The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to hire more than 300 people during an Austin job fair Saturday and Sunday to help the agency’s Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.

The fair will be conducted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 1309 Rutherford Lane in North Austin.

The positions pay between $14 and $37 an hour, depending on the position. People who are hired will work at FEMA’s joint field office in Austin with some workers required to travel small distances, said FEMA spokesman Leo Skinner.

The jobs are temporary, and people who are hired will be able to move into FEMA’s on-call reservists program, Skinner said.

“FEMA will be in the state as long as long as it takes. There will be a long-term housing program, too, going forward,” Skinner said.

About 1,400 people already are working at FEMA’s field office in Austin, he said.

FEMA currently is providing assistance for four disasters, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and the California wildfires, Skinner said. The people hired in Austin this weekend will work solely on Hurricane Harvey recovery along the Texas coast, he said.

The open positions include American Sign Language interpreters, bookkeepers, accountants, auditing clerks, civil engineers, claims adjusters, examiners, couriers, messengers, customer support representatives in multiple languages, disability integration advisors, global information systems specialists, graphic designers, writers, information technology specialists and administrative assistants.

Job seekers should bring copies of their resumes and should be ready to be interviewed, Skinner said. They should also bring drivers licenses and Social Security cards or passports and must pass background checks.

Online pre-registration is preferred by emailing resumes to: fema-dr4223TX-localhires@fema.dhs.gov.

People unable to attend the job fair may apply online at: www.workintexas.com and search “FEMA” under the “search all jobs” option.

dhendricks@express-news.net