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Laborer (Motor Vehicle Operator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-site Philadelphia, PA $26.2 – $30.5/hr Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Laboring ESFPESTPISTJISTP OperationsTrades
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This position is in the Grounds Crew section of Maintenance and Operations department in Facilities Management Service (FMS) Line of the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MC). The incumbent is a laborer (MVO), responsible for all facets of grounds keeping and general labor activities
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited too: Dig ditches and trenches with a pick or shovel, completing grading and sloping, breaking up concrete with a jackhammer, mixes concrete, applies hot and cold patch asphalt when filling holes in roadways.
- →Performs daily policing of the grounds, empties trash cans outside of the buildings (including parking lots/garage) and clean under and around refuse dumpsters.
- →Complete planting, cultivating, feeding, weeding, trimming and watering flowers and trees as necessary.
- →Removes diseased or damage tree, including root removal.
- →Also, responsible for spreading mulch and/or stone, trimming of grass along curbs and installing lawn edging, as assigned.
- →During the fall season, remove fallen leaves, twigs and branches by bagging or disposing to designated areas.
- →In addition, utilizes the two (1) ton pick up trucks, stake body truck, utility vehicles and vacuum to pick up and dispose of leaves/trash.
- →During the winter season, they are responsible for snow removal.
- →Includes operation of two (1) ton pick-ups with plows and salt spreaders, 1 stake body truck and several utility vehicles for the snow removal and spreading salt when necessary.
- →Utilize walk behind snow blowers/brushes and manually shovel sidewalks and entry ways and then spreads salt when necessary.
- →May drive buses and other vehicles with air brakes.
- →Buses are operated occasionally contingent upon activities scheduled by other services and not on a regular and recurring basis.
- →More regular use of the buses may occur during the months of less inclement seasons (Spring, Summer and Fall).
- →Drivers must also operate wheelchair lifts as well as provide instructional training to staff on operation, function, security and safety of the lifts.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0554eb92-d0cf-4df8-9850-8416f23d7aef
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