Maintenance Worker.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Alaska; On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeks a Maintenance Worker (WG-08) to maintain multiple buildings, housing units, and related systems in Alaska.

You will perform carpentry, electrical, plumbing, boiler work, and routine repairs to keep facilities safe and operational during harsh winters. You will also service refuge vehicles and heavy equipment, maintain grounds year-round, and support safety programs through inspections, storage management, and paperwork.

Qualifications

• Ability to Do the Work of Maintenance Mechanic Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
• Use of Measuring Instruments
• Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Operation of Motor Vehicles
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)

Responsibilities

• Maintain buildings and housing units with basic carpentry, electrical and plumbing tasks, and boiler/heating systems.
• Service refuge vehicles and heavy equipment and ensure operability with limited local repair resources.
• Maintain refuge grounds year-round and operate equipment such as the motor grader.
• Conduct safety inspections, manage chemical storage, track supplies, and support the refuge safety program.

Skills

Maintenance work

Equipment repair knowledge

Measuring instruments

Tools operation

Vehicle operation

Blueprint reading

Job description

Duties

As a Maintenance Worker (WG-08) your duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Building & Facility Maintenance: Maintain multiple buildings and housing units, including basic carpentry, electrical and plumbing tasks, boiler and heating systems, and routine repairs to keep facilities safe and operational-especially during Alaska winters.
• Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance: Perform scheduled service on refuge vehicles and heavy equipment (oil changes, tire service, minor repairs). Ensure all equipment is operational since local repair resources are limited.
• Grounds & Small Engine Work: Maintain refuge grounds year-round: mowing, trimming, brush removal, snow removal, and operating equipment such as the motor grader to keep access roads and parking areas clear.
• Safety, Inventory & Miscellaneous Duties: Conduct safety inspections, maintain fire alarms/extinguishers, manage chemical storage and safety data, track supplies, complete required paperwork, and support the refuge's safety program.

Physical Effort:

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.

Employee is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, and bruises, falls, falling material, or injury from equipment associated with power equipment or hazardous materials. Work demands conformance to safety requirements including the use of a variety of personal protective equipment such as: protective clothing, hardhats, hearing protection, safety glasses, goggles, gloves, steel toe heavy leather boots, respirator, and other personal protective items.

Serious injury may result from getting caught in operating equipment, or from collisions with automobiles when operating on or near public roads.

Work is generally done on stable flat terrain and construction sites, but may be also done on rolling hills, minor slopes, grades, rocky or soft ground, or forests.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• 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
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• Pre-employment and random drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.
• You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
• You may be required to carry a non-law enforcement firearm as a collateral duty for protection from animals in the backcountry. Under certain provisions of the Federal Gun Act, any person who has been convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence or who is subject to a qualifying protection order is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.

Probationary as a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest.

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 your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full‑time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part‑time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

• Ability to Do the Work of Maintenance Mechanic Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
• Use of Measuring Instruments
• Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Operation of Motor Vehicles
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)

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. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. 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. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position.

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

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit:

All 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,

How You Will Be Evaluated

Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level.

Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well‑qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors, experience and/or physical requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

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.