This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is located at Ice Harbor Project in Pasco, WA. and is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District. This position is eligible for situational telework only.

Duties

Performs full range of overhaul/repair work on heavy-duty mobile equipment and vehicles with combustion engines. Types of equipment repaired: front end loaders, cranes, graders, backhoe, rollers, compressors, generators, trucks and hydraulic lifts. Performs minor maintenance and checks carburetors, starters, alternators, checks and installs on vehicle. Adjusts brakes, clutches on vehicles and equipment and replaces defective parts with new as needed. Removes and replaces universal joints, constant velocity joints, carrier bearings on differentials and on final drives. Replaces and adjusts tracks, seals, clutches and steering cylinders on dozers and track equipment. Replaces idler wheels and seals, torsion bars, stabilizer bars. Repairs and replaces sinks, stools, faucets, urinals, pipe sprinklers, valves. Builds concrete forms, door and window frames, storage bins and cabinets. Builds fence, wire and split rail. Drives dump truck, fish truck, and snowplow and sander, occasionally helping the equipment operator running grader, front-end loader and backhoe.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Pre-employment drug test is required.
• Pre-employment physical is required.
• Heavy lifting, up to 45lbs is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid states driver's license.
• This position is subject to emergency work performed outside of normal duty hours.

Qualifications

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) HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC without more than normal supervision. Ability to remove, adjust, replace, clean, and install a variety of parts, components, and accessories to include filters, radiators, bearings, springs, shock absorbers, wheel cylinders, starter motors, pumps, mufflers, and other items of similar complexity. I can also perform engine tune-ups and adjust brakes. I can assist in the removal, disassembly, repair, and reassembly of engines and transmissions. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Physical Effort: Exerts heavy physical effort in doing such tasks as frequently lifting and moving objects weighing under 45 pounds unassisted, obtains assistance or uses appropriate equipment or safety devices when lifting and moving objects greater than 45 pounds. Physical dexterity is needed to handle tools and work around machinery or equipment. Working Conditions: Work is performed inside and outside, frequently in cramped and awkward positions; shop area is frequently inadequately heated; dirty, greasy and noisy; possibility exists for injury from dropped units and parts, slipping tools, slipping from work position. Inside work is usually performed on concrete floors and involves frequent exposure to exhaust fumes. Work is generally performed outdoors in all extremes of weather, in and over water, in wildland vegetation, in flood control and building structures. Hazards include heat, cold, dust, insect bites and stings, injurious vegetation, electric shock, drowning, work around machinery and heavy equipment, noise, vibration, falls from ladders and high work surfaces, and toxic chemicals. Work requires heavy lifting, continuous standing, walking, or stooping in all extremes of weather, including under wet and muddy conditions on steep or uneven terrain. Work requires special care to avoid injuries.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address HG-APF-W2SJ03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, WALLA WALLA DO NOT MAIL Walla Walla, WA 99362 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk