Maintenance Worker

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); Miami (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

USDA APHIS is seeking staff for a Livestock Quarantine facility in Florida. The role covers preventive maintenance of facilities, basic repairs, and support for animal care and biosecurity in a live operations environment.

You will help plan repairs, assist in supplies purchases, and operate a range of tools for carpentry, plumbing, electrical and masonry work, while contributing to the welfare and handling of various animal species.

Qualifications

• Experience shown in your resume and qualifying experiences, including volunteer work and service programs.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance of buildings including carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical and general repairs.
• Assist in ordering and purchasing supplies; operate tools used in carpentry, masonry, painting, roofing and electrical.
• Provide animal care assistance including feeding, care, handling, biosecurity, restraint and general husbandry for various species.

Job description

Find Your Future With Us at USDA – Animal Plant Health Inspection Service

Job Summary

This position is located in Veterinary Services Field Operations at a USDA Livestock Quarantine facility which facilitates the importation of livestock, poultry, exotic birds, and zoo animals into the United States through the assigned area. These centers are principal facilities in the U.S. for examining, testing and isolating imported animals to assure they are free of disease and parasites harmful to American livestock and poultry.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show that 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 operating a forklift, 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

The duties may include, but are not limited to: Performs preventive maintenance of buildings which includes carpentry, painting, flushing sewer lines, roof repair, and maintenance of electrical and system controls. Recognizes the need for periodic repairs, estimates materials required to make repairs, and helps plan and implement an ongoing program of modifications and alterations to accommodate changing needs. Assists in the ordering and purchasing of supplies and materials needed for repairs. Assists other maintenance workers in accomplishing tasks. Maintains and operates hand and power tools used in carpentry, masonry, painting, roofing, plumbing, and electrical. Provides assistance in animal care taking, to include the feeding, care, unloading and release, biosecurity, restraint, and general animal husbandry for a variety of animal species.

Position Start Date

10/13/2026

Position Close Date

10/19/2026

Salary Offered

30.2 - 35.24 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.