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 Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is established to operate one or more types of heavy and light engineering and construction equipment.

Duties

Operates one or more types of heavy gasoline or diesel powered engineering and construction equipment Operates motor grader on flat or rolling terrain where exact specifications are required in grading unpaved roads for surfacing with clay and gravel Drives various vehicles (e.g., utility truck or similar vehicle (primarily under 10,000 gross vehicle weight) to and from the work site Operates close to buildings, trees, drop-offs, rocks, or other obstructions on all types of terrain and therefore, requiring increased operating control relevant to the complexity of the equipment Operates crawler type and mobile truck cranes to move earth, dig ditches and for other operations where maneuverability if not a major problem and accuracy is not critical

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• The employee must possess and maintain a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License.
• The employee must obtain and maintain any installation and/or DOD license required for the type vehicle being operated.
• This position is designed as essential during inclement weather.
• The employee is subject to the provisions of the Federal Workplace Drug Testing Program(s).
• The employee will be required to successfully pass physical examinations as required by Federal and Office of safety and Occupational Health Administration guides.
• The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a successful background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 a(n) Engineering Equipment Operator ~ without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform common operator maintenance on equipment, completing trip tickets, preventive maintenance service records, and operator's accident reports. I can operate heavy duty engineering equipment on flat or rolling terrain, and construction sites that have simple terrain problems, grading to rough specifications; Operating other engineer light equipment including crawler tractor (5-ton) with blade and farm tractors with various attachments in shaping, leveling, fertilizing, seeding, and dragging areas for erosion control and aesthetic purposes; preparing drawings and landscape plans. 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. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Physical Effort - Work involves strenuous, heavy physical effort in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments. Work is performed on large pieces of equipment, which requires frequent adjustments. Often the terrain causes more adverse operating conditions than work on flat or rolling terrain. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces. Frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions due to location of the controls and attachments. Working Conditions - Work is performed outside, in all types of weather, often in an open driver's seat or platform, on hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces and forests. Operator is constantly exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning while working on rough and uneven terrain. Subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address FU-W0U3AA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT LIBERTY DO NOT MAIL Fort Liberty, NC 28310 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk