Engineering Equipment Operator Leader

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: This position is established to act as a team leader over Engineer Equipment Operators.

**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 Leader ~ without more than normal supervision. Safely assist and direct other employees engaged in engineering equipment operation and roads maintenance work; Pass on instructions and maintain the pace of the projects at hand; Provide information to supervisor on status of progress of work, causes of delays and overall work operations and problems; performing work in accordance with drawings, sketches, blue prints, specifications, engineer plans, and own knowledge of constructions needed repairs. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Work involves strenuous, heavy physical effort in 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 requires frequent adjustments. The terrain will often cause more adverse operating conditions than work on flat or rolling terrain. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and from jerking and jolting while operating over rough surfaces. Employee is frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions due to location of the controls and attachments. 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.???????