Maintenance Worker

Forest Service•Riggins, ID

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within a National Forest and performs a variety of maintenance duties involving buildings, grounds, structures, fixtures, and utilities on a Forest Service unit. The role maintains and repairs administrative and recreation facilities, including comfort stations, fee booths, fish cleaning stations, information and reservation boards, signs, campsites, parking lots, picnic shelters, shower buildings, administration buildings, and visitor centers. The Maintenance Worker conducts inspections and operational tests to identify needed repairs and assess their results. Work includes potable water system sampling, testing, record-keeping, monitoring, and maintenance; plumbing repairs; and general carpentry. The position also conducts facility safety inspections, documents hazards and facility conditions, maintains maintenance records and equipment schedules, and enters maintenance data into a national database. Other duties include moving, installing, repairing, and replacing campground fixtures; answering visitors’ maintenance questions or directing them to the appropriate authority; and occasionally assisting with facility rehabilitation, roofing, and painting projects. The employee may also perform general grounds and laborer work, such as clearing brush, mowing, waste disposal, repairing roadways, and cleaning ditches. The position is temporary, may last up to six months or up to one year, and is not eligible for telework.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.
Must successfully pass applicable background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
Must successfully pass E-Verify employment verification.
Must use direct deposit for federal payments.
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to do the work without more than normal supervision.
Applicants must demonstrate knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, repair, and related work; technical practices; measuring instruments; interpreting instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading; using and maintaining tools and equipment; and materials.
There is no substitution of education for this position.
Applicants must provide a resume that clearly documents relevant experience; applicants are evaluated on ability to perform the duties rather than length of experience.

Responsibilities

Inspect facilities and conduct operational tests to identify repair needs and evaluate completed repairs.
Maintain and repair recreation and administrative facilities, structures, fixtures, and utilities.
Sample, test, monitor, and keep required records for potable water systems.
Respond to water system outages; diagnose water loss; repair leaks, pumps, pipes, and fixtures; and restore system functionality.
Maintain water systems through leak-location monitoring, well and pump testing, leak repairs, line replacements, routine monitoring, valve exercising, and evaluation.
Perform general carpentry, including measuring, cutting, constructing, installing, repairing, and modifying wood, composite, and substitute-wood items.
Conduct facility safety inspections and document safety hazards, facility condition, and functionality.
Maintain facility maintenance records and enter maintenance data into a national database.
Develop annual maintenance schedules and maintain records for equipment such as trailers, welders, saws, and tractors.
Move, install, repair, and replace campground fixtures, including tables, stairs, pads, trash cans, and fire rings.
Answer visitors’ maintenance and repair questions or refer them to the appropriate authority.
Occasionally work on facility rehabilitation projects and repair or replace roofs and paint buildings or other projects.
Operate handheld and mobile radios and a variety of hand and power tools.
Perform laborer tasks as needed, including clearing brush or timber, seeding and sodding, policing grounds, waste disposal, mowing, repairing damaged roadways, cleaning ditches, and assisting other trade positions.