Job opening: Engineering Equipment Operator
Salary: $27 - 38 per hour
Relocation: YES
Published at: Sep 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement. The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm (EST), September 25, 2023.
Duties
The duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Operates gas or diesel powered engineering and construction equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction, such as road graders, tractors with bulldozer or angle dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, wheel loaders, trench diggers, and large Industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments.
Operates equipment to push, pull, pile, excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth and/or refuse.
Uses equipment to perform such functions as cutting, moving, digging, grading, and rolling earth, sand, stone, and other materials to maintain ditches, road shoulders, and beds.
The duty stations for the parks are:
Olympic National Park:
2 Vacancy, Permanent -Career Seasonal, Full-time.
Salary Range: $29.11 - $33.99 per hour
Yosemite National Park:
2 Vacancies, Permanent -Career Seasonal, Full-time.
Salary Range: $26.80 - $31.26 per hour
Redwood National Park
1 Vacancy, Permanent -Career Seasonal, Full-time.
Salary Range: $26.74 - $31.19 per hour
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
2 Vacancies, Permanent -Career Seasonal, Full-time.
2 Vacancies, Permanent -Year-round, Full-time.
Salary Range: $32.48 - $37.84 per hour
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
1 Vacancy, Permanent -Career Seasonal, Full-time.
Salary Range: $31.14 - $36.31 per hour
Mojave National Preserve
2 Vacancies, Permanent -Year-round, Full-time.
Salary Range: $27.55 - $32.10 per hour
Death Valley National Park
No Current Vacancies - Additional Vacancies May Open
Certain positions in this announcement are Career-Seasonal positions and subject to release and recall procedures. A permanent career-seasonal positions includes all the benefits of permanent employment but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis. As such, selectees will be in a non-pay/non-duty status for at least 2 weeks up to 6 months per year based on project requirements or weather conditions. Selectees are guaranteed to work at least 6 months per year but not more than 50 weeks per year, with the work schedule to be determined upon appointment. Non-pay status varies upon Park locations.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:
Competency ID 1166 - Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision (SCREEN OUT)
Competency ID: 1190 - Operation of Motor Vehicles
Competency ID: 1177 - Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)
Competency ID: 1215 - Ability to Drive Safely (Motor Vehicles)
Competency ID: 1195 - Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (includes blueprint reading)
Competency ID: 1216 - Ability to Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle)
Competency ID: 1950 - Reliability and Dependability as an Engineering Equipment Operator
If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.