These positions are located within the Engineering Service at the Des Moines Veterans Health Care System.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Operates farm-type tractors and towed or attached equipment; Uses mowers, aerators, plows, harrows, chippers, sprayers, disks, pot hole diggers, front-end loading devices, movable dozer blades and backhoes, and equipment that may be operated by direct drive or a power take off; Operates heavy equipment; Maintains facility grounds using specialized equipment; mowing areas to include hilly areas with steep grades, etc.,. using hand and power-operated equipment; This work includes building lawns, spreading lawn fertilizer, transplanting trees and plants, mulching and preparing flower beds, water lawns, pruning and trimming trees and hedges, and cutting grass; Obeys all traffic laws and regulations and exercises appropriate precautions for weather conditions; Operates transportation shuttle between facilities for employees and outpatients; Provides assistance in the different craftsmen shops and throughout the medical center for moving furniture, equipment, etc; Removes and disposes of garbage from exterior garbage receptacles, picks up and disposes of debris and garbage from roofs, steps, sidewalks, ground, and parking lots; and removes snow and de-ices parking lots. sidewalks, and steps; Safely loads, and unloads passengers; Completes preventive maintenance, adjustments and repairs to vehicles and ground maintenance equipment; Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm 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 Placement 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: DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIREMENT: A current, valid and unrestricted state issued Regular driver's license (We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. You will be required to show proof of such before selection.) A Quality Ranking Factor* has been requested by the facility to help determine which of the basically qualified applicants are likely to be better qualified for a position. The quality ranking factor for this position is: "COMMERICIAL DRIVERS LICENSE: A current, valid, and unrestricted state issued Commercial Driver's License is preferred for this position. Quality Ranking Factors are not 'required' but can be preferred. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your licenses with your application package. If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid and unrestricted state issued Commercial Driver's License. Do you possess a current, valid and unrestricted state issued Commercial Driver's License? *Quality Ranking Factors are skills, knowledge, abilities, or other worker characteristics which could be expected to result in superior performance on the job. Quality ranking factors will not be used for screening, but may be used as ranking criteria. Applicants with higher proficiency levels may rank above those with lower proficiency levels on a quality ranking factor. PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The incumbent is subjected to long hours of driving vehicles and riding equipment. Manipulate equipment controls to compensate for difficult terrain. Perform exacting work (e.g. digging to close tolerances). Physical effort is required in reaching, bending, climbing ladders, crawling in cramped areas, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls. The employee is required to handle objects one hundred (100) pounds and over requiring several people to coordinate lifting efforts. The incumbent is required to operate vehicles in congested traffic, confined areas, and all weather conditions. Work on steep slopes and in rough terrain and may be subject to injury from falls or overturned tractors and equipment. The incumbent is required to work in a large variety of weather conditions, which may vary from high temperature, humid summer days to cold, sub-zero winter days. The incumbent works in cramped and close quarters requiring bending and crawling. Also, work is performed at high rooftop elevations. The incumbent will be called during off duty hours to assist in snow removal, or transporting patients, and other assigned transportation duties. The incumbent must drive in all types of traffic, hazardous road conditions, and weather conditions. It may be necessary to cancel or reschedule the shuttle. This will be done by the Grounds & Transportation section of Engineering Service. 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 VehiclesOperate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle)Quality Ranking FactorReliability And DependabilitySelective Placement FactorWithout 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 VA Central Iowa Health Care System 3600 30th St Des Moines, IA 50310 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]