JOBS / SOUTH CAROLINA / Maintenance Worker
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Maintenance Worker

📍 Clarks Hill, SC Permanent

About the Role

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will NOT be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants should review the "How to Apply" section of this flyer for more information on how to be considered. This flyer will be used as positions become available. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Major Duties

  • Performs a broad range of maintenance, repair, and grounds-support duties for buildings, structures, and operational facilities at the Thurmond Project and New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam.
  • Duties include carpentry, painting, plumbing, concrete and plaster repair, general cleaning, materials handling, and repair or installation of building components and fixtures.
  • Operates hand tools, shop equipment, portable power tools, forklifts, cranes, and light-duty motor vehicles. Conducts routine safety inspections of dam, powerplant, and related structures; records measurements and maintains drainage systems.
  • Assists powerplant mechanics and electricians with inspection, maintenance, and repair of hydroelectric and other mechanical equipment, including turbines, generators, pumps, cranes, compressors, and water and sewer systems.
  • Maintains safe, clean, and orderly work areas and complies with all applicable safety requirements.

Conditions of Employment

  • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
  • Required to obtain and maintain a valid civilian driver's license.
  • Pre-employment and periodic physical examination may be required.
  • The use of personal protective clothing or equipment may be required.
  • Subject to inclement weather conditions and potential hazards associated with working around power generating equipment, overhead cranes, moving vehicles and equipment. Work areas may be in close, cramped quarters requiring awkward positioning.
  • Work will involve climbing and working from ladders and scaffolds. You may be required to lift and carry objects weighing 50 pounds or more.
  • This position is a Testing Designated Position under the U. S. Army Drug-Free Federal Workplace Civilian Drug Testing Program.

Qualifications

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD.Screen out Element: Ability to do the work of a MAINTENANCE WORKER without more than normal supervision. Applicants must meet the screen out element to be considered further. To meet the screen out element, applicants should document experience or show the ability to do the following: perform common maintenance, repairs, and replacements to component parts of MAINTENANCE WORKER.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.


Qualifications - Candidates will be evaluated in accordance with OPM General Schedule (GS) Qualification Standards or Federal Wage System (FWS) Qualifications and Job Elements:FWS Qualifications: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=Job-Elements

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Additional Information

  • This announcement uses the direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
  • Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
  • You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
  • This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
  • Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
  • Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
  • If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
  • When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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About U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the federal government's largest water resources and public engineering agency, with nearly 26,000 civilians working in its civil works program. It maintains more than 600 dams, operates roughly 257 navigation locks and 75 hydroelectric power plants, and maintains about 12,000 miles of commercial inland navigation channels, generating about 24 percent of the nation's hydropower. Its federal civilian maintenance workforce keeps locks, dams, powerhouses, and related facilities running at project sites nationwide.
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Job Snapshot
$25 – $29 /hr
-24% below median
≈ $51,000 – $59,500 / yr
Location
Clarks Hill, SC
Employment
Permanent
Posted
1 day ago

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