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Apply on USAJOBS at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/828537100

About the Position:

Serves as the Maintenance Worker Helper who performs maintenance activities for the Fish Passage Facility (FPF) for Mud Mountain Dam (MMD) on the White River near Enumclaw in King County, WA.

Duties

• Perform simple electrical and mechanical tasks by following instruction from journeyman-level employees.
• Perform minor repairs of plumbing facilities such as replacing faucets, hose connections, fish flumes and pipes, drains, heat traces, pipe, and miscellaneous fixtures.
• Assist journeyman-level employees to install, construct, repair or modify items and structures.
• Paint equipment, gates, road surfaces, curbs, fish tanks, buildings, and furniture items using standard brushing or spraying techniques under the direction of a journeyman-level employee.
• Under the guidance and supervision of journeyman-level employees, performs a variety of welding processes to carry out standard welding operations, not requiring critical stress or testing of weld.
• Perform miscellaneous duties such as preparing purchase card requests, maintaining roads, clearing debris from channels, cutting trees and limbs, opening and closing gates, cleaning building and restrooms, pressure washing and sediment removal.

Requirements Conditions of Employment

• Obtain and maintain a valid Driver's License.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Pre-employment physical is required.
• Participation in the Medical Surveillance Program required.
• This position is a Testing Designated Position and is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing IAW EP 600-1-3.
• Must be willing and able work rotating shifts to include evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations.

Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 MAINTENANCE WORKER HELPER without more than normal supervision. Must have the ability to perform the majority of the following routine duties, working from easily understood written and oral directions: carpentry, painting, plumbing, metal work, concrete work, mechanical maintenance, grounds maintenance, structures, fixtures, utilities and equipment, without more than normal supervision. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. PHYSICAL EFFORT: Uses moderate physical effort in the process of stacking, loading, unloading, moving, and carrying tools, equipment, and materials as heavy as 50 lbs. Frequently required to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and