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Engineering Equipment Operor - FUL Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Summary You will serve as an Engineering Equipment Operor - FUL the Southwest Louisiana Nional Wildlife Refuge Complex, with your primary duty stion loced in Hackberry, Bell City, or Lake Arthur, Louisiana. In this role, you will opere and maintain heavy equipment and perform a wide range of maintenance tasks in support of wildlife habit management and refuge infrastructure needs across all refuges within the Complex. Continued in Duties Section... Learn more about this agency Summary You will serve as an Engineering Equipment Operor - FUL the Southwest Louisiana Nional Wildlife Refuge Complex, with your primary duty stion loced in Hackberry, Bell City, or Lake Arthur, Louisiana. In this role, you will opere and maintain heavy equipment and perform a wide range of maintenance tasks in support of wildlife habit management and refuge infrastructure needs across all refuges within the Complex. Continued in Duties Section... Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Bell City, LA Hackberry, LA Lake Arthur, LA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $33.53 - $39.11 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential 8 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 5716 Engineering Equipment Opering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBYO-27-13078918-FUL-CF

Control number 887217100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority and is open to U.S. Citizens and Nionals who meet all eligibility requirements, including permanent and exclusive residency within the defined vicinity of the field unit as described in this announcement. Under this authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking procedures do not apply. Videos Duties Help Continued from the Summary section - Potential primary duty locions for this position: Bell City, LA (Cameron Prairie NWR) Hackberry, LA (Sabine NWR) Lake Arthur, LA (Lacassine NWR) You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty locion for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start the step 1 re. As a Engineering Equipment Operor (WG-08) your duties may include but are not limited to the following: Operes bulldozers, excavors, graders, skid steers, backhoes, loaders, farm tractors, ORUVs, and other heavy equipment to support land-management projects such as culvert replacement, levee repair, ditch cleaning, trail construction, mowing, and maintaining refuge roads and parking areas. Performs preventive maintenance and repairs on heavy equipment, agricultural tractors, vehicles, small engines, and tachments, including replacing hoses, belts, chains, filters, radiors, hydraulic components, tracks, bucket teeth, and diagnosing issues using test lamps, multimeters, onboard computers, and electronic analyzers. Works daily with refuge staff, volunteers, and small project teams to complete land-management, earth-moving, and habit restorion projects; provides mentoring or serves as a safety instructor in equipment operion. Performs building and facility maintenance including electrical repairs, HVAC servicing, plumbing system installion/repair, masonry, carpentry, welding, concrete work, roofing, painting, and general structural maintenance across refuge facilities. Ensures safe operion of equipment and compliance with safety regulions by conducting inspections, maintaining a clean and orderly work area, using approprie PPE, handling and disposing hazardous merials properly, and developing safe work approaches for land-management projects. Maintains equipment logbooks and input service, repair, and maintenance records into the Service's approved maintenance dabase; keeps written documention current for all opered equipment. Applies herbicides and insecticides for pest management using trailer, backpack, and hand sprayers; follows product labels, regulory requirements, and proper disposal procedures for surplus chemicals and containers. Performs additional refuge operional duties including operion of wer control structures, installing fences and ges, posting boundary signs, habit restorion activities, simple manual labor, and serving as a colleral-duty firefighter if desired. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participion required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more, www.dhs.gov/EVerify/ . Pre-employment and random alcohol and drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive test is received. Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within 6 months of hiring. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Pesticide Applicors License. You must be least 18 years of age or older to opere government vehicles. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This probionary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-reled factors: Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision (Screen out) If your knowledge and ability in the

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factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. In preparing your applicion, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had th specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualificions reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-reled factors.

Volunteer Experience:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Additional Informion section:

Entitlements for payment of basic moving expenses, as required and to the extent allowed by the Federal Travel Regulion (FTR) 302-3.101, are authorized for eligible applicants changing duty stion when the change meets the distance tests as provided in FTR 302-1.1 and 302-2.6. All moving expenses are taxable. In addition, relocion discretionary entitlements May be authorized for this position excluding contractor-provided home sale. Educion There is no substitution of educion for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.

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This position filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area the time of applicion. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty stion under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: approximely 75 miles or 90 minutes from Hackberry, Bell City, or Lake Arthur, Louisiana, for the R4-Southwest Louisiana Nional Wildlife Refuge Complex duty stion.. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.). See the Required Documents section for informion on how to verify current residence. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies exist.

Physical Demands:

Considerable physical effort is required in the operion of the equipment and tachments and in performing maintenance of facilities, equipment, and tachments. Considerable strain can be caused by the constant vibrion of the equipment and the jolting received from operion of the equipment over rough surfaces. Locion of the controls and tachments frequently requires working in awkward or strained positions. Physical effort is required in constantly reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle different sets of controls to opere the equipment and tachments. Frequently lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds and often puts forth similar effort when pushing, pulling, turning and positioning parts, assemblies, equipment and tools.

Working Conditions:

Work is accomplished both in an office setting (5%) and outdoors (95%). Works outside in all kinds of weher and frequently exposed to irrition or discomfort from running wer, fumes, dust, grease, dirt, and moving parts of equipment and machinery. Work performed outside is in a variety of settings where steep terrain, uneven, rocky and slippery footing is normal. Temperure extremes are common. Employee is regularly exposed to the possibility of shock, cuts, scrapes, and bruises, falls, falling merial, or injury from equipment associed with power equipment or hazardous merials. Work demands conformance to safety requirements including the use of a variety of personal protective equipment such as: protective clothing, hardhs, hearing protection, safety glasses, goggles, gloves, steel toe heavy leher boots, respiror, and other personal protective items. Serious injury may result from getting caught in opering equipment, or from collisions with automobiles when opering on or near public roads. All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Under this authority, competitive ring, ranking, and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. The Servicing Human Resources Office will determine whether applicants meet the qualificion and eligibility requirements described in this announcement. Applicants who meet these requirements may be referred to the selecting official on a certifice of eligibles for considerion. You must certify th you will maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the defined vicinity of the field unit(s) listed in this announcement. Upon receipt of a completed applicion package, the Servicing Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements described in this announcement. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages. Resumes longer than two pages will not be reviewed. Applicants may submit only one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine qualificions and eligibility. If more than one resume is submitted, only the most recent submission reviewed. If your resume is incomplete or does not demonstre th you meet the qualificion requirements or specialized experience described in this announcement, you may be determined ineligible or not qualified for further considerion. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/16/2026 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Veteran Documention , if applicable, such as:

DD-214 , SF15

, letter from Veteran Affairs , etc. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from all documents. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/16/2026 - unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the closing de of this announcement , and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement , including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13078918 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

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When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion DOI Staffing Team 6 (FWS) StaffingTeam6@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Capital Management 1875 Century Blvd Suite 370 Atlanta, GA 30345 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/16/2026 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Veteran Documention , if applicable, such as:

DD-214 , SF15

, letter from Veteran Affairs , etc. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from all documents. Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/16/2026 - unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the closing de of this announcement , and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement , including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13078918 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.

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When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DOI Staffing Team 6 (FWS) StaffingTeam6@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Capital Management 1875 Century Blvd Suite 370 Atlanta, GA 30345 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your Occupional Questionnaire has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Bell City, LA Hackberry, LA Lake Arthur, LA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $33.53 - $39.11 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential 8 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBYO-27-13078918-FUL-CF

Control number 887217100