This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will NOT be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants should review the "How to Apply" section of this flyer for more information on how to be considered. About the Position: Serve as a deckhand on floating plant assisting with a variety of tasks that include removing hazards to navigation, waterfront construction, hydrographic surveys, and other environmental and engineering missions.

Duties

Serve as a deckhand of floating plant to include derrick boat, crane barge, patrol vessels, and survey vessels. Assist with a variety of tasks that include removing hazards to navigation (navigational aids, trees, vehicles, floating debris), hydrographic surveys, water and sediment sampling, and harbor briefs and inspections. Maintain the floating plant's machinery and metal structures to include interior and exterior of the vessel by performing routine inspections. Serve as a laborer during waterfront construction activities constructing new or renewing piers, docks, dolphins, bulkheads, and other structures. Perform lookout watches and assist the Captain of the vessel with navigation duties as prescribed in the US Coast Guard navigation rules.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• NATIONAL AGENCY CHECK WITH WRITTEN INQUIRIES (NACI) - Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Exam and an annual exam thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• The duties of this position meet the criteria for compliance with Federal and Department of the Army Drug Free Workplace Programs. This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one- year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• Incumbent will be required to obtain and maintain an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) license for the operation of motorboats less than 26 feet within one year of being hired.
• Incumbent will be enrolled in the Hearing Conservation program and must undergo pre-employment, annual and pre-termination audiograms. (Per NAOSA DFs dtd 31 May 84 and 2 Aug 84)
• Incumbent will be required to obtain a CLASS I crane operator certification for floating crane within one year of being hired.
• Incumbent will comply with safety regulations, occupational safety/ health standards and other safety directives and orders to include wearing personnel protective equipment/ respirators, hearing and fall protection, and personal flotation devices.
• This position has an on-call requirement.

Qualifications

This announcement uses the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service. 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 Deckhand without more than normal supervision. Perform common hull maintenance and clean, sweep, mop decks and bulkheads, and maintain floating plant machinery and metal interior and exterior structures. Prepare vessels for movement and assemble rigging to lift and move loads. Safely operate various tools and equipment such as chainsaw, hammers, circular saw, jigsaw, drills, pike pole, deck crane, winch, and davits. Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Incumbent required to lift 50 lbs and sustained strenuous physical effort when operating chainsaw (20 lbs); deploying and retrieving scientific and surveying equipment (50 lbs) over the side of a boat; loading and unloading supplies and equipment from other vessels, barges, and land; washing, scrubbing scraping, cleaning and painting surfaces; and handling lines. Work requires long periods of standing, lifting, climbing, and walking on a moving platform such as a skiff and boat and rugged terrain. Work is performed inside and outside and is subject to extreme weather conditions to include high temperatures, high humidity, low temperatures, high winds, and heavy precipitation. Incumbent is exposed to hazards such as cuts, bruises, loud noises, burns from moving machinery, equipment and tool operations, breaking cables, falls, slippery and tilting surfaces, Hazards that are present when performing duties are from moving machinery, loud noises from equipment/tool operations, breaking cables, slippery and tilting surfaces, going up and down stairs and ladders, strains in lifting, pulling, eye injuries from chipping paint and rust, exposed to dust, fumes, and heat; and possible of drowning or falling overboard. Work is performed on boats that operate in various sea conditions that cause the boat to rock back and forth and incumbent is required to continue to perform duties. Areas on vessels are confined and require climbing ladders and entering and exiting through hatches and port holes that are 15 inches in width.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address ER-APF-W2SF03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, NORFOLK DO NOT MAIL Fort Eustis, VA 23604 US
• Name: Cenao Recruit
• Email: [email protected]