About this role
Job Summary
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position
Fort Drum, the home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), is located in Northern New York, approximately 30 miles from Canada, with the Great Lakes to the west, the Adirondack Mountains to the east, and the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands in between.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). 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 ~ without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform common Engineering Equipment Operator tasks, including driving dump trucks, loaders or tractors to haul sand, stone and/or other aggregates; leveling grounds using equipment such as graders or rollers, and operating a variety of snow removal equipment (e.g., snow blowers, graders with wing attachments or loaders) to remove snow. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
To meet the basic eligibility for this position, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below. Your application will be further evaluated to determine if you meet the best qualified cut-off for referral to the selecting official. In addition to the qualifications above, you must also meet the Selective Placement Factor below: Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a valid Class A or Class B New York State Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with no airbrake restriction to operate vehicles exceeding 26,000 pounds gross weight rating.
You MUST upload a copy of your certification with your application. Failure to do so will result in an ineligible rating. Physical Effort: Heavy physical effort in constantly reaching, bending, turning and moving hands, arms, feet and legs. Considerable strain caused by constant vibration and jerking and jolting from operating over rough surfaces. Lifts and carries items in excess of 45 lbs. Working Conditions: Work is performed in all types of weather, exposed to injury due to the possibility of tipping or overturning. Subject to noise, vibration, dust, dirt and exhaust fumes.
Major Duties
- Operate a variety of engineer equipment such as pay loaders, tractors, graders, and rollers to perform excavation, back filling, grading, leveling, tamping, and piling to maintain roads, grounds, draining items, signage, fencing and other tasks.
- Responsible for determining appropriate equipment and attachments to utilize in order to complete work that has been assigned to you.
- Operate bulldozers and loaders to perform such tasks as clearing grounds, piling sand, stone, or other aggregates, and filling and leveling operations.
- Work in all types of weather conditions, operating snow removal equipment, such as a snow blower, grader with wing unit, and loaders to accomplish snow removal operations in parking lots, on post roads, and housing areas.
- Make minor adjustments to equipment and hardware and makes repairs to motor vehicles assigned, such as, repair and replacing tires, repairs mirrors, and windshield wipers.