Maintenance Worker Helper.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Boise (ID); In loco; USD 17.000 - 25.000; Tempo pieno

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US Army Corps of Engineers in Boise, Idaho seeks a Maintenance Worker Helper for seasonal work March through October. Responsibilities include operating equipment, performing various trades, landscaping, and boat operations to access remote sites.

The role requires heavy physical effort, outdoor work in all weather, and adherence to safety and background checks in a federal environment.

Competenze

• Experience with basic trades (carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete) and mechanical maintenance.
• Ability to operate trucks and small heavy equipment like backhoes and lawn mowers.
• Experience in grounds maintenance, landscaping, and site beautification.

Mansioni

• Operate and maintain dam structures and appurtenant equipment, buildings, recreation sites, and parks.
• Perform sub journeyman trades tasks in carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete work, and mechanical maintenance.
• Conduct landscaping and grounds maintenance including mowing, pruning, planting, and trail work.
• Operate boats up to 26 feet to access areas as needed.

Conoscenze

Carpentry

Painting

Plumbing

Metal work

Concrete work

Mechanical maintenance

Grounds maintenance

Equipment operation

Strumenti

Truck operation

Backhoe

Lawn equipment

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Duties

• Performs tasks related to the operation and maintenance of the dam structure and appurtenant equipment; administrative, shop and storage buildings, recreation sites and natural resource features including CXT vault toilets, campgrounds, and parks.


• Operates trucks, wheeled tractor with front-end loader and backhoe attachments, air compressor, high pressure cleaning equipment, lubrication equipment, chain saw, garden tractor/lawn mowers, hand and power tools and various other equipment items


• Performs of a variety of sub journeyman skill level trade tasks in the following skills: carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete work and mechanical maintenance.


• Performs a variety of landscaping and grounds maintenance such as mowing, pruning, cutting of dead trees and shrubs, tree planting, trail clearing, fertilizing, weeding, and other beautification work.


• Operates a boat up to 26 feet on the lake to get to otherwise inaccessible areas.

Duties

• Performs tasks related to the operation and maintenance of the dam structure and appurtenant equipment; administrative, shop and storage buildings, recreation sites and natural resource features including CXT vault toilets, campgrounds, and parks.


• Operates trucks, wheeled tractor with front-end loader and backhoe attachments, air compressor, high pressure cleaning equipment, lubrication equipment, chain saw, garden tractor/lawn mowers, hand and power tools and various other equipment items


• Performs of a variety of sub journeyman skill level trade tasks in the following skills: carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete work and mechanical maintenance.


• Performs a variety of landscaping and grounds maintenance such as mowing, pruning, cutting of dead trees and shrubs, tree planting, trail clearing, fertilizing, weeding, and other beautification work.


• Operates a boat up to 26 feet on the lake to get to otherwise inaccessible areas.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.


• Pre-employment physical is required.


• Pre-employment drug testing is required.


• Valid state driver’s license required.


• This position requires heavy lifting of up to 50 lbs.


• This is a full time SEASONAL position; duty time is approximately March through October.

Qualifications

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.

There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Maintenance Worker Helper ~ without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform common duties, working from easily understood written and oral directions: carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete work, mechanical maintenance and grounds keeping for grounds, structures, fixtures, utilities and equipment, under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed.

• Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.


• Physical Effort: Exerts heavy physical effort in doing such tasks as frequently lifting and moving objects weighing under 45 pounds unassisted, obtains assistance or uses appropriate equipment or safety devices when lifting and moving heavy objects greater than 45 pounds. Physical dexterity is needed to handle tools and work around machinery or equipment.


• Working Conditions: Work is generally performed outdoors in all extremes of weather, in and over water, in wildland vegetation, in flood control and building structures. Hazards include heat, cold, dust, insect bites and stings, injurious vegetation, electric shock, drowning, work around machinery and heavy equipment, noise, vibration, falls from ladders and high work surfaces, and toxic chemicals. Work requires heavy lifting, continuous standing, walking, or stooping in all extremes of weather, including under wet and muddy conditions on steep or uneven terrain. Work requires special care to avoid injuries.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• This is a full time SEASONAL position; duty time is approximately March through October.


• Work on holidays may be required.


• 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) Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate.


• 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.