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Forrest City, AR
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Maintenance Worker Supervisor (Maintenance Worker Foreman) Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Forrest City, AR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $35.34 - $41.22 per hour Pay scale & grade WS 8 Promotion potential 8 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 4749 Maintenance Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
FOX-26-13048396
Control number 882863100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
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FCC Forrest City, AR Duties Help Responsible for the maintenance and repair of the institution buildings and structures, through the supervision of inme workers. Supervises and trains inme workers in various phases associed with the construction, repair, maintenance, and renovion of buildings and reled structures, grounds, fixtures and utilities, requiring the use of a variety of trade practices such as carpentry, masonry, plumbing, cement work, painting, welding, roofing, and other reled trades. Responsible for design and development of plans, specificions and blueprint drawings. Responsible for adhering to safety procedures for hazardous merial handling, OSHA requirements, and environmental issues. Responsible for the ordering and purchasing of all merial/equipment needed to perform assigned projects. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Career Transition Programs (CTAP or ICTAP) : These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: Meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; Be red well-qualified for the position, scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility: A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separion notice or agency RIF letter), Most recent performance appraisal, and Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion. See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more informion.
EEO Stement/Policy:
The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here: U.S Department of Justice -
U.S. Citizenship is Required. See Special Conditions of Employment Section. Selective Service Requirement Qualificions To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements: Applicants must have had sufficient training and experience to show their ability to perform the duties of the position. Qualificions determined by comparing your applicion to the responses to the Applicant Assessment Questions against the guidelines found in the Job Qualificion System for Trades and Labor Occupions, WS-4749 Series. To qualify for this position, you MUST meet both the Barely Acceptable level on both screen-out element (Ability to Supervise) and (Aptitude for work with Prisoners); receive least one half of the total possible points; AND you must furnish detailed informion on your resume to support your assessment responses to demonstre th you clearly possess the experience and skills to successfully perform the duties of this position. Failure to specifically identify skills in this field may result in your score being lowered or in being found ineligible for this vacancy. •Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion. Additional informion In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage. Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check. All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm. Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required. Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment.
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Candides within the top-quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles. If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-9 level or higher). As noted above, an agency may not select a non-preference eligible in lieu of a preference eligible in the same cegory unless there are grounds for a passover and the agency has complied with the passover procedures 5 U.S.C. § 3318(b). Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position? The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required: Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Ability to Supervise through Subordine Supervisors Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Aptitude for Work with Prisoners Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, and Repair, etc. Knowledge of Merials Measurement and Layout Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13048396 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the
SF-15. NOTE
A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: The military service des including the expected discharge or release de; and The character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and Any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF- 52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50 : If you are a current/former federal government employee, you must provide an unredacted copy of your lest SF-50. Proof of
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibility, Click Here , if applicable. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must apply through the online applicion system www.
USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. USAJOBS Help Center - How to Add a Resume to Your Profile All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on09/08/2026. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants Agency contact informion Consolided Staffing Unit Phone 972-352-4200 bop-hrm-hrsc-consolidedstaffingunit-s@bop.gov Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an inquiry of availability from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department may result in a loss of considerion for the position. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility. DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge). SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit: A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the
SF-15. NOTE
A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here . If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: The military service des including the expected discharge or release de; and The character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and Any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals. Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF- 52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed. To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include: Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Number of hours worked per week. SF-50 : If you are a current/former federal government employee, you must provide an unredacted copy of your lest SF-50. Proof of
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibility, Click Here , if applicable. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must apply through the online applicion system www.
USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. USAJOBS Help Center - How to Add a Resume to Your Profile All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on09/08/2026. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Consolided Staffing Unit Phone 972-352-4200 bop-hrm-hrsc-consolidedstaffingunit-s@bop.gov Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion. The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement. Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an inquiry of availability from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department may result in a loss of considerion for the position. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Forrest City, AR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $35.34 - $41.22 per hour Pay scale & grade WS 8 Promotion potential 8 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number