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Maintenance Mechanic

National Park ServiceNew York

Hyde Park, NY

$36.05 /Hour
Posted Date 4/15/2026
Job Description Summary

This position is located at Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in the Maintenance Division - Building and Utilities Unit. The primary purpose of this position is maintaining historic structures, visitor facilities, and associated utilities through hands-on maintenance across multiple trades including carpentry, plumbing, and grounds work.

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Duties

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  • Carpentry: Constructs, modifies, and repairs building components such as framing, storage areas, doors, windows, and flooring. Installs siding, roofing, trim, cabinets, countertops, and floor coverings including tile, linoleum, and carpet.
  • Plumbing: Installs, modifies, and repairs utility, supply, and disposal systems for water, sewage, oil, and gas, as well as fixtures such as toilets, tubs, showers, and fire sprinkler systems. Interprets blueprints and building plans to independently plan and execute installations and repairs using specialized tools and trade techniques.
  • Painting: Independently performs painting, decorating, and refinishing of interior and exterior surfaces, including color matching and application of specialized finishes. Prepares surfaces, selects appropriate materials and tools, and applies various techniques to achieve a smooth, finished appearance.
  • Laboring: Performs a wide range of manual tasks including transporting heavy materials, assisting with erosion control, digging holes for sign installation, and cleaning drainage systems. Conducts roadside litter patrol, cleans work areas and fire grates, unloads supplies, handles timber, and maintains tool caches. Also cleans animal enclosures, removes trail obstacles, shovels snow, and operates and maintains hand and power tools.
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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.
  • You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1-2 nights per month. 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 18 years old due to hazardous duties. (ie. driving motor vehicles, etc)
*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

Requirements Continued:

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.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

  1. Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
  2. Knowledge of Equipment, Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
  3. Technical Practices
  4. Use of Measuring Instruments
  5. Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (Including blueprint reading)
  6. Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
  7. Knowledge of Materials


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. 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

This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions.

The defined vicinity for this position is: a radius of 50 miles from the official duty station; Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, 4097 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538. Residency will be verified during the hiring process.

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.

Physical Demands: Work requires moderate to heavy physical effort, including occasional lifting/handling of items up to 50 pounds unassisted using proper lifting techniques. Frequently required to stand, climb ladders or scaffolding, and bend, stoop, climb, and work in awkward positions.

Working Conditions: Exposed to seasonal outdoor weather conditions (-40 to 90+ degrees), dust, dirt, wind, and rain. Subject to fall hazards from ladders or scaffolding and may work around moving equipment, paints, solvents, and other chemicals. May also be exposed to electrical shock hazards and biting insects.

The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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