Engineering Equipment Operator

Summary

This Engineering Equipment Operator position is within the Facilities Management Service at the Bedford VA Healthcare System - located in Bedford - Massachusetts. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.

About the Role

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 07/17/2026.

Responsibilities

• A current - valid - state issued Driver's License is required for this position.
• 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.
• Physical Requirements: Work is performed outside subject to discomfort from long periods in the sun - and cold - windy or inclement weather - being exposed to insects - dirt - dust - mud - water and sometimes to chemical sprays and dusts.
• Working Conditions: Incumbent shall perform snow and ice removal using equipment - hand tools - in addition to chemicals of various types - without injury to plant material.
• Duties: This position is located at an assigned Veterans Affairs medical facility performing work to handle different sets of controls to operate the equipment and attachments involved in the operation of gasoline- and diesel-powered engineering - and construction equipment with wheeled traction.
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 6:00am to 3:30pm.

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• A current - valid - state issued Driver's License is required for this position.
• Note: We cannot accept photographs - therefore - please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package.
• If an interview is requested - you will be required to provide a copy of your current - valid-state issued Driver's License.

Qualifications

• Screen-out Element: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element - which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire.
• Potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Interpret Instructions - Specifications (mobile equipment operations) Motor Vehicles Shop Aptitude Shop Practices.

Skills

Preferred Experience: Heavy Equipment Operator Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. - Peace Corps - AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. - professionalphilanthropicreligionsspiritualcommunitystudentsocial).

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Monday-Friday - 6:00am to 3:30pm.