FUL- Maintenance Worker

National Park Service•Point Marion, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Worker serves the National Park Service at Friendship Hill National Historic Site. This Career-Seasonal position is permanent and includes the benefits of a permanent appointment, but does not provide work year-round. Work is expected from approximately mid-April to mid-March, followed by a non-pay status for the remainder of the year. The position performs routine maintenance and repairs of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, equipment, and related utilities. The worker assists higher-graded maintenance workers and tradespeople, as well as lower-graded employees. Duties include intermediate carpentry repairs, routine maintenance of park sites and trails, and cleaning and servicing visitor facilities. The position is subject to a background investigation, a one-year probationary period, and local-residency eligibility requirements. The employee must maintain a valid driver's license, wear the required uniform, and may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, or shifts, and to travel overnight up to two nights per month. Physical work includes lifting or handling materials up to 50 pounds and working outdoors in varied seasonal weather and potentially hazardous conditions.

Requirements

Be a U.S. citizen or national.
Pass a background investigation and receive favorable adjudication.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Participate in Direct Deposit.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
Have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
Wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.
Serve a one-year probationary period.
Demonstrate sufficient ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision, interpret instructions and specifications (including blueprints), use and maintain tools and equipment, understand materials, and apply technical practices.
Describe relevant experience and training in the application and document experience clearly in the resume.
Reside within 75 miles of Point Marion, Pennsylvania, at the time of application and provide proof of residency.

Responsibilities

Perform simple and routine maintenance and repairs of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, equipment, and related utilities.
Assist higher-graded maintenance workers or tradespeople in their work.
Assist lower-graded employees in their work.
Perform intermediate carpentry repairs using measuring and hand tools, including framing, replacing broken picnic-table planks or windows, and adjusting or replacing hinges, latches, and catches.
Maintain park sites and trails using hand tools to re-grade and reset barriers and restore areas to their original appearance.
Clean and service chemical toilets, restrooms, and other visitor facilities.