Engineering Equipment Operator Leader

Duties

• Serves as working leader of 8 or more employees in accomplishing trades and labor work.
• Ensures that needed plans, blueprints, materials and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from supply locations.
• Checks work in progress and when finished for compliance with supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines, and urges or advises other employees to follow supervisor's instructions and to meet deadlines.
• Answers workers' questions regarding procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directive.
• Serves as the Hand Receipt Holder.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires you to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Incumbent may be required to work nights, weekends and/pr rotational shifts.
• Incumbent must respond to emergency calls after regular working hours.
• Incumbent assures that environmental, safety and housekeeping rules are followed.
• Incumbent must be able to obtain and keep current a valid state driver's license and any government operator's permit for the class of vehicles operated.
• Mission Essential:
  Incumbent is required to report for duty during inclement weather, Natural Disasters, and other emergency situations and may be required to remain on duty after the official shift ends.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element):

Ability to do the work of a(n) Engineering Equipment Operator Leader ~ without more than normal supervision. ability to perform duties operating a variety of heavy equipment such as front end loader, graders, backhoes, brush cutters, vacuum and magnetic sweepers, and bulldozers. Complete the work assigned using the appropriate engineering equipment following all safety regulations and guidelines. Work on your own initiative under general supervision.

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

• PHYSICAL EFFORT:
  Work involves strenuous, heavy physical effort and constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments. Work is performed on large pieces of equipment, which require frequent adjustment. Often the terrain causes more adverse operating conditions than work on flat or rolling terrain. The constant vibration of the equipment and jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces causes considerable strain.
  
  Moderate physical effort is expended in operating forklifts and skid steers. Frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions due to location of the controls and attachments.
• WORKING CONDITIONS:
  
  Majority of work is performed outside, in all types of weather, often in an open driver's seat or platform, on hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces and forests. Operator is constantly exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning while working on rough and uneven terrain. Subject to noise, vibration, dust dirt, and fumes from the motor and exhaust.
  
  Protective devices such as but not limited to earplugs, safety glasses, gloves, hard hat and safety shoes is required. Long trousers or coveralls and shirt or tee shirt with sleeves are worn.

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced…