Motor Vehicle Operator

Motor Vehicle Operator

Duties include work involved in the operation of gasoline, diesel, or electric powered wheeled vehicles to haul cargo, transport sewage and transport regulated medical waste (RMW). The vehicles are driven in restricted traffic environments on Government installations, over public roads and highways, or under cross country conditions. Duties may include, but not limited to:

• Operates pickup, panel flatbed trucks, carryalls, sedans, crew cab pickup trucks, vans and wheel chair vans which have a gross vehicle weight of up to 10,000 pounds.
• Vehicles are operated along standard routes to transport supplies, materials, RMW, sewage, or equipment or tools throughout the immediate installation, under limited traffic conditions, at low speeds or on public roads, under any traffic conditions, at highway speeds.
• Performs routine operator maintenance on driven vehicles.
• Vehicles are driven on the basis of either specific trip assignments or regularly established schedules and standard routes.
• Vehicles transport personnel, supplies, RMW, sewage, or equipment over under all conditions.
• Operates and performs maintenance on motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds.
• Frequently lifts objects weighing over 40 pounds and occasionally over 50 pounds.
• Performs janitorial and custodial work such as sweeping, scrubbing, and waxing floors; washing windows and walls; dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures; and emptying waste cans.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours a week. Monday-Friday, 6:00am-2:30pm, EST

Position Description Title/PD #: Motor Vehicle Operator/PD00497A

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorize. Notifications

• This position is in Competitive Service.
• Selectee must have a Valid and Current License and should have a safe driving record according to Federal Motor Vehicle Operator Requirements (5 CFR Part 930).
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.

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