Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor

If selected, you will serve in the capacity of a Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor for the Phoenix Rearing Facility (PRF) with full responsibility to carry out a complex maintenance program and supervise the work of employees assigned to the maintenance work unit. The mission of the PRF is mass rearing and release of sterile insects as part of the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) area-wide control program, and other programs or projects as directed.

Major duties

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Prepares procurement requests to obtain materials and equipment, and interacts with industry sources for supplies, services, and emergency call-out
• Plans and lays out carpentry, sheet metal, plastic, HVAC and electrical projects.
• Monitors and inspects the condition of the facility’s electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning systems and appliances.
• Makes periodic visual and operational inspections of buildings and structures.
• Installs, modifies, repairs, maintains, troubleshoots, tests, and loads new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
• Supervises a full range of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and carpentry work at the Phoenix Rearing Facility (PRF).
• Exercises technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in accomplishing trades and labor work

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Your answers to the vacancy specific questions must be supported by the work experience in your resume. For example, if you respond in the affirmative when questioned whether you have experience rearing insects, your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Source: USAJOBS. Applications are submitted on USAJOBS.gov.