Engineering Equipment Operator, WG

USACE Organization

Southwestern Division (SWD) - Galveston District

TARP - Direct-Hire Authority (DHA)

Permanent

Galveston, TX

• Operate crawler-type, diesel-powered and gasoline-powered engineering and/or farm or industrial-type equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction; including bulldozers, tractors, pavement rollers, etc.
• Operate compact track loader with bucket, blade, backhoe and trencher which is operated at various locations throughout the District to maintain access at various facilities.
• Operate numerous government-owned and rental heavy equipment. Operates motor graders to maintain roadways as well as equipment staging areas.
• Service and adjust gasoline or diesel engines, electric motors, generators, pumps, and other machinery and equipment aboard ship.
• Assist the Marine Mechanic in making the more complicated repairs to machinery such as making adjustments, disassembling machinery, packing pumps, replacing worn parts, cleaning parts, etc., and assists on any emergency repairs.
• Perform a variety of general maintenance and repair work on lock and dam equipment and machinery, and buildings, grounds, and structures at locks and dams located on a primary stream requiring craft skills peculiar to operations of locks and dams.

Ability to do the work of an ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR without more than normal supervision.

I have the ability to perform common Engineering Equipment Operator tasks. I can operate heavy equipment to dig, even out or flatten surfaces. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

I have the ability to perform some Engineering Equipment Operator tasks. I have experience with and can operate heavy equipment (such as an excavator, dozer, motor grader, wheeled loader, skid steer, dump truck) to excavate, move material, even out or flatten surfaces. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly & safely performed.

Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

I have the ability to perform most Engineering Equipment Operator tasks. I have experience with and can operate heavy equipment (such as a mobile crane used for critical lifts, excavator, dozer, motor grader, wheeled loader, skid steer) to perform lifts, dig, even out or flatten surfaces. I work under normal supervision of a work leader who observes tasks while in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly & safely performed.

Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

This position will be filled at either the WG-08, WG-10, or WG-11 grade level. If selected at the WG-08 or WG-10, the position has non-competitive promotion potential to the full performance WG-11 grade level.

Constant physical effort is exerted as required to operate equipment. Operators must change the position of the attachments often and rapidly to adjust to the changing conditions of more difficult earth surfaces. Increased physical exertion when reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls when operating or adjusting heavy equipment and attachments due to the mass and size of the components.

Work is performed carefully, requiring attention in hand, foot and eye coordination and acute depth perception in setting and attaching equipment. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and the jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces. Because of the location of some of the controls and attachments, the operators are frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions.

Exerts considerable effort when using a shovel or broom to repair, or clean a facility. Frequently lifts and carries items weighing 50 pounds and occasionally heavier. May occasionally lift objects up to 100 pounds, although most heavy lifting is done with mechanical assistance.

The operator pays close attention to the attachments and may result in less time to concentrate on the speed and direction of the vehicle. As a result, there is more danger of tipping or overturning the vehicle, especially when working on steeper banks and side slopes. Work is performed outside, in all types of weather. Work is often performed using heavy equipment.

The incumbent occupies an open driver's seat or platform, on simple terrain types such as rolling hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces, and forests. Operating larger/complicated equipment in more difficult circumstances increases the risk of injury. Injury may occur due to…