Summary
Located within the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS) in Muskogee, OK, under the Facilities Management Service. The primary function of this position is to perform as a Laborer requiring significant manual skills, prior work experience or training and very heavy physical effort. The work requires the use of large complex riding equipment, hydraulic, and mechanical devices.
Duties
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Maintaining grounds maintenance on grades or slopes, using manual equipment to fill holes, rake leaves, or dig ditches; using simple powered equipment such as push lawn mowers, blowers, edgers, trimmers.
- Operating farm tractors/Kubotas and front-end loader with various attachments; large power tillers.
- Planning work.
- Separating, stacking, carrying, and loading/unloading materials and supplies.
- Maintaining communication with supervisor; advising on operational status of equipment using
- Lifting, moving, and carrying items that weigh 100 pounds or more.
- Operating various controls and levers to maneuver equipment to include lifting/lowering, adjusting, engaging/disengaging components or attached devices.
- Preventative maintenance of equipment to include changing blades, changing belts, changing oil, greasing equipment, changing flat tires, changing hoses, washing equipment.
- Operating, controlling, and cleaning heavy equipment and heavy tools including axes, picks, snow-shovels, tampers, chain saws, gas powered hedge trimmers, backpack blowers; operating weight-handling devices.
- Possessing knowledge of state, local, and federal safety regulations to operate equipment.
Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer/PD13064A
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: This position requires the incumbent to push and lift items weighing more than 100-lbs daily. These items will be lifted with assistance from other co-workers. Most of the work required for this position involves twisting, climbing, crawling, lifting, bending, crouching, leaning, stretching, sitting, standing, stooping, and carrying up and down stairs and on irregular terrain in extreme temperatures from -20- degree wind chills to 120-degree heat index. Safety equipment is available and will be issued to the incumbent to minimize the possibility of injury.
A majority of the incumbent's work-related duties will be performed outside. The employee is subject to environmental discomforts including heat, rain, cold, mud, wind, dirt, and dust, wind chill factors down to -20 and heat indexes in excess of 120. Most work is performed on irregular terrain. The incumbent's work is performed in areas where pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers have been applied. He/ She may be exposed to unpleasant odors and discarded bio waste including blood and human body parts. Personal protective equipment and safety equipment is available for the incumbent.
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application. Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/24/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12764371.
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2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.