For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full-time and part-time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States. NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). These experienced professionals provide administrative, scientific, technical, and operational support to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Experienced Services Program (ESP). Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an ?at-will? relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee. PLEASE NOTE: An ?Enrollee? is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ?Enrollee? is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions. This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States. |
Qualifications:AA Degree with minimum additional experience of 10 year(s) in maintenance work - Maintenance and carpentry experience required.
- Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Outlook
- MS Word and email skills would be a plus
Duties:This project's primary purpose is to assist with the maintenance of refuge facilities within the Gulf Coast Complex. To accomplish this goal, the maintenance worker position will work 15-24 hours per week as needed.
Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Use carpentry power and hand tools such as hammers, hand and power saws, drills, planes, routers, sanders, and nail guns, using safety rules/regulations/ procedures to safeguard tools and equipment.
- Maintenance of refuge trails to include trash pickup, landscaping (weeding, small tree trimming), boardwalk repairs, repairing and/or installing refuge signs, repair of wildlife viewing blinds, etc.
- Operate and maintain motorized equipment (e.g. zero turn mowers, string trimmers, hedge trimmers, edgers, leaf blowers), and other pieces of equipment as needed for project activities.
- Ensure routine maintenance and cleaning of fleet vehicles such as oil changes, tire rotations, washing and vacuuming.
- Apply shop mathematics, use measuring tools or instruments, follow oral and written instructions, use drawings, sketches, schematics, blueprints, etc. to determine work procedures and details of work layout.
- Keep facilities in safe working order by maintaining or outsourcing maintenance of HVAC, electrical and water supply.
- Lay out the installation, modification, or repair of systems for example: wiring systems in buildings, power and control circuits, and distribution panels. - Operating lawn equipment to keep grass mowed on trails, firebreaks, and around refuge infrastructure within the Gulf Coast Complex. Pickup trash at entrance gates & trail heads, repair boardwalks and other infrastructure within the refuge. 80%
- Ensure routine maintenance of the Gulf Coast Complex fleet vehicles such as oil changes and tire rotations systems. 10%
- Keep facilities in safe working order by maintaining or outsourcing maintenance of HVAC, electrical and water supply. 10%
Other:- Travel Requirements: A government vehicle will be provided for travel to refuges within the Gulf Coast Complex to conduct maintenance activities.
- Overnight travel: 4-5 days for overnight travel for training and possibly 2-4 nights per month for maintenance activities occurring more than two hours away from the home station of Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge where maintenance activities and travel to a work site can?t be completed within 8 hours.
- Government Vehicle Training: Online Defensive Driving course (counts as work time)??
- Health and Safety Considerations: Some equipment requires specialized training which will be provided if such equipment is to be used. All trainings will be conducted after the assignment of the enrollee(s) to the position. Additional training may be required based on the needs of the project.
- Required Safety Gear: Safety toe boots, work gloves, hard hat, safety vest, hearing and eye protection. Additional PPE may be required based on the needs of the project.
- Physical requirements: Walking, lifting, stooping, bending, reaching. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
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