Plumber

  • The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
  • Washington, District of Columbia
  • Full Time
PLUMBER

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Plumbing Shop

Summary

This position is part of the, The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The incumbent responsible for performing plumbing, pipefitting and other duties on complex plumbing systems.

Summary

This position is part of the, The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The incumbent responsible for performing plumbing, pipefitting and other duties on complex plumbing systems.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/08/2025 to 08/28/2025

Salary

$34.36 to - $40.14 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 10

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Washington, DC

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

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

10

Job family (Series)

4206 Plumbing

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Credentialing

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

Yes

Announcement number

KC-25-DE-12779240HD

Control number

842880100

This job is open to

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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.

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This job is also open in another announcement to:

Federal employees - Competitive service

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Land and base management

Veterans

Military spouses

Individuals with disabilities

Family of overseas employees

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Special authorities

Duties

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Works on all Kennedy Center sewage, wer, gas, and fire suppression systems. Also disassembles, installs, modifies, repairs, and maintains a wide variety of new and existing piping systems and equipment.

Installs, modifies, and repairs systems by locing and tapping main lines, setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper level and slope.

Installs and repairs valves, traps and unions needed for proper operion of various systems.

Lays out, installs and insules domestic wer and waste lines completing proper routing, placement, slant, slope and jointing, sealing and testing for proper pressures, leak-free joints and operion.

Cuts, bends and threads pipe necessary to hook-up air, gas and wer lines. Opens clogged drains and sewer lines, and repairs faucets. Operes soldering equipment to join copper pipe of varying sizes.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

US Citizenship is required.

Suitable for Federal employment, determined by background investigion.

Direct Deposit of pay is required.

Selective Service registrion required for male applicants, unless exempt.

Must be back flow certified time of appointment.

Qualificions

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Qualificion Standard Handbook X-118C .

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined.

Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below:

Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. (SCREEN OUT) (OPM Job Element 1)

Measure and Layout. (OPM Job Element 80-A)

Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, Repair, etc. (OPM Job Element 2-E)

Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (includes blueprint reading) (OPM Job Element 75-A)

Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment (OPM Job Element 81)

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. In preparing your applicion, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had th 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 qualificions 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 reled factors.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Efforts and Working Conditions:

Incumbent must be in good physical condition. Incumbent climbs ladders and must be able to climb stair towers of greer than 100 feet. Accessing work sites often requires walking more than three miles throughout the day and stepping over objects. Work of this position involves pushing, pulling, or carrying of objects of varying sizes and shapes, weighing up to 75 pounds.

Incumbent works in confined areas such as tics, near ceilings, in utility corridors, etc. The incumbent works from various heights on ladders, lifts, and scaffolding. Duties are performed both inside and outside in weher conditions varying from hot, humid summer he to below freezing winter temperures.

The incumbent is exposed to serious injury when working on energized circuits, adjacent to opering equipment, or from various heights. May be exposed to burns, cuts, bruises, smoke and fumes, flying particles when grinding or cutting, and may suffer discomfort when wearing hoods, goggles, and other Personal Protective Equipment. The incumbent may be subject to cuts from hand powered tools and the danger from flying splinters and chips.

Additional informion

Telework Suitability:

The duties of this position are not suitable for core or situional telework, use the Center guidance during an emergency or nural disaster.

Stipulions of Employment:

Selection may require completion of a 1-year probionary period.

Must provide a copy of back flow certificion time of applicion.

Work Schedule:

This position requires a fixed work schedule Tuesday - Surday 12:00 PM - 9:30PM ; flexible work schedules will not be authorized.

The incumbent may be required to work a schedule th includes Surdays, Sundays, and holidays. He/she may also be required to work Surdays, Sundays, holidays, and other shifts on an overtime basis with little or no prior notice.

Miscellaneous:

This position is covered by the American Federion of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 2463.

The Center uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please .

This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement # KC-25-MP-12779239HD using Merit Promotion procedures. If interested, refer to th announcement to determine if you meet merit promotion requirements and can apply to th announcement. NOTE: You must apply separely to each announcement in order to be considered under both.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days.

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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

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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.

For Cegory Ring: Once the applicion process is complete, qualified candides assigned to a quality cegory. The cegory assignment is a measure of the degree in which your background mches the competencies required for this position. The cegories for this announcement are defined as: Best-Qualified and Qualified . Your resume and supporting documention will then be used to determine if you are qualified for this job. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion.

Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.

Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specificion, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)

Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, Repair, etc

Measurement and Layout

The Cegory Ring Process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three," but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligible within each cegory. 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-09 level or higher).

Benefits

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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

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment mm/yy and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted, only the most current resume reviewed for qualificions.

2. Other supporting documents :

Back flow certificion

Veterans' Preference documention, if applicable (e.g. DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service, SF-15 Form and reled documention, VA letter, etc.)

Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention: If you are applying under CTAP or ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.602(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible

Cover Letter, optional

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming veterans' preference , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If applicable, you must also submit an SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by th form. Failure to provide this documention may result in a non preference determinion. For more informion on veterans' preference (see ).

Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. Note: A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into an integred PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a wide range of file types creed in different applicions. To ensure the document is not a PDF Portfolio document, open the document and if there are multiple different documents with a variety of extensions, it is a PDF Portfolio document and will not be processed.

It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement.

Career Transition Assistance Programs : CTAP/ICTAP provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), score least 85 on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For informion on CTAP and ICTAP :

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

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To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.

You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.

To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

You may preview the Assessment Questionnaire :

If you have questions about this job, please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Mountain Time, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, you may request an alterne applicion method from the Agency Contact listed in the vacancy. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon EST on the closing de of the announcement.

Agency contact informion

Helen Dorsey

Phone

...

...

Address

The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

2700 F. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20566

US

Next steps

For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection.

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

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

1. Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment mm/yy and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted, only the most current resume reviewed for qualificions.

2. Other supporting documents :

Back flow certificion

Veterans' Preference documention, if applicable (e.g. DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service, SF-15 Form and reled documention, VA letter, etc.)

Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documention: If you are applying under CTAP or ICTAP, you MUST submit proof of eligibility under 5 CFR 330.602(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance ring, and a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your position, grade level, and duty locion. Please annote your applicion to reflect th you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible

Cover Letter, optional

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming veterans' preference , you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility. If applicable, you must also submit an SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by th form. Failure to provide this documention may result in a non preference determinion. For more informion on veterans' preference (see ).

Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. Note: A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into an integred PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a wide range of file types creed in different applicions. To ensure the document is not a PDF Portfolio document, open the document and if there are multiple different documents with a variety of extensions, it is a PDF Portfolio document and will not be processed.

It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing de of the announcement.

Career Transition Assistance Programs : CTAP/ICTAP provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), score least 85 on the assessment questionnaire, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For informion on CTAP and ICTAP :

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

To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.

You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.

To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

You may preview the Assessment Questionnaire :

If you have questions about this job, please contact the HR Office representive listed in the "Agency Contact Info" section of this vacancy announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Mountain Time, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, you may request an alterne applicion method from the Agency Contact listed in the vacancy. All hardship applicion packages must be complete and submitted no ler than noon EST on the closing de of the announcement.

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Agency contact informion

Helen Dorsey

Phone

...

...

Address

The John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts

2700 F. Street, NW

Washington, DC 20566

US

Next steps

For stus updes on your applicion, please follow the directions listed above in the How to Apply section. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. If you are selected for an interview for this position, you contacted directly. A final job offer for this position is typically made within several weeks after the closing de of the vacancy announcement. After confirming a job offer, all other applicants notified of their non-selection.

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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 08/08/2025 to 08/28/2025 Salary $34.36 to - $40.14 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible No 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 10 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number KC-25-DE-12779240HD Control number 842880100
Job ID: 488917177
Originally Posted on: 8/10/2025

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