Engineering Equipment Operator
Duties
Summary
This position is a ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, WG- 5716-9 working in New Johnsonville, TN for the R4-Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge.
This position is also open to status candidates under announcement R4-20-10906887-TD-MP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.
Responsibilities
As a ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR your duties will include but are not limited to the following:
- Keep written maintenance records for all equipment operated. Keep equipment logbooks up-to-date at all time. Input equipment service and maintenance data in Service Asset Maintenance Management System (SAMMS).
- Operate a variety of gasoline/diesel powered engineering and construction equipment with wheeled or crawler-type traction and attachments. Generally performed on flat, rolling, and some irregular terrain where course to medium grades are required.
- Operate crawler tractor in forested terrain in piling of slash, clearing brush, small trees, tree stumps, rocks, and developing fire lanes.
- Operate front-end loader or other attachments to remove piles of dirt/rock/debris, to load trucks or for the digging of earth or gravel.
- Operate bulldozer, excavator, or other attachments to push/place refuse into an open pit or to fill in demolished building sites and cover with earth, to clean ditches, to repair holes in dikes, to excavate ditches and ponds.
- Operate farm tractors with auxiliary equipment for farming, mowing, maintaining dikes, and other related activities.
- Perform tasks involved with biological census work, building maintenance, and other miscellaneous duties not requiring any special skill, training, or experience.
- Conduct disking, chopping, mowing, rotovating, digging, loading and leveling to a medium and/or finish grade for the purpose of shaping of roads and parking lots and setting culverts where levels are essential to accommodate rain runoff.
- Service, check, and fuel equipment/attachments before operation. Perform daily preventative maintenance and make repairs/adjustments to equipment and attachments, including replacing chains/belts, cables, lubrication, oil/filter replacement, etc.
- Service equipment by: checking fluids, lubricating, and perform safety checks; perform regular scheduled service that includes changing fluids/filters, and replacing components that require dismantling of the equipment.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.Individuals assigned male at birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registration visit SSS.gov.Resume and supporting documents (See How to Apply).Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigation.Drug Testing Position: Selectees tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.Medical Requirements: Selectees must pass a pre-employment medical examination and may be subject to post-employment medical examinations to determine if they are maintaining the fitness standards for this position.Driver?s License: Selectees must possess and maintain a valid State driver's license at all times during their tenure.Uniform: Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform is required.Probationary Period: Selectees may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.Commercial Driver's License: Selectees must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver's License during their tenure.
Qualifications
By the closing date of this announcement, you must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Handbook X118C, Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupation.
ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WITHOUT MORE THAN
NORMAL SUPERVISION:
A WG-09 is expected to: 1) operate a crawler tractor, excavator, or motor grader to excavate, backfill, grade, or level
earth to rough specifications; 2) move earth on steep slopes, graded curves and shoulders, rocky or low lying soft/wet
ground, hilly forests, and other surfaces with similar features; 3) on flat or rolling terrain, operates crawler tractor or motor
grader in grading surfaces, compacting soils, and/or spreading surfacing materials; 4) operate equipment close to
buildings, towers, trees, drop-offs, waterlines, etc.; 5) perform operator/preventative maintenance all equipment.
Although no specific amount of experience, education or training is required, applicants must meet a minimum level of ability in relation to the position and the Assessment Questionnaire in order to be rated qualified for consideration. To be qualified candidates must meet any screen out element(s) listed at an "acceptable" level, and must achieve an average rating of at least "acceptable" on all of the elements. Only education, training, or experience acquired before the closing date of this announcement will be considered.