Field Unit Local (FUL) Hiring Authority Maintenance Worker

US National Park Service; Chinle (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, managed by the US National Park Service, seeks a Maintenance Worker to perform recurring building and utility maintenance and operation duties. The role supports journeymen and higher-graded workers and draws on knowledge across several trades and crafts.

Applicants should demonstrate experience in at least two trades, and be capable of using and maintaining a variety of tools and instruments, interpreting plans, and applying precise technical practices.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform the full range of Maintenance Worker tasks in at least two trades.
• Knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, repair.
• Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of materials.
• Use of measuring instruments.
• Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, including blueprints.
• Technical practices (precision and quality workmanship).

Responsibilities

• Perform recurring building and/or utility maintenance and operation duties.
• Assist journeymen and other higher graded maintenance workers.
• Utilize knowledge and skills in several trades and crafts.

Job description

You will serve as a Maintenance Worker at Canyon de Chelly National Monument.

The primary purpose of the position is to perform recurring building and/or utility maintenance and operation duties and to assist journeymen and other higher graded maintenance workers. Incumbent utilizes knowledge and skills in several trades and crafts.

Requirements Continued...

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.

Upon completion of your Probationary Period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

1. ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF A MAINTENANCE WORKER, WG-4749-7 WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION (SCREEN OUT) Have experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the full range of Maintenance Worker tasks in at least two of the trades listed assisting journeymen or other higher graded maintenance workers. Experience must be demonstrated in at least two of the following trades: Carpentry (constructs, installs, repairs and replace items such as doors, shelves, etc.); Painting (preparing surfaces, determine painting materials to be used and method of application, and painting a variety of surfaces); Plumbing (replace various valves, unions, elbows, fixtures, toilets, faucets and various types of pipe and copper lines, cut and thread pipes, winterize water systems, etc.); Roofing (repairs and patching, tar and paper, metal foam roofs and asphalt shingles); Electrical (repairs including removing, replacing, tightening, splicing, and insulating defective wiring and fixtures; Cement Finishing (building and setting forms for sidewalks and steps, mixes pours, spreads, and levels cement and concrete in preparation for final finishing; Masonry (maintenance, measures, determines amount of concrete, sets forms, pours and finishes concrete to blueprint standards and project specifications); Wastewater Plant Operator (monitoring equipment and gauges, performing routine tests, recording the results in reports, collecting samples, adjusting the rate of flow and amounts of chemicals to be used; Water Plant Operator (monitoring pumping equipment, regulating water, reading meters gauges and charts, recording readings and preparing reports).
2. Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.
3. Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
4. Knowledge of Materials
5. Use of Measuring Instruments
6. Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)
7. Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic)

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

Volunteer Experience:

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.