These positions are located in BLM Oregon State Office, Coos Bay District and Medford District. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a District Maintenance Foreman supervising road maintenance staff consisting of Equipment Operators, laborers, and other personnel.
Qualifications: To qualify, there is no specific length of training or experience required; however, your resume must demonstrate enough experience to show your ability to perform the duties of an Engineering Equipment Operator Supervisor without more than normal supervision(Screen-Out). Examples of such experience includes: (1) Operating a variety of heavy equipment such as motor graders, backhoe/loaders, crawler tractors with dozer, scrapers, or other heavy equipment; (2) Constructing and maintaining roads, earth dams, reservoirs, dikes and diversions, spring developments, water pipeline systems, fences, and signs to maintain facilities; (3) Instructing operators in the operation, maintenance, and repair of diesel or gasoline powered equipment such as trucks, tractors, loaders, and motor graders; and (4) Reading blueprints, work orders/instructions, maps, technical guides, and construction stakes to carry-out construction projects related to the layout, design, and construction of range improvement projects.
If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
The following summarizes the qualification standard for this position found in the Job Qualifications System for Trades and Labor Occupations (Handbook X-118C) http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/x-118c/Tabindx.asp.
Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Part-time or Unpaid Experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held.
Physical Effort: The work is physical, involving use of hands, arms, feet, and legs in lifting, bending, walking, climbing, shoveling, etc., and operating equipment. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibration of the equipment and by hazardous work conditions on steep slopes and rough terrain. You will be required to wear protective devices when operating noisy and dusty machines and on construction/maintenance sites. You will frequently be required to work in awkward or strained positions. The work will be very tiring due to the above conditions performed over extended periods of time.
Work Environment: Engineering Equipment Operator duties are primarily field related and extended periods of time in the field are to be expected. Work is performed in all types of weather often in an open driver's seat on hills, steep slopes or grades and in timbered areas. You will be exposed to fuel, grease, fumes, smoke, noise, vibration, dust, mud, and ice. Clothing and skin will become dirty, muddy, and greasy. There are many potential hazards while performing construction and maintenance work. The operator is exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning; cave-ins, falling rocks or tree branches. You should be alert to these hazards and be prepared to cope with them before they become a problem. You must be able to operate heavy equipment under extreme temperatures ranging from well below 0 to above 105 degrees Fahrenheit.Education: There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.Employment Type: FULL_TIME