FUL-Maintenance Worker.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Kihei (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks a maintenance-focused professional in Kihei, Hawaii, to perform facility upkeep and equipment operation.

The role involves interpreting work orders, operating heavy machinery, and using hand and power tools to maintain refuge facilities. You will aid in installations and repairs of various structures, and routinely maintain restrooms, roads, and parking areas in outdoor settings.

Qualifications

• Must pass background investigation and suitability checks.
• Requires ability to operate and maintain tools and equipment.
• Acceptance of uniform standards and required licensing.

Responsibilities

• Interpret work orders, manuals and installation instructions to safely complete maintenance, equipment operation, and repair projects.
• Operate tractors, backhoes, mowers and other equipment to construct and maintain refuge facilities.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools to maintain facilities.
• Aid in installation/repair of cabinets, fences, siding, etc.
• Maintain restrooms, roads, parking areas, boat ramps, etc.

Skills

Safety procedures

Equipment operation

Tool handling

Reading plans

Tools

CDL Class A

Pesticide Licenses

Heavy equipment tools

Job description

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Interpret work orders, equipment manuals, and installation instructions to safely complete maintenance, equipment operation, and repair projects, and train staff and volunteers in proper safety practices.
• Operate farm tractors, backhoes, mowers and other types of equipment to construct and maintain refuge facilities.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools including hand saws, drills, planes, routers, power nailers and fasteners, metal shears, power saws, and power sanders and planes to maintain facilities.
• Aid in installation/repair of cabinets, fences, siding, etc.
• Maintain restrooms, roads, parking areas, boat ramps, etc.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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
• Pre-employment and random alcohol drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive alcohol and drug test is received.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with Class A endorsement.
• You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• Ability to Obtain and Maintain a Pesticide Applicators License.
• You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
• Must maintain certification on all equipment he/she operates.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-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. In Determining If Your Employment Advances The Public Interest, The Agency Will Consider

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal 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.

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:

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
• Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.
• Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)
• Use of Measuring Instruments

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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.

Additional information

This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: 75 miles of Kihei, Hawaii. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g., mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.). See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies.

Physical Demands:

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. Work performed outside is in a variety of settings where steep terrain, extremely uneven, rocky and slippery footing is normal. Temperature extremes are common. All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.