Summary These positions are located in Grand Canyon National Park, in the Facility Management and Engineering Division, within the Utilities Branch. Grand Canyon National Park may pay a recruitment or relocation incentive for the applicant selected. The incentive may be up to 25% of the annual rate of pay, multiplied by the number of years in the service period (up to 4 years, depending on length of service agreement). Responsibilities Major Duties: The Utility Systems Repairer Operator is responsible for the efficient operation and maintenance of a secondary and a tertiary wastewater treatment plant and a reclaim water production facility, and for the adjunct systems and equipment that support those operations. Wastewater treatment plants are located at the South Rim, North Rim, and at Phantom Ranch. The operator must be able to perform operational checks, installation of equipment, preventive maintenance procedures, troubleshooting and corrective maintenance procedures, laboratory analysis, and calibrations and adjustments on equipment and on all flow stream treatment processes commonly associated with utility systems and with wastewater treatment methods. Must be able to operate and accomplish collective and preventive maintenance to the systems and to the equipment commonly associated with an aerated lagoon operation and to a tertiary treatment system that includes sedimentation filtration, recirculation, evaporation, disinfection, and de-chlorination of the facility discharge. Determines operational adjustments and chemical additions required to maintain potable water quality standards. Conducts random and frequent laboratory analysis to numerous potable water sample points throughout the park. Will be assigned to maintenance and repair duties to the pipelines when repairs are required. Performs all common water and wastewater related laboratory analysis required by regulatory monitoring. Must have the ability to analyze and repair minor electrical, electronic, and SCADA control system problems, perform calibrations to all installed equipment and systems, and complete the installation and start-up of new equipment and systems as Identified. Area Information: This position is stationed at Grand Canyon National Park at the South Rim located in Northern Arizona. The South Rim is located approximately 60 miles north of Williams and 82 miles Northwest of Flagstaff at an elevation of 7,000 feet. Temperatures range from approximately 90 degrees in the summer to 0 degrees in the winter. Annual precipitation averages around 13 inches. Grand Canyon Village has schools K-12, a daycare center, post office, general store, churches, a recreation center with gym, a public library, a clinic with resident physicians, and several restaurants. The park community consists of some 2,500 people, including employees of the NPS and concessionaires and their family members. There are often employment opportunities for family members in the park and surrounding areas. The park community is small enough that many employees choose to walk or bike from their homes to work. Complete shopping, educational, medical and professional services are available in Williams and Flagstaff. Flagstaff has a population of about 66,000 and has multiple K-12 public and private schools, Northern Arizona University, and diverse community, medical and other support services. Recreational opportunities include hiking, backpacking, fishing, cross-country and downhill skiing, and golfing in nearby communities. South Rim Housing: Permanent and Term employees with a Full Performance Level (FPL) of a GS-09 or WG-8 and above will be provided the option of accepting assigned housing, participating in the normal bid system, or accepting shared housing. Permanent and Term employees with an FPL of GS-08 or WG-7 and below may be provided the option of participating in the normal bid system or accepting shared housing. Any employee assigned to shared housing may continue to bid into non-shared housing. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship required. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males. Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program. You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you. You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period. Ability to obtain and maintain within 1 year of appointment a current Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) (or equivalent) Water Treatment II certification or a Wastewater Treatment II certification. Operators may be required to acquire a Helicopter Crewmember certification. You may be required to travel overnight away from home. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Government Charge Card: You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program. Qualifications To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability To Do The Work Of A Utility Systems Repairer Operator Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT). Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading) Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc. Knowledge of materials Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic) Use of Measuring Instruments If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. To be found minimally qualified, your resume must show: I am able to perform the full range of Utility Systems Repairer-Operator tasks at the journeyman level under normal supervision. Independently oversee the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of water and/or wastewater treatment facilities, water distribution systems, and/or wastewater treatment collection systems. Oversee the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of potable water pumping, storage, transmission, treatment and local distribution systems, wastewater collection and pumping systems; reclaim water pumping, storage, transmission systems; chlorination systems. Oversee the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of water treatment facilities. 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. 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. 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. Education There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions. Additional Information A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected. The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue date of the referral certificate. A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the National Park Service (NPS) either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the NPS. A relocation incentive is not the same as a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move and, as such, may be granted in conjunction with one another. Physical Demands: The physical effort may be from light to heavy. The Operator may frequently lift 50 pounds and at times will lift or move materials heavier than 100 pounds with the help of other personnel or with the use of materials handling equipment. Work performed on the trans-Canyon pipeline and on the North Rim water supply line will require flying, hiking, climbing, hanging by ropes and restraint lines, manual excavation of dirt and rock, and use of industrial power equipment to make repairs to these pipelines' wider conditions of extreme heat and other desert conditions. Work may require hiking long distances on steep trails in high heat conditions to arrive and to depart the assigned duty station or remote site and will be required hiking to and from the pumping stations within the Inner canyon. Working Conditions: Work will be both inside of facilities and buildings and outside in temperatures that can range from 100 degrees F during the summer and up to -10 degrees F in the winter. Exposure to rain, sleet, and snow can occur. Work in the Inner canyon of the Grand Canyon National Park is conducted in a desert environment with exposure to temperatures that can exceed 120 degrees F in the summer. The Operator is subject to recall and may be called out at any time of the day or night to respond to system failures and ta other emergencies as the situation might dictate. The Operator may be exposed to Insect bites, bruises, cuts, falls, bums, and scrapes. The operator will be exposed to raw and treated sewage, moving machinery and chemical feed systems, and equipment typical of work performed in the water/wastewater Industry.