Mobile Equipment Operator 2

Division of Administration-LA Property Assist; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Division of Administration-LA Property Assist in Louisiana is advertising a MEO2 role in warehouse operations and surplus property handling. The vacancy involves operating various trucks, loading/unloading, and assisting customers with purchases; overnight travel and long hours may occur.

One year of mobile equipment operations experience is required; a valid Louisiana Class D license and familiarity with inventory systems are expected.

Qualifications

• One year of mobile equipment operations experience.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs repeatedly.
• Valid Louisiana Class D driver's license and proficiency with warehouse inventory systems.

Responsibilities

• Operate box trucks, flat bed stake-bodied trucks, wrecker-type vehicles, cargo vans, and passenger automobiles.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs on a continuous basis.
• Load, unload, tag, and arrange property for sale or auction; assist customers with loading purchases.
• May be required to possess a valid Louisiana Class D Driver's license and be proficient with warehouse inventory computer systems.
• When necessary, schedule as drivers on statewide runs and supervise staff accompanying them.
• May accompany heavier drivers on statewide runs to assist with labor.
• Work Monday through Friday, with possible overnight routes.

Skills

Mobile equipment operations

Forklift operation

Inventory systems

Education

Louisiana Class D Driver's license

Job description

The Division of Administration and Louisiana Property Assistance Agency has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of WS-210.

Louisiana Property Assistance Agency's (LPAA) truck drivers, laborers, contracted warehouse staff, and other warehouse workers may be regularly required to travel to locations located statewide to pick up surplus assets from state agencies that no longer need the property. The employees discussed above may be required to work longer than eight (8) hours per day, particularly when working in locations other than LPAA's Headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LPAA's warehouses and most of the areas where surplus property is stored by other agencies, have unconditioned air environments that can also be dusty. Summers are hot and humid. Winters are cold and damp. LPAA staff loads and unloads items of varying weights and dimensions into/from box trucks, enclosed tractor-trailers, and stake-bodied trailers. Much work is manual even though our employees use forklifts, dollies, and pallet jacks to assist their efforts. After loading and tagging surplus property, warehouse staff arranges and displays property to sell to qualifying entities. Once sold, LPAA staff assists customers with the loading of their acquisitions.

The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

One year of experience in mobile equipment operations.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

• Operating box trucks, flat bed stake-bodied trucks, wrecker-type vehicles, cargo vans, and passenger automobiles.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. on a continuous basis
• Loading, unloading, tagging, and arranging property for sale or auction; assisting customers with loading their purchases.
• The MEO2 may be required to possess a valid Louisiana Class D Drivers' license and is required to be proficient with warehouse inventory computer systems.
• When necessary MEO2 employees can be scheduled as drivers on statewide runs. In those instances, MEO2 incumbents are required to perform functional supervision over the staff assigned to accompany them.
• MEO2 incumbents may regularly accompany MEO1/Heavy drivers on statewide runs to assist MEO1/Heavy drivers with labor required to load/unload trucks.
• MEO2 incumbents routinely work Monday through Friday, although may be assigned to routes requiring overnight trips.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.

For further information about this posting, please contact:

Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
email: [e-mail]