Laborer

U.S. Department of the Navy; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of the Navy is seeking candidates for a position in the Community Recreation Division, focusing on ground maintenance and operations. Ideal applicants will demonstrate experience with large equipment and power tools while performing physical labor and following safety protocols in diverse work environments.

Qualifications

• Experience operating large equipment and power tools is essential.
• Ability to complete various tasks and follow detailed processes.
• Knowledge of safe and efficient operating techniques.

Responsibilities

• Perform various duties in MWR including grounds maintenance.
• Operate hand and power tools effectively.
• Engage in heavy labor for rental operations.

Skills

Knowledge of safe operating techniques

Ability to operate large equipment

Knowledge of power tools

Ability to follow instructions

Ability to perform manual tasks

Job description

This position is assigned to the Community Recreation Division: Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Department; Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC). The purpose of this position is to perform duties commonly found in a variety of work situations and incidental to many different occupations in MWR, such as grounds maintenance, warehouses, facilities, and rental operations. This involves heavy labor, the use of hand and power tools, operating motor vehicles, towed, and large equipment.

Duties

Requirements

• Must pass all applicable records and background check.
• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.

Qualifications

Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position. Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.

A qualified candidate must possess:

Knowledge of safe and efficient operating techniques of various large equipment and power tools; (Operates a variety of power equipment to include, but not limited too: posthole diggers, blowers, weed eaters, power washers, mowers, box trucks with lift gate, etc.

• Ability to operate and control riding mowers on slopes which requires constant attention to working space and environment.
• Ability to safely operate equipment around buildings, walls, trees, fence lines, banks and hillsides, trenches, curbs, rocks and other visible obstacles.
• Ability to operate various controls and levers to maneuver equipment and lift/lower, adjust, engage/disengage components or attached devices.
• Knowledge and skill using hand tools and other equipment such as: shovels, rakes, hammers, bars, saws, axes, loppers, wrenches, brushes, brooms, ladders, banding equipment, and pallet jacks.
• Ability to complete assignments involving several tasks by following detailed processes which require remembering directions, sequences, following simple drawings, etc.
• Ability to follow general instructions or read simple drawings to perform tasks requiring significant manual skill.

About the company

The United States Department of the Navy is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps and, when directed by the President, the United States Coast Guard, as a service within the Department of the Navy, though each remain independent service branches.

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