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Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic

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DLA Distribution Susquehanna

New Cumberland, PA (In Person)

$69,784 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 4 weeks ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/23/2026

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Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/05/2026 Salary $30.97 - $36.13 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 5803 Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number DLADist-26-12945204-DHA Control number 866546100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This is a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Direct Hire Authority (DHA) notice open to the Public. Videos Duties Help Performs full range of overhaul and repair work to vehicles which are powered by gasoline and diesel engines, btery-electric motors or gas-electric power units such as warehouse tractors, scooters, mobile industrial and fixed industrial equipment. Overhauls engines by grinding valves, fitting and installing wrist pins, bearings, gears, pistons, rings, sleeves, ses, seals, etc. Performs major and minor overhaul of all types of standard and automic transmissions. Performs preventive maintenance as required. Repair involves working on hydraulic, pneumic and mechanical systems and controls. Inspects and troubleshoots equipment, servicing and making repairs including removing and replacing new or rebuilt assemblies, such as voltage regulors, alternors/generors, brake cylinders, etc., removing and cleaning fuel tanks and sparkplugs. Overhauls and repairs power and gravity driven conveyors, carousel sortion racks, gasoline and electric driven generors, compressors and welders, gasoline space heers, pallet jacks, floor jacks, shrink ovens, and scales. Determines nure and extent of repairs necessary and replaces, reworks or refinishes worn or damaged parts. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen
Tour of Duty:
Set Schedule Security Requirements:
Non-Sensitive Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Non-Exempt Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Bargaining Unit Stus:
Yes Pre-Employment Physical:
Required Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities.
See https:
//www.tsa.gov/real-id for more informion. Expeditionary Civilian (EC): Emergency Essential Must be able to acquire and maintain a Government Credit Card, Government Passport and the DLA Distribution J9 published requirements for all personal health, license and other qualificions. This position is loced DM-H and this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies for various shifts loced DLA Distribution Susquehanna in New Cumberland, PA. Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certificions required by the installion, federal, ste, and local laws. Must meet the requirements specified within
USCENTCOM MOD 18
Individual Protection and Individual-Unit Deployment Policy in relion to occupying a position an overseas/deployed locion within the CENTCOM area. Qualificions Applicants red in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualificion Standard for Trades and Labor Occupions. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training th you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) elimined from further competition. The SOE and minimum qualificions for this position is: Ability to do the work of a Heavy Equipment Mechanic without more than normal supervision: I perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as cleaning, disassembling, modifying, adjusting, repairing, replacing and reassembling of parts and equipment such as hydraulic lifts, specialized "reach-in" stock selector trucks, cargo transporters, hoisters various types of cranes and repairs hydraulic, pneumic and mechanical systems and controls. 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.
Physical Effort:
Is required to stand, stoop, bend, stretch and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts parts and equipment weighing up to 20 pounds and occasionally lifts items th weigh up to 100 pounds.
Working Conditions:
Works inside (with or without heing or air conditioning) and outside; occasionally exposed to bad weher. Works a majority of time on concrete floors and in dirty, greasy and noisy areas. Is exposed to the possibility of cuts, bruises, shocks and burns. Is subject to burns from acids, hot metals, flying metal splinters, eye strain, and severe temperure changes when working close to he, then returning to indoor or outdoor work locions. Working conditions are a normal part of the job and are considered in the evaluion. While deployed may be required to opere a fork lift up to 5% of the time. Additional informion This is an Expeditionary Civilian (EC) position, and the incumbent designed as (EE, NCE, etc.) . In the event of a crisis situion, the incumbent may be required to deploy via temporary reassignment or be required to stay in place to support contingency operions. The incumbent may be required to take part in readiness exercises. This position cannot be vaced during a nional emergency or mobilizion without seriously impairing the capability of the organizion to function effectively; therefore, the position requires the incumbent to be screened from military recall. Military Reservists selected for an EC position must arrange for removal from the reserve component prior to appointment to an EC position. This requirement must be met prior to placement in an EC position. Positions identified as EE are subject to deployment to comb support situions. Deployment via Temporary Duty (TDY) orders. Deployment may entitle the employee to additional monetary compension dependent upon the deployment locion. Additional allocions are based on the Department of Ste's determinion of a comb zone. For Important General Applicant Informion and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf
Reemployed Annuitants:
This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Informion for Veterans is available : https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/ . As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement. Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY
Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 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.
Direct Hire Evaluion:
Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy filled through a Department of Defense Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements forwarded to the Selecting Official for considerion. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evalue your applicion for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualificion requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualificions and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. 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 To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945204 . Agency contact informion
KAITLYN DEBOW
Phone 445-737-2716 KAITLYN.DEBOW@DLA.MIL Address DLA Distribution Susquehanna 2001 Mission Drive Suite 1 New Cumberland, PA 17070 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. 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 To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12945204 . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion
KAITLYN DEBOW
Phone 445-737-2716 KAITLYN.DEBOW@DLA.MIL Address DLA Distribution Susquehanna 2001 Mission Drive Suite 1 New Cumberland, PA 17070 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. 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 Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/05/2026 Salary $30.97 - $36.13 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number DLADist-26-12945204-DHA Control number 866546100

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