Maintenance Worker

About the role

This position is located with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Facilities Engineering, Plains Area, in the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), in Manhattan, Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Perform the full range of outside maintenance and landscaping activities involved on campus facilities.
• Maintain work and equipment areas and work with supervisor to ensure supplies and equipment are on hand.
• Maintain surfaces such as sidewalks, steps, walls, curbs, ramps, roads, etc.
• Ensure adherence to conduct, safety, fire, care of equipment, housekeeping rules and regulations.
• Remove broken concrete and prepare subsurfaces for repair including leveling ground and tamping fill material such as sand, dirt, and gravel.
• Operate pickup trucks, panel trucks, flatbed trucks, and other vehicles (weight up to 10,000 pounds) to tow and carry equipment, lawn materials, supplies, etc.

Requirements

Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.

Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served. Refer to the Next Steps section for more information.

Qualifications

• In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following by the closing date of the vacancy announcement:
• Qualifications will be determined under the Job Element Rating System X-118C, Qualifications Standard Handbook.
• The responses to the questionnaire and your resume should be in significant detail to provide the person rating your application with a good understanding of your ability to do the job, technical knowledge, work, and training experience, etc.

Physical Effort

• The work requires frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, reaching, and arm and leg movement to operate equipment, and exposure to vibration, jerking and jolting in operation over rough terrain.
• The work also involves climbing ladders and stretching to reach tree limbs, etc. and pushing carts and wheelbarrows.
• The incumbent is required to lift up to 100 pounds with appropriate precautions, support and/or mechanical lifting devices.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applications will be evaluated in accordance with Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Delegated Examining Procedures and USDA policy using category rating. Applicants who meet basic minimum qualifications will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. Within these categories, applicants eligible for veteran's preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans. Category placement will be determined based on applicants' quality of experience and the extent they possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) or competencies:

• Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading)
• Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, and Repair, etc.