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Industrial Equipment Mechanic

Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
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Summary

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Overview

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Open & closing dates
07/21/2025 to 07/29/2025
Salary
$31.40 to - $36.63 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 11
Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Multiple Appointment Types
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DLADist-25-12768301-MP
Control number
841165700

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Duties

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  • Performs preventative maintenance on material handling equipment.
  • Performs repairs to material handling equipment and other industrial warehousing equipment.
  • Performs repairs to both electrical and mechanical components.
  • Performs inspections and troubleshooting repairs.
  • Evaluates and diagnose reported equipment failures.
  • Identifies and the nature, extent and operational impact of equipment failure.
  • Applies knowledge of tools and equipment to assist determining cause of malfunction.

Requirements

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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 determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be 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 Status: Yes
  • This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Distribution Susquehanna, in New Cumberland, PA.

Qualifications

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. 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 that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at 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) will be eliminated from further competition.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Effort
The work requires lifting, carrying, pulling, steadying, and moving parts and equipment weighing up to 75 pounds. Workers are required to push, pull, reach, walk, stand, crawl, kneel, bend and work in cramped positions over and under machinery and equipment of all types for sustained periods of time.

Working Conditions
Work is performed under varying shop and field conditions involving exposure to dirt, dust, grease, oil, hot, cold and damp surfaces and environments. Frequently exposed to abrasions, cuts, burns, shock, broken bones, slips, falls, or other serious injury from moving parts and equipment, high voltage components, machinery and equipment. Uses various protective crevices such as hard hats, gloves, safety shoes, and glasses as required by the environment where duties are being performed

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information 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 at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: 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 date 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 tentatively selected for employment in testing designated 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 tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, 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.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The assessments for this job will measure the following Job Elements/Competencies:

  • Ability to do the work of an Industrial Equipment Mechanic, without more than normal supervision (Screen-Out Element)
  • Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, and Materials etc.
  • Technical Practices, (theoretical, precise, artistic)
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading)
  • Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the job elements/competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

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