Engineering Equipment Operator

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serve as an Engineering Equipment Operator responsible for the operation of various engineering equipment to perform cutting, grading, digging, compacting, excavating, and leveling earth, sand, stone, and other materials.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Modification of Term Appointments Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 an Engineering Equipment Operator without more than normal supervision.

Safely operating and maneuvering grading equipment such as front-end loaders and tractors with dozers, in the leveling of soil, filling trenches, and/or snow removal.

Equipment is used on flat or rolling terrain or construction sites with simple terrain problems for rough specification work.

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

Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen-out Element) Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.

(related to mobile equipment operation) Ability To Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle) Operation of Motor Vehicles Reliability and Dependability as a Engineering Equipment Operator Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order) PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work involves heavy physical effort in pushing, pulling, and depressing various levers, clutches, and breaks.

Such work involves continuous control changes to maneuver engineer equipment.

The operator in reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments uses physical effort.

Lifts and carries items weighing up to 45 lb. The constant vibration of the equipment causes considerable strain and the jerking and jolting caused by operating over rough surfaces.

Because of the location of some of the controls and attachments, frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Nature of work is dirty and noisy, often in an open driver's seat. Works outdoors in all weather conditions, including periods of extreme heat and cold.

Works in uneven hills, slopes, grades, and rolling terrain.

Equipment operating involves danger from various types of accidents, such as might result from overturning, breaking cables, or swinging loads.

Subject to injuries from using hand tools in maintaining equipment. Subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust.

Work is performed close to buildings, trees, working personnel, on all types of terrain, and works to either rough or fine specification. Major Duties:

• Operate engineering equipment to perform cutting, grading, digging, compacting, excavating, and leveling earth, sand, stone, and other materials.
• Grade surfaces to rough or fine specifications, on all types of terrain.
• Remove snow from road and parking lots.
• In an emergency operates under the direction of the department to cut new fire breaks or help fight fire in other ways such as smothering or removing a structure, etc.
• Spray herbicides from mounted spraying apparatus, a backpack apparatus or from truck-mounted apparatus to control the growth of invasive and other undesirable vegetation, next to structures and rail tracks, in channels and canals.