The Motor Vehicle Operator position is located at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center (VAMC), within the Health Engineering Department in Leavenworth, KS.

Duties

Major Duties: Haul cargo and fuel. Transport passengers, or tow/recover equipment. Operate vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds. Operate wheeled vehicles, wheel-mounted tractors, or engineering and construction equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction. During down-time, may perform duties as patient wheelchair escort. Capable of driving in city/highway traffic in all kinds of weather conditions. Responsible for preventative maintenance on vehicles and equipment and minor repairs. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00AM - 4:30PM Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placements Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: "Possess a valid State of Kansas issued driver's license." PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Incumbent must have good eyesight and normal coordination of hands, arms, legs, and feet, and must be able to bend and stoop. Incumbent will be expected to lift and handle more than 75 pounds while loading and unloading cargo and while making coupling between equipment and vehicles. Working conditions are sometimes difficult, working with grease, in extreme heat or cold, unventilated areas, near steam and hot water lines, in rain, high winds, snow, and ice, etc. Incumbent is expected to work in adverse weather conditions depending on requirements of the job incumbent is assigned. Incumbent may be required to report for duties for all emergencies that may occur at the Health Care System/Medical Center. Incumbent enters and exits heated buildings in all types of weather. 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)Operation of Equipment/MachineryReliability And DependabilityWork 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 VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System 2200 SW Gage Blvd Topeka, KS 66622 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]