Engineering Equipment Operator.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Vicksburg (MS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking an Engineering Equipment Operator in Mississippi. Responsibilities include operating bulldozers and tractors, constructing haul roads and drainage ditches, and performing routine maintenance on heavy machinery.

Applicants must meet the ability to work without close supervision and pass pre-employment checks as required. The role involves working outdoors in varying weather and handling physically demanding tasks.

Qualifications

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Ability To Drive Safely (Motor Vehicles)
• Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (related to mobile equipment operation)
• Ability To Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle)
• Operation of Motor Vehicles
• Reliability And Dependability
• Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)
• Physical Efforts: Heavy physical effort is used constantly in reaching, bending, turning and moving hands, arms, feet and legs to handle controls.

Responsibilities

• Constructs and maintains haul roads, loading ramps and drainage ditches.
• Operates a bulldozer equipped with a bulldozer blade on the rear, for stabilizing, in winching a specially-designed mat-pulling attachment when bank conditions require.
• Operates tractor in moving mooring cables, dragging equipment, and serving as temporary anchor for floating plant.
• Excavate earth to fine specifications from engineering stakes to determine degree/angle of fine grading.
• Systematically inspects, service tests, adjusts, and lubricates all equipment to maintains continuous service or ready for service.
• Assists general mechanical repairs, including major overhaul and reconditioning.

Skills

Operate heavy equipment

Mechanical aptitude

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Job description

• Constructs and maintains haul roads, loading ramps and drainage ditches.


• Operates a bulldozer equipped with a bulldozer blade on the rear, for stabilizing, in winching a specially-designed mat-pulling attachment when bank conditions require.


• Operates tractor in moving mooring cables, dragging equipment, and serving as temporary anchor for floating plant.


• Excavate earth to fine specifications from engineering stakes to determine degree/angle of fine grading.


• Systematically inspects, service tests, adjusts, and lubricates all equipment to maintains continuous service or ready for service.


• Assists general mechanical repairs, including major overhaul and reconditioning.

Duties

• Constructs and maintains haul roads, loading ramps and drainage ditches.


• Operates a bulldozer equipped with a bulldozer blade on the rear, for stabilizing, in winching a specially-designed mat-pulling attachment when bank conditions require.


• Operates tractor in moving mooring cables, dragging equipment, and serving as temporary anchor for floating plant.


• Excavate earth to fine specifications from engineering stakes to determine degree/angle of fine grading.


• Systematically inspects, service tests, adjusts, and lubricates all equipment to maintains continuous service or ready for service.


• Assists general mechanical repairs, including major overhaul and reconditioning.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.


• Successfully complete and pass pre-employment physical.


• Successfully complete and pass pre-employment drug screen, and inclusion in the randomized drug testing program.


• Work in inclement weather conditions.


• Work may require moderately heavy lifting and physical effort in moving drums in excess of 50 pounds.

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

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees


• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce


• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan


• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act


• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473


• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible


• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible


• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement


• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible


• Reinstatement


• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

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. Duties include: Operating heavy engineering and construction equipment such as motor patrol grader to construct roadways; tractors with bulldozer or angle dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes to excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth to rough specifications on flat or rolling terrain; skill and knowledge to perform maintenance on such equipment. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision


• Ability to Drive Safely (Motor Vehicles)


• Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (related to mobile equipment operation)


• Ability To Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle)


• Operation of Motor Vehicles


• Reliability And Dependability


• Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)


• Physical Efforts: Heavy physical effort is used constantly in reaching, bending, turning and moving hands, arms, feet and legs to handle controls. Considerable strain, jerking, and jolting is caused by the constant vibration of equipment. Frequently works in awkward or strained positions.


• Working Conditions: Work is performed outside in all types of weather, in open cabs, on all types of terrain. Incumbent is subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt, and fumes from motor and exhaust. Drives equipment in all types of weather and is exposed to injury due to possible overturning of equipment. Subject to the possibility of serious accidents and to cuts, bruises, and broken bones. Exposed to noise levels above 85dBA and requires use of hearing protective devices.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.


• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.


• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.


• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a background investigation.


• Direct deposit of pay is required.


• This is a(n) 18 Career Field position.


• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.


• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the


• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.


• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.


• This position is Non-Exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.


• Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.


• This announcement may be used to fill like vacancies for three months after the closing date.


• All qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.