Engineering Equipment Operator (Motor Vehicle Operator)

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This position is located with the Directorate of Public Works, Fort Campbell, KY.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs MAY be authorized Recruitment and relocation incentives MAY be authorized Student loan repayment MAY be authorized Salary negotiations for candidates new to Federal service MAY be authorized Credit for prior non-Federal experience and certain military service for leave accrual rates MAY be authorized Who May Apply: US Citizens 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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required.

However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Engineering Equipment Operator (Motor Vehicle Operator) ~ without more than normal supervision: Operating a steering road grader, a bulldozer, excavator, backhoe, tractor and dump trucks.

- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

Physical Effort: Engineering Equipment Operation: Heavy physical effort is used in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle controls.

Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration, jolting, and jerking of equipment over terrain.

Motor Vehicle Operation: Moderate physical effort is required in operating, turning, driving, backing, and dumping trucks and in the operation of other controls.

Working Conditions: Engineering Equipment Operation: This work is performed outside in all types of weather, in open cabs, over rough and rocky terrain, swamps, flat land, hills, in dense forest areas, and on steep rises having a wide variety of soil conditions.

Incumbent is subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from motor and exhaust.

Motor Vehicle Operation Works outside and is occasionally exposed to injury due to possible overturning of equipment.

Is subject to the possibility of serious accident and to cuts, bruises, and broken bones. Is exposed to noise levels above 85dB(A) requiring the use of hearing protection devices. Major Duties:

• Operate a variety of engineer heavy equipment in the construction and maintenance of roads and land management.
• Operate a grader with articulated steering to grade roads and parking lots.
• Excavate, backfill, clear brush and maintain landfills utilizing a bulldozer.
• Load dump trucks and perform trenching and excavating utilizing front end-loader and backhoe.