE Specific Criterion).
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.