Facility Services Assistant

Summary

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Facility Services Assistant. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Grand Coulee, Washington https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: - Helps the superintendent and craft supervisors complete work by using software maintenance system. - Makes sure work order packages are fully completed. - Enters basic job plans and labor hours for preventive maintenance tasks. - Uses a government purchase card to make micro-purchases and completes all required (Federal Acquisitions Regulations) FAR paperwork. - Collects, enters, verifies, processes, and files time and attendance records. - Gathers data and prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on generator run hours, outages, starts/stops, and plant availability. - Enters and reviews employee training records.

Qualifications

Requirements Continued... 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. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-07, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-06 level in federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as experience that included: maintaining and coordinating schedules for maintenance and/or repair of a major facility; Monitoring and adjusting work orders; and/or collecting and recording data for central files; and/or responding to oral and written requests regarding ; and editing /creating documents for review; experience using an automated maintenance management software program for a power generating plant or equivalent industrial, commercial or military facility. Experience may also include skill in using an automated time keeping system and performing bank/credit card program coordination. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. Education cannot be used to substitute experience at this grade. GS-06: you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-05 level in federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as experience performing maintenance management work such as assisting with creating work orders and scheduling maintenance and/or constructions projects; assisting with monitoring and adjusting work orders; experience using an automated maintenance management software program. ou must include hours worked per week in your resume. Education cannot be used to substitute experience at this grade. GS-05: you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-04 level in federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as computer-related experience including using computer programs to: run queries; devise spreadsheets; Manipulate data into reports and statistics; and/or track work progress of an office. You must include hours worked per week in your resume. OR Education 4 years above high school. You must include transcripts if using education to qualify. OR A combination of specialized experience listed above and education. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. You must include hours worked per week in your resume and transcripts if using education to qualify. 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. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 10/13/2026.

Education

This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience at the GS-05 grade level. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position. You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer. Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information.