Equipment Operator B

Are you interested in a hands-on role that keeps Fort Indiantown Gap running smoothly? As an Equipment Operator B for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, you will help maintain roads, grounds, and essential facilities. This position offers the chance to use your skills with both light and heavy equipment to support a busy and dynamic military installation. Your work will help ensure safe conditions for the workforce, visitors, and the surrounding community.

Click here to learn more about the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

This role focuses on skilled operation and maintenance of light and heavy equipment to support roads, grounds, utilities, and facilities across Fort Indiantown Gap. As an Equipment Operator B, you will perform the following duties:

• Construction Reading: Read and interpret plans, blueprints, standards, specifications, and basic construction math
• Airfield Coordination: Follow proper radio procedures and work safely near active aircraft at airfields and landing zones
• Range Communication: Use correct safety protocols to access firing ranges and complete repairs or maintenance
• Excavation Practices: Apply safe excavation techniques, assess soil conditions, and use proper trenching or sloping methods
• Equipment Operation: Operate and maintain various heavy and light equipment, including loaders, backhoes, excavators, graders, and snow removal machinery
• Tool Use: Select and use hand and power tools safely, including chainsaws, jackhammers, tampers, shovels, and rakes

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position. 
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience as an Equipment Operator A (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of experience in the operation of heavy construction and specialized maintenance equipment used at this level with a gross vehicle weight of 32,001 pounds or more; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience or training.

Special Requirement:

• This position requires possession of a valid Class C Pennsylvania driver's license.

Additional Requirements:

• A conditional offer is contingent on passing a favorable National Crime Information Center (NCIC) screening for admittance to Fort Indiantown Gap.
• You must possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) permit at the time of hire. Once you are hired, the agency will send you to classes for a Class A CDL that you must obtain within six months after hire.
• You must obtain a Tanker Endorsement (N) within one year of employment. 
• You must obtain a Bio-Solid Application certification within one year of employment.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Possession of a Class A or B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with no restrictions
• Experience operating a refuse or recycling truck
• Experience operating a wheeled or tract front-end loader
• Experience operating heavy trucks or tractor trailers
• Experience performing snow removal
• Experience cutting grass using a large tractor equipped with a gang-mower attachment

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.
• A conditional offer of employment will require a drug screening.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.  
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.