Engineering Eqpt Operator

  • Great Lakes National Cemetery
  • Holly, Michigan
  • Full Time
Engineering Eqpt Operor

Department of Veterans Affairs

Nional Cemetery Administrion

Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery

Summary

This position is loced the Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery in Holly, Michigan.

Summary

This position is loced the Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery in Holly, Michigan.

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

08/20/2025 to 08/25/2025

Salary

$33.15 to - $38.79 per hour

Pay scale & grade

WG 8

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Holly, MI

1 vacancy

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

5716 Engineering Equipment Opering

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Not Required

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

No

Announcement number

RP-25-CF-12786404-923

Control number

843847600

This job is open to

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Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants.

Clarificion from the agency

Open to current permanent employees of Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery.

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Duties

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Operes one or more type of heavy equipment with multiple hand and foot controls, such as backhoe, to dig, push, pull, pile, and load earth. For example, the operor uses equipment th is fitted with a front-end loader to maneuver to a specific spot to transfer merial 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. Adjust tachments for proper level, angle, and depth, according to the work to be done and the type of equipment used. Work is generally done on fl or rolling terrain, new or previously landscaped grave sites with simple terrain problems.

Work schedule : May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the Nional Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on th holiday or a Surday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year. Staff 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.

Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available

Position Description Title/PD# : Engineering Eqpt Operor / 136400

The full performance level of this position is WG - 08.

Relocion Expenses : Not Authorized

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report : Not Required

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Subject to a background/security investigion.

Designed and/or random drug testing may be required.

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

You may be required to serve a probionary period.

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

Pass a pre-employment medical examinion.

Must possess a valid ste driver's license.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualificions

Your background must demonstre work involved in the operion 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 tachments.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Qualificion Standard Handbook X-118C ( www.opm.gov/qualificions/x-118c ).

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements.

The screen-out element(s) for this position are/is:

Ability to do the job without more than normal supervision.

Must possess and maintain a valid ste driver's license.

JOB ELEMENTS: Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evalued in each of the following job elements:

Interpret Instructions, Specificions (mobile equipment operions)

Lead or Supervise

Opere Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle)

Technical Practices

Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Heavy physical effort is used by the operors in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to opere the equipment and tachments. Considerable strain is caused by the constant vibrion of the equipment and the jerking and jolting from opering over rough surfaces. They also perform more exacting work such as digging backhoe to close tolerances, requiring considerable manipulion of controls. Because of the locion of some of the controls and tachments, the operors are frequently required to work in awkward or strained positions.

Working Conditions: Work is performed in all types of weher, in vehicles without air conditioning, often in an open driver's se or plform, on hills, slopes, grades, rolling surfaces, and forests. The operors are exposed to injury due to the possibility of the equipment overturning. They are subject to noise, vibrion, dust, dirt, and fumes form the motor and exhaust. In addition to risks posed by nearby markers and grave sites, the incumbent operes heavy equipment in close proximity to obstacles and hazards such as underground gas and electric lines, wer and sewer lines, drains, curbs and trees.

Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process.

All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drugs use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.

Educion

This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.

Additional informion

Special Employment Considerion: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for informion on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinor.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified (have a final ring of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Informion about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website .

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not oblige management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstement. Management may use any one or any combinion of these methods to fill the position.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.

For more informion on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Stus Candides and Other Candide Definitions document.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

If you are referred for considerion, you may be asked to submit additional job reled informion, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Review our benefits

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume

Please note th resumes must be provided in English to be

The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or CTAP documention. You will not be contacted for additional informion.

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled Veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-preference/#content .

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USA JOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Applicion page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USA JOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USA JOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

NCA Human Resources Center

Phone

...

...

Address

Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery

4200 Belford Road

Holly, MI 48442

US

Next steps

Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.

You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:

Resume

Please note th resumes must be provided in English to be

The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or CTAP documention. You will not be contacted for additional informion.

Cover Letter

DD-214/ Stement of Service

Disability Letter (Schedule A)

Disability Letter (VA)

Other (1)

Performance Appraisal

Resume

Separion Notice (RIF)

SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action

Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled Veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please www.fedshirevets.gov/job-seekers/veterans/veterans-preference/#content .

How to Apply

Help

All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .

To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.

Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USA JOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Applicion page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USA JOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USA JOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

NCA Human Resources Center

Phone

...

...

Address

Gre Lakes Nional Cemetery

4200 Belford Road

Holly, MI 48442

US

Next steps

Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.

You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/20/2025 to 08/25/2025 Salary $33.15 to - $38.79 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Holly, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number RP-25-CF-12786404-923 Control number 843847600
Job ID: 490400065
Originally Posted on: 8/22/2025

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