Summary This position is located in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Field Organization, Plains Area (PA), National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Manhattan, KS. In this position you will serve as the Carpenter responsible for maintaining, repairing and performing alterations of the facilities, working with wood, wood substitute materials, sheetrock, and other materials. Responsibilities Constructs, alters, repairs, and modifies buildings, structures, and fixtures working with wood, plywood, engineered lumber, wallboard, insulation, plastics, and metal laboratory equipment. Builds, modifies, repairs, and installs animal housing units, modules unit, plastic animal holding cages of various sizes and shapes and other requirements designed by laboratory personnel, shelves, cabinets, base units, shipping cartons, etc. Repairs and maintains items such as wood and metal including door locks, closures, hinges, weather-stripping, sc...