Laborer.

US Army Corps of Engineers; The Dalles (OR); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Army Corps of Engineers in The Dalles, Oregon seeks a Laborer to perform routine maintenance and custodial tasks outdoors.

You will use hand tools and small power equipment, mow grass, trim vegetation, and assist with repairs, under supervision. This position emphasizes physical effort and outdoor work in varying weather, with a one-year probationary period and federal employment benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience performing routine maintenance and custodial tasks.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work outdoors.
• Willingness to work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance duties including painting, cleaning, debris removal, and minor repairs.
• Use common hand tools and simple power equipment for maintenance tasks.
• Maintain park areas by mowing, trimming vegetation, weeding, raking leaves, and picking up litter.
• Load and move materials and equipment using hand trucks or wheelbarrows.
• Assist higher-graded staff with routine repairs and facility maintenance.

Skills

Maintenance

Outdoor work

Heavy lifting

Use hand tools

Tools

Hand tools

Power equipment

Job description

• Perform routine maintenance duties, including painting, cleaning, debris removal, and minor repairs to facilities and grounds
• Use common hand tools and simple power equipment to perform general laboring and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain park and recreational areas by mowing grass, trimming vegetation, pulling weeds, raking leaves, and removing litter.
• Loads, unloads, moves, and arranges materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment using hand trucks or wheelbarrows.
• Perform custodial duties, including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and cleaning restrooms, buildings, and public-use areas.
• Assist higher-graded maintenance personnel with routine repairs and maintenance of park facilities, equipment, and recreational structures.

Duties

• Perform routine maintenance duties, including painting, cleaning, debris removal, and minor repairs to facilities and grounds
• Use common hand tools and simple power equipment to perform general laboring and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain park and recreational areas by mowing grass, trimming vegetation, pulling weeds, raking leaves, and removing litter.
• Loads, unloads, moves, and arranges materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment using hand trucks or wheelbarrows.
• Perform custodial duties, including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and cleaning restrooms, buildings, and public-use areas.
• Assist higher-graded maintenance personnel with routine repairs and maintenance of park facilities, equipment, and recreational structures.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• This position may require you to work in inclement weather.
• Requirement to lift up to 20 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element):

Ability to do the work of a Laborer WG-3502-2 without more than normal supervision. Qualified applicants must show in their resume the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of a Laborer , WG-3502-2, to include tasks such as: washing vehicles, utilizing simple hand tools, and/or mowing grass using a power or riding mower. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

To meet the basic eligibility, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below. Your application will be further evaluated to determine if you meet the best qualified cut-off for referral to the selecting official.

PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Moderate effort is involved in occasionally lifting and carrying heavy objects (weighing about 50 pounds); frequently lifting and carrying moderately heavy objects (about 40 pounds); frequently moving or pushing trash receptacles, picnic tables, lawn mowers, etc.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is usually performed outdoors with frequent exposure to long periods of hot sun. Subject to cuts, bruises, fumes, burns, etc., in performing maintenance and to more serious injuries when working on rip rap and dam slopes.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION:

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:

Additional information

• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship, as applicable.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• This is a(n) Installation Management Career Program position aligned under the Installations Career Management Directorate.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a Term appointment will be appointed/converted into a Term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.

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.