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Engineering Equipment Operator

Transforce | AZ

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Posted Date 8/23/2024
Description Summary

These positions are located at USDA Forest Service Units.

This position is established on a Forest Unit to serve primarily as an operator of heavy equipment on Initial attack, fire, and fuels management activities. The operator also operates this equipment in support of other natural resource projects.

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Overview
  • Accepting applications
  • Open & closing dates
08/23/2024 to 09/24/2024
  • Salary
$25.10 - $29.25 per hour
  • Pay scale & grade
WG 8
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Locations

MANY vacancies in the following locations:
  • Flagstaff, AZ
  • Fredonia, AZ
  • Happy Jack, AZ
  • Lakeside, AZ
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  • Overgaard, AZ
  • Springerville, AZ
  • Williams, AZ
  • Arcadia, CA
  • Bishop, CA
  • Camino, CA
  • Camptonville, CA
  • Chester, CA
  • Doyle, CA
  • Fall River Mills, CA
  • Forest Ranch, CA
  • Frazier Park, CA
  • Hat Creek, CA
  • Hayfork, CA
  • Lytle Creek, CA
  • Macdoel, CA
  • Mad River, CA
  • Manzanita Lake, CA
  • McCloud, CA
  • Mineral, CA
  • North Fork, CA
  • Old Station, CA
  • Oroville, CA
  • Paskenta, CA
  • Pioneer, CA
  • Prather, CA
  • Quincy, CA
  • San Fernando, CA
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • Santa Maria, CA
  • Sonora, CA
  • South Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Susanville, CA
  • Tulelake, CA
  • Willows, CA
  • Yreka, CA
  • Altoona, FL
  • Bristol, FL
  • Olustee, FL
  • Silver Springs, FL
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Bentley, LA
  • Boyce, LA
  • Leesville, LA
  • Provencal, LA
  • Winnfield, LA
  • Puxico, MO
  • Edgefield, SC
  • Huger, SC
  • Mountain Rest, SC
  • New Ellenton, SC
  • Whitmire, SC
  • Decatur, TX
  • New Waverly, TX
  • Ratcliff, TX
  • Yellowpine, TX
  • Zavalla, TX
  • Remote job
No
  • Telework eligible
Yes-as determined by the agency policy.
  • Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel overnight on fire suppression, fire related assignments, meetings and/or training for this position.
  • Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes-You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
  • Appointment type
Permanent
  • Work schedule
Full-time
  • Service
Competitive
  • Promotion potential
None
  • Job family (Series)
  • 5716 Engineering Equipment Operating
  • Supervisory status
No
  • Security clearance
Other
  • Drug test
Yes
  • Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
  • Trust determination process
  • Credentialing
  • Suitability/Fitness
  • Financial disclosure
No
  • Bargaining unit status
Yes
  • Announcement number
25-FIRE-P1VA-EQOPTR-8DH
  • Control number
806255700

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This job is open to
  • Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
  • The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen. Direct Hire Authority will be used to fill this position. Veterans Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.

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Duties
  • Duties listed are at full performance grade WG-08 level.
  • The primary purpose of this position is the operation of a variety of heavy equipment for fire suppression activities.
  • Suppression activities may be under immediate supervision, however, incumbent may be required to conduct suppression activities independently.
  • Operates one or more types of heavy equipment to push, pull, pile, or load materials such as sand, gravel, and earth.
  • Clears brush, tree stumps, and rocks while constructing fire lines for suppression and prescribed fire activities.
  • Adjusts the attachments for proper level, angle, or depth, according to the work to be done and the type of equipment used.
  • Incumbent must have an understanding of fire behavior, fuels, weather and topography to safely and effectively perform initial attack on wildland fires.
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Requirements

Conditions of Employment
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
  • Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
  • Must be 18 years of age.
  • This is a drug testing designated position. You will be subject to pre-employment and random drug testing. Appointment is based on a negative result. This announcement constitutes 30 days advance notice.
  • Must pass the Work Capacity Test for certain Interagency Fire Program Management or Fire Program Management positions.
  • Willing to live/work in remote locations (volatile/unpredictable).
  • Some Fire positions may have Conditions of Employment such as: a valid state driver's license; a commercial driver's license (CDL); pre-appointment and random drug testing; or a physical or medical examination.
  • There may be additional Conditions of Employment not listed here, however applicants will be notified of any specific requirements at the time a tentative job offer is made.
  • Under age 37; less than age 37 after subtracting the months of Permanent Federal Service in a primary or secondary firefighter/law enforcement position or a veteran preference eligible, older than age 37 and is requesting a waiver to the requirement.
Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate experience requirements.

Basic Requirement:

You must possess the Basic Requirements identified below to be considered eligible for this position. Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate experience requirements to successfully perform the duties of Engineering Equipment Operator.

Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. Applicants will be assessed based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement.

Screen-out Job Element: Applicants who do not meet the screen-out job elements will not be further evaluated.
  • Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.
In addition to the above requirements, applicants will be assessed based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below:
  • Experience operating engineering and construction equipment, such as graders, tractors with bulldozer or angle-dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, trench diggers, and large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments to push, pull, fill, pile or load gravel or earth.
  • Operation of Motor Vehicles to perform engineering/construction work (such as maintaining ditches, road shoulders, road beds, and/or firelines and clearing terrain of brush, tree stumps and rocks on flat or rolling terrain with simple terrain problems).
  • Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order).
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (related to mobile equipment operation).
  • Ability to Drive Safely (Motor Vehicles) Reliability and Dependability as an Engineering Equipment Operator.
There is no substitution of education for this position.

Selective Placement Factors:

A Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License is required.
Salary25.10 Hour
Trade
Equipment Operator
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None

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