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Motor Vehicle Operator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Buffalo, NY $28.4 – $33.2/hr Apply by Sep 16, 2026 Motor Vehicle Operating ENTJENTPINTJINTP EngineeringOperations
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Serve as a Motor Vehicle Operator for the Ground and Transportation Section, Environmental Services Department, for Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care, Buffalo Division. Responsible for transporting patients to medical appointments using vans, wheelchair vans, sedans, and other authorized vehicles. Also operates a heavy-duty front-end loader (tractor) for snow-removal operations.
What You'll Do
- →Duties: Major duties and responsibilities include: Operates platform, van, stake and dump trucks, passenger shuttle, and cargo vans which have a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 10,000 pounds and up to 26,000 pounds.
- →Safely loads, secures, and unloads passengers who may or may not have a disability, their belongings, and any passengers' durable medical equipment, if necessary.
- →Driving assignments are conducted in a safe, courteous manner and are completed in a timely fashion He/she prepares trip tickets, maintenance service records and reports of accidents if necessary.
- →The vehicle is driven on government properties and over public roads and highways, including improved/unimproved roads or terrain that is not paved and through congested areas, in all weather and environmental conditions.
- →Responsible for: monitoring the vehicle maintenance needs of their assigned vehicle, maintaining its interior and exterior cleanliness, making daily safety inspections of each vehicle used, and notifying the supervisor of any defects in its operation and condition.
- →May be required to change a flat tire, if necessary.
- →Driving assignments are conducted in a safe, courteous manner and are completed in a timely fashion with very few route or destination mistakes.
- →Operates vehicles with a power take off device for transferring engine power to special-purpose accessory equipment, such as winches, power lifts, skid-steers, tractors, heavy-duty front end loaders, and plows and spreaders.
- →Operates hydraulic dumping mechanisms to unload or spread materials in a dump bed.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday or Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: 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.
- →Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job 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 Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Pre-employment physical required Subject to background/security investigation 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) 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: 842839d3-6bd0-423e-abc2-f3238a213a11
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