Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic

This position is based within the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services, Field Operations, Logistics Center. The role encompasses a range of responsibilities including maintaining, repairing, and modifying various types of hydraulic equipment and motor vehicles, both gasoline and diesel powered in support of the Logistics Center NVSP.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Performs repairs and maintenance on heavy mobile equipment and special purpose vehicles such as: trucks/trailers, power generation, material handling equipment, agricultural equipment, and others.
• Diagnoses the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks, test gauges to determine the exact nature or extent of repairs or adjustments necessary to complete work.
• Makes adjustments, tests, and reinstalls systems/subsystems in vehicles and equipment.
• Performs body repair and corrosion control, refinishes, and repaints surfaces as required.
• Performs repairs and troubleshooting on interrelated systems, composed of individual subsystems.
• Assists in review and updating maintenance technical orders, shop operating instructions, directives.
• Maintains compliance with directives and procedures for proper disposal of hazardous waste products within the functional area.
• Inspects general condition of gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles to determine overall vehicle condition, cause of malfunction or need for repair.
• Conducts site visit/inspections to make sure newly acquired/redistributed equipment is managed properly and is in usable condition.

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

You will be evaluated based on your qualifications for this position as evidenced by the experience, education, and training you described in your application package, as well as the responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine the degree to which you possess the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies listed below:
Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, and Repair, etc. Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) Troubleshooting Your application, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, will be reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualification requirements and (b) the resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions.

Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position. Applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements and are determined to be among the best qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Noncompetitive candidates and applicants under some special hiring authorities need only meet minimum qualifications to be referred.

Note:

If after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service.

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