Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: The Engineering Equipment Operator is located with the Directorate of Public Works, Operations & Maintenance Division at Fort Riley, KS.

Duties

Perform daily visual and operational checks or adjustments of equipment prior to and during operation on a continuing basis. Perform daily visual and operational checks or adjustments of equipment prior to and during operation on a continuing basis. Plan lay out of work from blueprints, rough sketches, construction drawings, and work orders to determine materials, tools and equipment need to complete the project. Plan lay out of work from blueprints, rough sketches, construction drawings, and work orders to determine materials, tools and equipment need to complete the project. Operates equipment in a safe manner according to safety rules and regulations and uses the equipment properly to avoid damage. Operate various types of heavy equipment (i.e. backhoes, motor graders, semi-tractor trailer, etc) over rough, hilly, and rocky terrain to dig, excavate, backfill, grade and move material.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain a valid, Class B Commercial Driver’s license. Do you currently possess or are you willing and able to obtain and maintain a valid license to comply with the requirement?
• Position requires incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states Do you currently possess or are you willing and able to obtain and maintain a valid license to comply with the requirement?
• This position requires a pre-employment physical.
• This is a designated drug testing position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 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 an Engineering Equipment Operator without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform common Engineering Equipment Operator duties such operation of a variety of vehicles and equipment to include motor graders, backhoes, bulldozers and semi-tractor trailers to move various types of materials and equipment. I can perform minor repairs and routine maintenance on equipment. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. To meet the basic eligibility for this position, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below. Your application will be further evaluated to determine if you meet the best qualified cut-off for referral to the selecting official. Physical Effort The operator is constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and the jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces. Because of the location of some of the controls and attachments, the operator is frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions with larger pieces of equipment that require frequent adjustments under adverse operating conditions. Operator may be required to handle large pieces of equipment which may require frequent adjustments under adverse operating conditions. Occasionally the operator will be required to lift, carry, or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds. Working Conditions Work is performed in all types of weather, often in an open driver's seat or platform, on hills, slopes, grades, and rolling surfaces. Operator is required to use hand tools such as grease gun, pliers, wrenches, screwdriver, oil can, etc. The operator is exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning and subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust. Safety glasses, goggles, hard hats, safety shoes or boots, hip boots, and earplugs or earmuffs are used.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address EM-APF-W0VMAA US ARMY GARRISON FORT RILEY HQ DO NOT MAIL Fort Riley, KS 66442 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk