The employee serves as a Motor Vehicle Operator within the Facilities Management Division, Engineering Grounds Transportation, at the VA Medical Center located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Duties

Major Duties: Operates cars and vans for the purpose of transporting authorized patients and passengers between the domiciliary and general hospital, on the station grounds, and on other authorizes off-station trips. Transports patients, members, and cargo to other VA facilities throughout Wisconsin and surrounding states. Maneuvers vehicles over uneven terrain, improved or unimproved roads, congested areas, and improved roads with light to moderate traffic. Utilizes caution and safety at all times when driving, parking, or loading and unloading. Adheres to all state, local, and installation traffic laws and ordinances. Operates vehicles up to 26,000 pounds on a regular and recurring basis. Assists patients from the vehicle to their scheduled destination. Loads and unloads supplies and building materials from trucks. Operates engineering type equipment such as trucks, tractors with hammer knife, mowers, metal drag, discs, scrapers, plows, snow blowers, shovels, salters, forklifts, front end loaders, and other gasoline driven grass cutting equipment. Removes snow from facility streets, sidewalks, and parking lots during snow emergencies with trucks, tractors, sidewalk plow, and hustler equipped with snow blower. Performs grounds maintenance tasks (i.e., sweeps roads and sidewalks, rakes and cuts lawns, etc.). Assists in moving office furniture, supplies, and building materials. Performs operator and minor maintenance on all equipment utilized. Work Schedule: Saturday - Wednesday, 8:00am - 4:30pm; this position is considered emergency essential and may require working outside of normal duty hours for snow emergencies. DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

Requirements

Qualifications

DRIVER's LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Must possess a valid state issued Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with B, C, D with Passenger, Air Brakes and Medical Endorsement. (Please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current, valid, and unrestricted CDL.) PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Employee is required to stand, sit, and bend. When loading and unloading trucks or when working on grounds maintenance tasks, the employee is required to lift 50 pounds and occasionally works in cramped and fatiguing positions. Frequent stooping/bending and physical exertion may be involved when assisting into and out of the vehicle. Work is performed in all types of weather, both indoors, in a vehicle, and outdoors. When driving vehicles, employee is exposed to traffic hazards, inclement weather conditions, and other various safety concerns. Depending on the tasks performed, safety equipment may be required. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Drive SafelyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (mobile equipment operations)Motor VehiclesReliability And DependabilityWithout more than normal supervisionWork Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Clement J Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]