Maintenance Mechanic

You will serve as a Maintenance Mechanic with US Fish and Wildlife Service. We invite you to work as our Maintenance Mechanic with the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Pendills Creek and Sullivan Creek National Fish Hatcheries located near Brimley, in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This position supports producing and distributing up to one million lake trout yearlings and four million eyed lake trout eggs each year for the Lake Trout Restoration Program.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs non-supervisory maintenance and repair work on grounds, exterior structures, buildings, and related fixtures and utilities on the hatchery. Performs plumbing work involving installation, modification, and repair of utility, supply, and disposal systems and equipment such as the water filtration system, sewage system, oil and gas distribution system, water closets, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, and showers. Constructs, repairs, or modifies building structures and related facilities such as finished paneling, doors, windows, and rafters where accuracy, spacing, and fit are essential and structural soundness and appearance are important. Performs electrical repairs involving replacing, tightening, splicing, soldering, and insulating defective wiring, controls, equipment, and fixtures, and hooks up electrical items including outlets, switches, light fixtures, regulators, and circuit breakers to installed electrical systems at the hatchery. Operates a variety of gasoline- and diesel-powered heavy engineering and construction equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction and attachments, including road graders, backhoes, forklifts, dozers, draglines, 40-80 horsepower farm tractors, skid steers with snowblowers and/or buckets, and plow trucks, for activities such as road and dike repair, ditch cleanout and construction, weed and brush mowing, force account farming, clearing tree stumps, flood debris removal, loading and unloading materials and equipment, and winter snow removal, possibly from November through May, to provide clear and safe access on all hatchery roads. Performs routine maintenance and repair work on hatchery heavy equipment, including skid steers and forklifts, by replacing worn-out parts such as generators, alternators, carburetors, cutting edges, and cables, and assists in all lake trout distribution activities while taking a lead role in the maintenance and repair of all distribution vehicles. Applies a variety of electric, gas, or other manual welding processes or methods to perform standard welding operations such as repairing, modifying, fabricating, or rebuilding various types of metal, alloy, and equipment parts, determines the proper welding techniques, procedures, and machine settings to be used, assembles and sets up parts to be welded, and makes required welds following accepted shop practices, specifications, and oral or written instructions. Serves as the Collateral Duty Safety Officer (CDSO) and assists with implementation of and compliance with the hatchery and residences safety and health program, is responsible for the protection and security of all government property and equipment, and may occasionally assist with biological hatchery functions by caring for and rearing hatchery fish and participating in egg collection and spawning activities.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. Must have a current or obtain within 6 months a Transportation Worker Identification Credential "TWIC" card. Must possess a valid Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) or obtain one within six months of appointment. Pre-employment and random alcohol and drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive test is received. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This 1-year probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.