Maintenance Mechanic

Duties

You will serve as a Maintenance Mechanic (Head Dam Operator) at a multipurpose flood control project with responsibility for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the dam and its appurtenant structures, buildings, roads, and grounds. You will operate a local flood protection project and flood control dam to regulate stream flow and to permit the release of water from reservoirs to meet emergency, water quality, and recreation demands. You will operate diesel, gasoline and/or electric powered vehicles including 4-wheel drive dump trucks, tractors with attachments and other equipment. You will control all record keeping including time and attendance, overtime, procurement verifications, cost accounting and budget. You will ensure that all employee and contractor operations are as prescribed by safety regulations. You will inspect and report losses, damages, vandalism, encroachment, and misusage of project property and real estate. You will serve as Corps of Engineers spokesman and local representative establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with local emergency management, public works, and law enforcement agencies.

Qualifications

SCREEN OUT ELEMENT: To qualify, applicants must document in their resume that they are able to perform the duties of a Maintenance Mechanic without more than normal supervision.

JOB ELEMENTS: The skills, knowledge, abilities, and personal characteristics listed below are important to succeed in the job:

• Knowledge of Equipment, Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
• Technical Practices (Theorectical, Precise, Artistic)
• Use of Measuring Instruments
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading)
• Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Knowledge of Materials

PHYSICAL EFFORT: This position requires the incumbent to exert extreme physical effort including, but not limited to, constant arm and leg movement and reaching, bending, and turning to operate hand and foot controls when driving tractor or motor vehicles; standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions; working on scaffolds and ladders, which require work overhead or in stretched, cramped, or awkward position.

WORKING CONDITIONS: This position requires exposure to working conditions including, but not limited to, working indoors and outdoors in all kinds of weather including periods of extreme heat and cold and inclement weather; being subject to cuts/bruises, electric shock, and falls from ladders; injury from lifting and handling heavy materials and equipment; discomfort from noise, fumes, and vibrations of equipment; and a variety of hazards associated with operating vehicles and equipment, applying pesticides, and performing duties in the vicinity of flood control projects.