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. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base, NDAA 1125 (a) and (c). About the Position: Serves as an Engineering Equipment Operator at the Tooele Army Depot.

Duties

Maintains roads and grounds and performs other operations relative to earth trenching and material movement. Operation of various engineering equipment such as road graders, crawler-type tractors with bulldozer or angle dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoe, trencher, etc. Grades surfaces to rough or fine specifications, on all types of terrain, to stake or road level; compacts soils; builds shoulders; scarifies surfaces; digs ditches; removes snow; clears fire lanes; clears doorways and driveways. Adjusts equipment attachments for proper positioning and work order while equipment is in operation, using clutches, levers, brakes, and valves. In an emergency will operate equipment under the direction of the fire department to cut new fire break or help fight fire in other ways such as smothering or removing a structure. Performs cleaning operations in constructing and maintaining parking lots, roads fire lanes.. Sprays herbicides from mounted spraying apparatus, a backpack apparatus or from truck-mounted apparatus to control the growth of invasive and other undesirable vegetation.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Employee is required to have his/her name on a call out list and be called back to work during non-duty hours (including weekends) to support emergency situations or make emergency repairs.
• This position comes under the Drug Abuse Testing Program and the incumbent will be tested in accordance with AR 600-85.
• Employee will occasionally be required to work with and around asbestos material, will be fitted with a respirator equipped for the type of asbestos being exposed to; and will receive and wear other protective clothing as required by TEAD-4 385-15.
• Employee is required to have, or obtain within 6 months after job appointment, the required state and Federal government licenses and certifications need to perform the job requirements. Commercial Driver's License is required.
• Must obtain and maintain valid State Driver's License.
• Must obtain Pest Management certification within six months, depending on availability of certification class. Must maintain certification through continuing education.
• Required to take pre-placement, annual, and termination medical examinations in accordance with CFR 1910.1001.

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. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible 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. I have performed the majority of the following duties under normal supervision: safely operated and maneuvered grading equipment such as front end loaders and tractors with dozers, in the leveling of soil, filling trenches, and/or snow removal. Equipment was used on flat or rolling terrain or construction sites with simple terrain problems for rough specification work. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work involves heavy physical effort in pushing, pulling, and depressing various levers, clutches, and breaks. Such work involves continuous control changes to maneuver engineer equipment. The operator in reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments uses physical effort. Lifts and carries items weighing up to 45 lb. The constant vibration of the equipment causes considerable strain and the jerking and jolting caused by operating over rough surfaces. Because of the location of some of the controls and attachments, frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions. WORKING CONDITIONS: Nature of work is dirty and noisy, often in an open driver's seat. Works outdoors in all weather conditions, including periods of extreme heat and cold. Works in uneven hills, slopes, grades, and rolling terrain. Equipment operating involves danger from various types of accidents, such as might result from overturning, breaking cables, or swinging loads. Subject to injuries from using hand tools in maintaining equipment. Subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust. Work is performed close to buildings, trees, working personnel, on all types of terrain, and works to either rough or fine specification.

Contacts

• Address GL-W0MMAA TOOELE ARMY DEPOT DO NOT MAIL Tooele, UT 84074 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk