General Maintenance Worker (GMW)

Akima; French Camp (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Welfare fringe dollars

Overtime opportunities

Job summary

Akima Facilities Operations (AFO) is seeking a General Laborer to support projects at the Sharpe Army Depot Site in French Camp, California. The role requires passing a background check for access to a Federal Government site, with a competitive hourly rate plus benefits and potential overtime.

Minimum education is a high school diploma or equivalent, and candidates must have at least 2 years of general maintenance/repair experience and a California driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Requires 2 years’ experience in general maintenance and repair activities.
• Minimum High School diploma or equivalent.
• California Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of mechanical and building trades tasks.
• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, and layouts.
• Assist skilled trades and maintenance staff on complex projects.
• Repair and maintain facilities equipment, fixtures, and systems.
• Follow safety and QC/ CSP requirements and procedures.

Skills

Maintenance experience

General labor

Blueprint interpretation

Education

High school diploma

Job description

As an AFO employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

AFO is seeking a General Laborer to support projects at our Sharpe Army Depot Site in French camp, California. Must be able to pass a background check for access to a Federal Government work site. Competitive hourly rate plus benefits. Overtime work is available!

Responsibilities

• Thorough knowledge of the standard tools and practices of the various trades such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, painting, welding, railroad maintenance, dock leveling, signs, fuels, sheet metal, masonry, roofing, electronic, generators, carpentry and plastering.
• Ability to perform semi-skilled and skilled work in a variety of mechanical and building trades.
• Ability to interpret and work from sketches, blueprints and penciled layouts.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Ability to instruct and direct the work of unskilled and semi-skilled workers.
• Be capable utilizing a respirator if required.
• Perform facilities repair and preventive maintenance requiring mechanical, electrical, plumbing, welding, loading dock doors, signs, fuels, sheet metal, masonry, roofing, electronic, generators, carpentry and plastering maintenance and repair.
• Assist skilled plumbers, electricians and other maintenance staff in performing more complex maintenance, repair and construction activities.
• Paint buildings and equipment, patch plaster walls and repair or replace tiles and other wall coverings.
• Repair and construct wood and metal equipment, furniture, doors, shelves, floors, security screens and other fixtures.
• Replace electrical receptacles, switches, bulbs, fixtures and motors.
• Open blocked sewage and drain lines; replace or repair faucets, toilets, sinks, valves, water lines and other plumbing equipment and fixtures.
• Repair roofs, gutters, and downspouts.
• Maintain and repair base-entrance security barriers and arms.
• Repair and replace electrical outlets, light fixtures, switches and other controls, repair electrical motors.
• Working knowledge of machines, equipment, materials, and operating practices.
• Repair, adjust and calibrate a wide variety of machines and equipment such as general office equipment, electronic equipment, kitchen appliances, etc.
• Be familiar with the Quality Control/Customer Satisfaction Plan (QC/CSP) requirements and perform QC/CS actions are required.
• Follow written and verbal instructions.
• May be required to participate in an on-call schedule.
• Perform duties unrelated to the job classification as needed.
• Perform other related work as assigned.
• Minimum Education: High school diploma or its equivalent.
• May be substituted with 5 years of direct experience in general maintenance and repair activities.
• California Driver’s License.
• Training Requirements:
  • Confined Spaces.
  • Respirators.
  • Asbestos/Silica Awareness.
  • Additional training as required.

Qualifications

• Requires 2 years’ experience in general maintenance and repair activities.
• Possess the ability to perform complex assignments, independence in carrying out tasks and responsibility for the final completion of work. Work involves reading drawings and detailed sketches and requisitions needed materials. Direction is received from Facilities Maintenance Supervisor.

Physical Demands

• Frequently exposed to extreme heat, and cold due to seasonal changes, and air quality associated with an outside environment.
• Standing: continuously.
• Reaching: frequently.
• Walking: frequently.
• Stretching: frequently.
• Lifting: occasionally.
• Pulling: occasionally.
• Pushing: occasionally.
• Moving: occasionally.
• Bending: frequently.
• Cllimbing: frequently.
• Stooping: frequently.
• Balancing: frequently.
• Twisting: frequently.
• Kneeling: frequently.
• Crouching: frequently.
• Crawling: occasionally.

Pay And Benefits

• $29.42 per hour, plus Health & Welfare fringe dollars as defined under the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• The benefits program offered will be as defined under the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Leave benefits offered will be as defined under the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Job ID

2026-24056

Work Type

On-Site

Pay Range

$29.42

Benefits

CBA - The benefits and leave offered will be as defined under the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Company Description

Akima Facilities Operations (AFO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At AFO, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders, AFO provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers, AFO sustains mission readiness and ensures quality of life by maintaining high value assets and operations at peak performance and successfully manages these operations through accurately forecasting, managing, and aggressively controlling costs.

As an AFO employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.

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