Maintenance Worker

What you would do

• Performs maintenance, repair, and grounds support for buildings and dam facilities.
• Does carpentry, painting, plumbing, concrete repair, and general cleaning.
• Operates hand tools, power tools, forklifts, cranes, and light-duty vehicles.
• Inspects dam and powerplant structures and records measurements.
• Helps powerplant mechanics repair turbines, generators, pumps, and water systems.

Do you qualify for WG-7?

With experience: Paid and unpaid experience counts, including volunteer work. Your resume must show you can do common maintenance, repairs, and replacements of parts without more than normal supervision. Candidates are rated against Federal Wage System qualification standards.

With education: Education can be used to qualify, and transcripts are then required. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private organization as equal to U.S. accredited education, or receive full credit at a U.S. accredited college.

Licenses and certifications you need:

• Valid civilian driver's license, which you must obtain and maintain

How to apply well

What to send:

• Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end month and year, and hours per week
• Brief job descriptions showing you can do the listed tasks, written in plain language without acronyms
• Proof of U.S. citizenship
• Transcripts if you qualify through education
• Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration if you are a male born after December 31, 1959
• Cover letter (optional)

How you will be rated: Human Resources reviews your resume and supporting documents against the listed qualifications. Eligible applicants are referred to the hiring manager, who may hold interviews. If you inflate your qualifications or make errors or omissions, you may lose consideration.

Tips for this job:

• Make sure your resume shows the hours per week for each job, or your application may be marked incomplete.
• If you qualify through education, include official transcripts from accredited schools only.
• Send everything to the email address in the announcement. Fax and other alternate applications are not accepted.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time. Travel of 25% or less may be expected.

Incentives and relocation: Relocation expenses may be reimbursed under agency policy. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, and the IRS generally treats most moving entitlements as taxable.

Conditions of employment:

• Suitability or fitness determination after background investigation
• Pre-employment and periodic physical exam may be required
• Use of personal protective equipment may be required
• Work near power equipment, overhead cranes, and moving vehicles
• Climbing and working from ladders and scaffolds
• Lifting and carrying objects weighing 50 pounds or more
• Drug testing as a testing designated position
• 1-year probationary period
• Selective Service registration for men born after December 31, 1959
• Direct deposit of pay required
• Selection may be restricted by Department of Defense displaced employee referral system

Job details

Salary

$25.00 – $29.00 per hour

Pay scale and grade

WG-7 · Wage Grade (trades and crafts)

Location

Clarks Hill, South Carolina

Appointment

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Openings

1

Security clearance

Other

Travel

25% or less

Drug test

Not required

Supervisory

No

Occupation

Maintenance Mechanic (4749)

Announcement

CEDB-27-13102991-DHA