Maintenance Work Leader.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Pasco (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in Pasco, WA seeks a Maintenance Work Leader to direct and perform maintenance and repair of project facilities and equipment, including recreation areas, with responsibility to plan resources and supervise a team.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and timely execution; it requires the ability to assign work, inspect results, and coordinate contracted tasks, while adhering to federal standards and environmental regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a work team with the ability to plan and independently perform maintenance tasks.
• Capacity to guide crew in maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, heavy equipment operation, and pumping/irrigation systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, schedule, and/or perform all maintenance and repair of project facilities and equipment.
• Lead maintenance and repair activities for recreation areas.
• Plan the use of subordinate workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools.
• Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or help in accomplishing difficult tasks.
• Inspect completed work for quality and work order requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Planning

Maintenance

Plumbing

Carpentry

Heavy equipment operation

Irrigation systems

Teamwork

Job description

• Lead, direct, schedule, and/or perform all maintenance and repair of project facilities and equipment.
• Lead maintenance and repair activities for recreation areas.
• Plan the use of subordinate workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools.
• Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or help in accomplishing difficult work processes.
• Inspect completed work for quality and work order requirements.
• Ensure safe work practices and enforce environmental safety regulations.
• Inspect facilities to ensure they operate properly and are in good repair.
• Assign and schedule work to be accomplished by hired labor and/or small construction contract.
• Prepare requisitions, cost estimates, and justifications to procure equipment and supplies.
• Coordinate contracted maintenance and repair work.
• Perform nonsupervisory trades and labor work.

Duties

• Lead, direct, schedule, and/or perform all maintenance and repair of project facilities and equipment.
• Lead maintenance and repair activities for recreation areas.
• Plan the use of subordinate workers, equipment, facilities, materials, and tools.
• Assign work to individuals and provide technical direction and/or help in accomplishing difficult work processes.
• Inspect completed work for quality and work order requirements.
• Ensure safe work practices and enforce environmental safety regulations.
• Inspect facilities to ensure they operate properly and are in good repair.
• Assign and schedule work to be accomplished by hired labor and/or small construction contract.
• Prepare requisitions, cost estimates, and justifications to procure equipment and supplies.
• Coordinate contracted maintenance and repair work.
• Perform nonsupervisory trades and labor work.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 45 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Maintenance Work Leader - without more than normal supervision. Experience leading a work team, able to plan and independently perform tasks in the areas of maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, heavy equipment operation and operating and maintaining pumping plants and irrigation systems, and able to work as part of a crew and to assume responsibility for leading in the accomplishment of tasks.

• PHYSICAL EFFORT: Works in tiring or in uncomfortable positions for long periods. The work requires frequent standing, bending, crouching, kneeling and climbing. May work on ladder, scaffolds, or platforms and where the parts of systems worked on are in hard to reach places. Frequently lifts and carries tools and equipment weighing up to 45 lbs and occasionally items weighing more with assistance of material lifting devices or other workers.
• WORKING CONDITIONS: Maintenance work is normally performed outside with exposure to wide variations in weather and temperature. Incumbent is exposed to potential injury form power tools and danger from flying objects, cuts and scrapes, is exposed to traffic hazards while driving on both improved and unimproved road surfaces. May work in cramped quarters and in, over or near water. May occasionally make repairs when noxious fumes are present. There is exposure to insect, spider and snakebites.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• 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.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• 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
• This is a(n) Logistics Career Field position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• 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.

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.