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USAJOBS · 5 months ago

Engineering Equipment Operator

Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$31.43/hr - $36.64/hr

USAJOBS is seeking an Engineering Equipment Operator for the Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas. The role involves operating heavy equipment to dig graves, landscape grave sites, and maintain the cemetery grounds while adhering to safety and operational guidelines.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Operates one or more types of heavy equipment with multiple hand and foot controls, such a as a backhoe, to dig, push, pull, pile, and load earth

For example, the operator uses equipment that is fitted with a front-end loader to maneuver to a specific spot to transfer material from the ground into a dump truck

The equipment is used as a tool for the purpose of digging multiple graves and preparing grave sites for first and subsequent interments

Landscapes grave sites by clearing brush, tree stumps, and rocks and cleaning underdeveloped land

Adjusts attachments for proper level, angle, and depth, according to the work to be done and they type of equipment used

Work is generally done on flat or rolling terrain, at new or previously landscape grave sites with simple terrain problems

Operates backhoe in place to excavate earth composed of dirt, rock, sand, and/or clay from grave sites

Digs graves on level ground and hillsides above or below the frost line under widely varying conditions, subject to contact with mud, ice, snow, rock, hand-pan clay, and tree stumps

Uses equipment to dig ditches in occupied grave sites for the placement of French drains and to backfill and tamp grave sites following burials

May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends

Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time

Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday

All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year

Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery

Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work

Qualification

Heavy equipment operationBackhoe operationWork without supervisionWork practices

Required

Must possess a valid state driver's license

Ability to do the job without more than normal supervision

Experience in the operation of equipment such as graders, tractors with bulldozer or angledozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, trench diggers, and large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments

Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the duties of this position

Pass a pre-employment medical examination

Subject to a background/security investigation

Designated and/or random drug testing may be required

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

You may be required to serve a probationary period

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job