Equipment Operator A - Southwestern Veterans Center

If you pride yourself on being reliable, safety-conscious, and always active, this position offers a chance to make a significant difference every day. As an essential part of our transportation team, you will help ensure that residents reach their medical appointments, treatments, and activities safely, while also facilitating the movement of vital materials and supplies. This position offers a rewarding and engaging experience where your professionalism and kindness will be truly appreciated.

In this position, you will be responsible for the safe transportation of residents, materials, and equipment using various vehicles such as cars, vans, trucks, buses, and an invalid coach. Your tasks will include driving residents to medical appointments, treatments, and activities both on and off the facility grounds, while ensuring that all safety and locking mechanisms are properly engaged before departure. Additionally, you will handle the pickup and delivery of mail, supplies, and medications, operate snow-removal equipment during bad weather, and conduct routine vehicle inspections and minor repairs to keep everything in good working order. When not behind the wheel, you will assist with departmental duties like loading and unloading vehicles, maintaining workspaces, completing logs and paperwork, and safely using hand and power tools. You will also support facility operations by coordinating the transport of IT-related equipment, following all safety protocols, promptly reporting any hazards or incidents, and maintaining a valid Commercial Driver's License Class B with Passenger Endorsement. This role demands a strong focus on safety, reliability, and professionalism in all daily activities.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5-hour work week
• Work hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Rotating weekends and holidays
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months experience in the operation and maintenance of large vans, buses and single-chassis trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Special Requirements:

• This position requires possession of a valid Class C Pennsylvania driver's license.

Conditions of Employment:

• This position requires possession of a valid Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with passenger endorsement.

Additional Requirements:

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination and drug screening.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.