Engineering Equipment Operator

Clarification from the agency

U.S. Citizens, Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)

Duties

This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period.

Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement.

The first cut-off date is 11 : 59 pm (EST), February 29, 2024.

• Operates full range of track and wheel mounted engineering equipment such as motor grader, front end loader, bulldozer, excavator, backhoe, snow plows, sander and dump truck.
• Performs typical duties such as grade roads and building sites, push material into piles, load and drive trucks, dig trenches, clear sites of brush.
• Moves equipment from site to site using truck and trailer.
• Digs and cleans ditches. Installs culverts with outlets, inlets, and head walls.
• Removes and trims trees. Chips, bucks, and hauls down wood using chain saws, chippers, and chip trucks.
• Assists with maintenance and repair of equipment.
• Operates small equipment and hand tools such as chains saws, chipper, brusher, shovels and rakes.
• Performs general maintenance work such as erecting signs, repairing fence, cutting vegetation, or cleaning ditch.
• Leads work of lower graded employees at times.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required.

You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.

• You must possess and maintain a Commercial Driver's License. You are required to provide a copy of your license either with your resume, or prior to entry on duty.
• Patten, Maine location requires a Class A Commercial Driver's License with Air Brake Endorsement.
• Bar Harbor, Maine location requires a Class B Commercial Driver's License.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to work weekends, overtime, and holidays at the Patten, Maine location only.
• Government housing maybe available at the Bar Harbor, Maine location only.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old due to the hazardous work (i.e. driving a motor vehicle, use of chain saw, etc.)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors :

• Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. (SCREEN OUT)
• Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc. (related to mobile equipment operation)
• Operation of motor vehicles
• Work practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)
• Ability to drive safely (Motor Vehicles)
• Ability to drive safely (Non Motor Vehicles)
• Reliability and dependability as an Engineering Equipment Operator

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration.

In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job.

Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone.

Address your knowledge, skills and / or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors. You must meet level 2 on the screen out factor / element and an average of level 2 on all factors / elements.

Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT) : Experience operating one or more types of heavy equipment to excavate, backfill, grade, or level earth to rough specifications.

My work has been subject to routine supervision or oversight.

You must possess and maintain a current Class B or higher Commercial Driver's License prior to entrance on duty for Bar Harbor, ME position.

You must possess and maintain a current Class A or higher Commercial Driver's License prior to entrance on duty for Patten, ME position.

Volunteer Experience : 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

There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.