Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA APHIS is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor for the Phoenix Rearing Facility. You will oversee a complex maintenance program and supervise staff, focusing on electrical, HVAC, plumbing and carpentry tasks to keep systems safe and compliant.

The role involves coordinating procurements, planning trades projects, and ensuring ongoing reliability of facility infrastructure and related equipment in a mission-critical insect-rearing program in Phoenix, AZ.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance program management and supervision of maintenance staff.
• Ability to coordinate procurement and oversee diverse trades (electrical, HVAC, plumbing, carpentry).

Responsibilities

• Prepares procurement requests for materials and equipment and coordinates with suppliers.
• Plans and executes carpentry, sheet metal, HVAC and electrical projects.
• Monitors electrical, plumbing, HVAC systems and appliances for condition and safety.
• Performs regular inspections of buildings and structures.
• Installs, modifies, repairs and maintains electrical lines, circuits, and fixtures.
• Supervises electrical, HVAC, plumbing and carpentry work at the facility.
• Provides technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers.

Job description

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Job Summary

If selected, you will serve in the capacity of a Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor for the Phoenix Rearing Facility (PRF) with full responsibility to carry out a complex maintenance program and supervise the work of employees assigned to the maintenance work unit. The mission of the PRF is mass rearing and release of sterile insects as part of the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) area-wide control program, and other programs or projects as directed.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Your answers to the vacancy specific questions must be supported by the work experience in your resume. For example, if you respond in the affirmative when questioned whether you have experience rearing insects, your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Major Duties

• Prepares procurement requests to obtain materials and equipment, and interacts with industry sources for supplies, services, and emergency call-out
• Plans and lays out carpentry, sheet metal, plastic, HVAC and electrical projects
• Monitors and inspects the condition of the facility’s electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning systems and appliances
• Makes periodic visual and operational inspections of buildings and structures
• Installs, modifies, repairs, maintains, troubleshoots, tests, and loads new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment
• Supervises a full range of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and carpentry work at the Phoenix Rearing Facility (PRF)
• Exercises technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in accomplishing trades and labor work

Position Start Date

09/25/2026

Position Close Date

10/01/2026

Salary Offered

46.87 - 54.68 USD Per Hour

You can make a difference! The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) needs bright, energetic and committed professionals to facilitate the domestic and international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and to protect the health and care of animals and plants in the United States. We operate in domestic and global markets. Be part of an organization that protects the health and agriculture of the American people. Join our team! To learn more about what it's like to work at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, what the agency does, and the types of careers, please visit the APHIS careers site. APHIS is an emergency response agency. This means that all Agency employees may be asked or assigned to participate in rotating temporary duty assignments to support emergency programs at some time during their careers with APHIS. For details click: APHIS Emergency Response