Summary
You will serve as a Maintenance Mechanic Leader at the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge for the US Fish & Wildlife Service. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. You may be required to travel overnight away from home for up to 25% of this position's duties. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Salary Range: $39.74 to $46.34 Per Hour *First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
Responsibilities
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Lead the station's safety program for all maintenance operations, conducting safety briefings and hazard assessments, serving as a safety instructor, enforcing PPE and operational limits, maintaining OSHA-audit-ready safety documentation, and tracking team compliance with the Hearing Conservation Program, including annual audiometric testing and ensuring availability of required PPE. Lead and coordinate maintenance crews across all refuge units, assigning tasks, setting the pace, directing daily work activities, verifying quality and timeliness, coordinating equipment and vehicle sharing, reporting work status and delays, and ensuring co-equal attention to tasks and needs across all O'ahu refuge units. Plan, lay out, and complete preventive and deferred maintenance on facilities and real property assets, independently interpreting drawings and blueprints, and performing multi-trade work including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, roofing, concrete, HVAC, welding, painting, and similar maintenance responsibilities from initial layout through completion. Operate heavy equipment, CDL vehicles, and agricultural tractors with mowing implements, executing small-to-medium earth-moving and vegetation-management projects, transporting equipment between refuge units, maneuvering in close tolerances, securing cargo and selecting safe, legal routes, and performing mowing and related operations typical of year-round tropical growth conditions. Operate, maintain, and adjust water-control structures; manage wetland and upland habitat conditions; repair and replace fencing and gates; and conduct mechanical and chemical invasive plant control, ensuring all pesticide or herbicide applications, storage, and disposal follow applicable Federal and Staterequirements. Manage maintenance administration and documentation, supporting budget tracking, ensuring proper disposition of purchase and fuel receipts, maintaining project and equipment records, collecting and entering monthly fleet and heavy-equipment utilization data, balancing substantial office-based computer work with field duties, serving as the primary point of contact with the Regional Fleet and Heavy Equipment Manager, and supporting annual deferred-maintenance funding prioritization processes. Provide training, mentoring, and qualification tracking for maintenance personnel, conducting equipment-operation and safety training as authorized (including agricultural tractors, skid steers, excavators, and forklifts), maintaining accurate records of team member training qualifications, monitoring re-training cycles, and providing general mentorship to staff, volunteers, and youth participants. Support procurement and contract oversight in alignment with agency policy, preparing purchase requests, performing purchase card transactions and reconciliations, securing materials and supplies, assisting with contractor oversight, and-when authorized and qualified-performing collateral duties related to contract administration, including serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to ensure contracted services and materials meet required specifications.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/12/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability to Lead or Supervise (SCREEN OUT) Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc. Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (includes blueprints reading) Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position. Volunteer Experience: 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/. Must possess and maintain a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) . Pre-employment and random alcohol and drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive test is received. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.