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General Maintenance Mechanic

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Middle Snake Field Office

Emmett, ID (In Person)

$96,658 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 days ago (Updated 9 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/6/2026

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General Maintenance Mechanic Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamion Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region 9 Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a General Maintenance Mechanic. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Locion:
Emmett, Idaho https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-informion.html Learn more about this agency Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a General Maintenance Mechanic. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Locion:
Emmett, Idaho https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-informion.html Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $46.47 - $46.47 per hour Pay scale & grade BB 00 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Emmett, ID Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 4749 Maintenance Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Confidential Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number
BOR-CPN-26-MP-12951512-KK
Control number 868026000 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency See Who May Apply under Requirements for more informion on who is eligible to apply for this position. Duties Help Opere, maintain, and overhaul werways equipment, such as discharge valves, spill/radial ges, stilling basins, and spillways; Opere/maintain domestic and irrigion wer systems, including testing, system monitoring and documention; take dam instrumention readings; Measure and maintain snow survey sites and weher stions; and, Opere and maintain snowmobiles, ATV, and heavy equipment. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigion. You must submit a resume and supporting documention (see Required Documents). You must submit eligibility documents for veterans considerion (see Required Documents). You must possess a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) the time of applicion and is a condition of employment. Failure to maintain a Class A CDL will result in the terminion of appointment. You required to obtain a successful pre-employment physical examinion by a licensed physician certifying your ability to perform the duties of this position. A physical exam may not be required if a comparable agency approved examinion was performed within the last 12 months. The cost of the exam reimbursed by the agency. You required to submit to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment as a condition of employment. This position is also subject to random drug testing. Continue to the Additional Informion section for the Condition of Employment For Probionary Period.
Who May Apply:
30% or More Disabled Veterans Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Department of the Interior Employees (Competitive) Department of the Interior Employees (Non-Competitive) Federal Employees (Competitive Transfer) Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Transfer) Former Federal Employees (Competitive Reinstement) Former Federal Employees (Non-Competitive Reinstement) Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) Military Spouses Miscellaneous Appointing Authorities Phways Program - Conversion Eligible Peace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteers Public Lands Corps (PLC) Hiring Authority Special Hiring Authorities Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) Qualificions Your applicion merials must demonstre sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position without more than normal supervision. Qualificions determined on the basis of informion submitted within your resume and responses to the assessment questions. For informion about qualificions for Federal Wage System positions please, OPM . Minimum qualificions for trades and labor positions are determined by evaluion of job elements. You must meet least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of least 2 points on all of the job elements in order to be considered qualified for this position. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualificion requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 05/19/2026. Educion This position does not allow substituting educion for experience. Additional informion Initial considerion given to candides whose applicions have been received before the first cut-off de. Qualificion and/or time-in-grade requirements must be met for those applicions submitted by the first cut-off de.
Condition of Employment For Probionary Period :
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period -OR- 2-year trail during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This probionary or trail 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 organizion 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 organizional 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 probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary period-OR-trail period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Reclamion has determined th the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval. DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please https://www.e-verify.gov/ This position is designed as a
LOW RISK
position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudiced SF85 Background Investigion (T1 or equivalent) th is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment. Resume headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions.

For more informion, click here . You scored and placed onto a register, from which selections made as the workforce demands. Both permanent and temporary positions are filled from this register as well as full-time, part-time and intermittent work schedules. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registrion with the Selective Service System or th the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
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https://www.sss.gov This is a bargaining unit position represented by IBEW Local No. 283. Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. 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 . Review our 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. Human Resources (HR) will review resumes and submitted documents, if applicable, to ensure your meet the basic qualificion requirements. HR will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion provided in the assessment questionnaire. The assessment questionnaire will take approximely 20 minutes to complete. Applicants determined best qualified referred to the selecting official. You further evalued on the following Job Elements through resume content and your responses to the applicion questionnaire: Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, and Repair, etc. Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) The applicion questionnaire can be previewed here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951512
RESUME:
You must submit a resume th demonstres how skills and experiences through job duties meet the qualificions and requirements listed in the job announcement to be considered for the job. Each job experience must include des of employment including start and end des (month and year), work schedule (full-time or part-time), and hours worked per week. Your answers verified against informion provided in your resume. Your resume must clearly support the responses to all the questions by addressing experience, educion, and/or training relevant to this position. You must make a fair and accure assessment of your qualificions. If a determinion is made th you have red yourself higher than wh is apparent in the description of your experience, competencies, skills, and/or educion/training (or th your resume/applicion is incomplete), you could be red ineligible or your score could be lowered. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies with the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s). Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. You may choose to opt in of having your informion shared with other agencies when applying for this position. If an agency requests a copy of a certifice you are on, you notified. 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 . Review our 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 Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility stus and the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit required documents will result in non-considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.
RESUME:
Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act/achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level. This documention is required to be considered as a current or former federal employee and optional for all other appointment types (e.g., veterans, individuals with disabilities, etc.)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Competitive Service current and/or former federal employees eligible for Promotion, Reassignment, Transfer, Reinstement, etc. You must submit a copy of your SF-50, verifying highest re of pay and documenting career or career-conditional stus in the competitive service (Tenure 1 or 2) for which the applicant is claiming eligibility. Do not submit award SF-50s. If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old). For more informion, click here . See above section for Performance Appraisal documention requirement.
CAREER TRANSITION PROGRAMS
Permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including selective factors, educion and experience requirements) and score least 85.0 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion, click here .
VETERANS
Veterans preference eligible under , VEOA, 30% or more Disabled, or Disabled Veterans Enrolled in a VA Training Program. If you are claiming eligibility based on veterans preference entitlement, you must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicing character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. If claiming disability preference, you must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15. For more informion, click here .
LAND MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY ACT
: Current or former land management agency appointees. You must submit (1) a copy of your SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, th reflects having initially been hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited (temporary/term) appointment; (2) a copy of SF-50(s), Notificion of Personnel Action(s), th reflect having served under one (1) or more time-limited (temporary/term) appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two (2) or more years; and (3) a copy of your Performance Appraisal Plan and/or Supervisor Memorandum th reflects having performed an acceptable level during each period of service. For more informion, click here .
PUBLIC LAND CORPS
Former PLC members. You must provide a copy of your signed Certifice of Non-Competitive Eligibility and clearly ste in your resume time served and duties performed on an approprie conservion project. For more informion, click here .
OTHER HIRING AUTHORITIES
Applicants claiming eligibility based on a Special Hiring Authority must submit applicable proof of eligibility as outlined in the following site(s): Special Hiring Authorities , Schedule A , Peace Corps & AmeriCorps , Interchange Agreement , Military Spouse . 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 Applicions (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documention) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 05/19/2026. To apply, click the blue
APPLY ONLINE
button the top of the page. Do not submit photographs with the applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc. Agency contact informion
BOR C-PN
Region 9 Human Resources Office bor-sha-cpnjobs@usbr.gov Address Middle Snake Field Office Bureau of Reclamion Middle Snake River Area Office 230 Collins Rd Boise, ID 83702 US Next steps Upon successful submission of the applicion packet, you will receive a confirmion email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmion, the applicion has not yet been accepted by the system. After all applicion packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualificion requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualificions further evalued on the informion provided in the resume, applicion questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. Best-qualified applicants referred to the selecting official. After making a tentive job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigion conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applicions. Applicants should monitor their stus for positions with the Bureau of Reclamion by regularly checking their public stus notificions in the USAJOBS profile. 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 Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility stus and the position and grade to which you are applying. Failing to submit required documents will result in non-considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.
RESUME:
Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act/achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level. This documention is required to be considered as a current or former federal employee and optional for all other appointment types (e.g., veterans, individuals with disabilities, etc.)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Competitive Service current and/or former federal employees eligible for Promotion, Reassignment, Transfer, Reinstement, etc. You must submit a copy of your SF-50, verifying highest re of pay and documenting career or career-conditional stus in the competitive service (Tenure 1 or 2) for which the applicant is claiming eligibility. Do not submit award SF-50s. If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstres you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of approprie SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective de more than one year old). For more informion, click here . See above section for Performance Appraisal documention requirement.
CAREER TRANSITION PROGRAMS
Permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including selective factors, educion and experience requirements) and score least 85.0 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion, click here .
VETERANS
Veterans preference eligible under , VEOA, 30% or more Disabled, or Disabled Veterans Enrolled in a VA Training Program. If you are claiming eligibility based on veterans preference entitlement, you must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (copy indicing character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of service. If claiming disability preference, you must also submit the disability letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or Armed Service and the Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15. For more informion, click here .
LAND MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY ACT
: Current or former land management agency appointees. You must submit (1) a copy of your SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, th reflects having initially been hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited (temporary/term) appointment; (2) a copy of SF-50(s), Notificion of Personnel Action(s), th reflect having served under one (1) or more time-limited (temporary/term) appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two (2) or more years; and (3) a copy of your Performance Appraisal Plan and/or Supervisor Memorandum th reflects having performed an acceptable level during each period of service. For more informion, click here .
PUBLIC LAND CORPS
Former PLC members. You must provide a copy of your signed Certifice of Non-Competitive Eligibility and clearly ste in your resume time served and duties performed on an approprie conservion project. For more informion, click here .
OTHER HIRING AUTHORITIES
Applicants claiming eligibility based on a Special Hiring Authority must submit applicable proof of eligibility as outlined in the following site(s): Special Hiring Authorities , Schedule A , Peace Corps & AmeriCorps , Interchange Agreement , Military Spouse . 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 Applicions (resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documention) for this vacancy MUST be received online BEFORE midnight Eastern Time (Washington, DC time) on 05/19/2026. To apply, click the blue
APPLY ONLINE
button the top of the page. Do not submit photographs with the applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - applicant must remove any images from badges, licenses, etc. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
BOR C-PN
Region 9 Human Resources Office bor-sha-cpnjobs@usbr.gov Address Middle Snake Field Office Bureau of Reclamion Middle Snake River Area Office 230 Collins Rd Boise, ID 83702 US Next steps Upon successful submission of the applicion packet, you will receive a confirmion email from USAJOBS. If you do not receive this email confirmion, the applicion has not yet been accepted by the system. After all applicion packages have been received, resumes and supporting document(s) reviewed to ensure applicants meet the basic qualificion requirements. Each applicant who meets the basic qualificions further evalued on the informion provided in the resume, applicion questionnaire, and other assessment criteria identified in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section above. Best-qualified applicants referred to the selecting official. After making a tentive job offer, a suitability and/or security background investigion conducted. A final job offer is typically made within 40 days after the deadline for applicions. Applicants should monitor their stus for positions with the Bureau of Reclamion by regularly checking their public stus notificions in the USAJOBS profile. 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 Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $46.47 - $46.47 per hour Pay scale & grade BB 00 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Emmett, ID Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
BOR-CPN-26-MP-12951512-KK
Control number 868026000

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