LABORER

ANNOUNCING AN OPPORTUNITY TO

BECOME A PART OF THE MWR TEAM

POSITION:  LABORER

SERIES/GRADE: NA-3502-04

SALARY:  $11.29

ANNOUNCEMENT #: NAF-300-19-028                                                          REGULAR FULL TIME          

OPENING DATE:  15 MAR 2019                                                                     PERSONNEL BULLETIN

1st CUT-OFF DATE:  29 MAR 2019                                                                 OPEN UNTIL FILLED

PURPOSE:   To perform duties commonly found in a variety of work situations and incidental to many different operations in MWR, such as grounds maintenance, warehouses, facilities, and rental operations. This involves heavy labor, the use of hand and power tools, operating motor vehicles, towed, and large equipment.

LOCATION:  Community Recreation Division, Morale Welfare and Recreation Department, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi.

AREA OF CONSIDERATION:  NAF employees of CBC Gulfport and other Navy and Marine Corps activities and through the voluntary application file.  Vacancies may be filled by methods other than promotions when the best qualified person can be obtained from other sources.

HOW TO APPLY:  Individuals applying for this position MUST submit a NAF Application. Individuals may submit their NAF application, along with any other documents, via mail to MWR Dept, 1706 Bainbridge Ave. Bldg. 352, Gulfport, MS 39501; via fax (228) 871-2967; or via email to NCBC_Gulfport_MWR@navy.mil. Visit our website: www.navymwrgulfport.com/jobs for a digital NAF application. **CANNOT USE A PHONE TO FILL OUT APPLICATION**

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Loads and unloads materials from ground, pallets, skids, platforms, trucks, lifting devices, and transport vehicles, manually or mechanically with lift gate, wheelbarrow, pallet jack or dolly. Operates a variety of power equipment to include but not limited to the following:  mowers, clippers, posthole diggers, blowers, weed eaters, power washers, and banding equipment. Uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, hammers, bars, saws, axes, loppers, wrenches, brushes, and brooms to maintain and clean facilities and grounds. Moves and organizes equipment, supplies, furniture, and materials by hand or by mechanical means. Uses shovels, rakes, and rock bars to excavate, backfill, or spread sand, dirt, or fill materials to improve recreation spaces, such as playgrounds, park spaces, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, etc. Ensures grounds and facilities are maintained and clean. Clears small trees, limbs, tree debris, and bushes using handsaws, clippers, or loppers. Shovels, sweeps, or rakes snow, sand, or dirt from sidewalks, playgrounds, volleyball courts, beach, and recreational parking lots. Cleans and waxes vehicles. Maintains an inventory of hand and power tools, large equipment, and inflatable bounce equipment and ensures they are in good working order. Makes all adjustments to equipment to ensure proper settings, connections, and mechanical soundness. Makes minor repairs, paints, and may perform carpentry work. Assists the mechanic with maintaining and cleaning rental equipment. Delivers, sets up, inspects, and tears down inflatable bounce equipment. Assists in preparing excess property for disposal. Determines and selects the most appropriate type of equipment to accomplish each phase of the work in the most productive and cost-effective manner. Assists in issuing and receiving rental equipment from customers, assists customers in hooking up trailers, loading and unloading of equipment into personal vehicles. Observes required safety, sanitation, environment, hazardous waste disposal, and housekeeping rules and regulations. Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  Must possess a valid driver’s license. Must be at least 18 years of age. Must have or be able to obtain within the first 60 days of employment the following certifications:  First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, Forklift Operator, and Safe Inflatable Operators Training Organization (SIOTO). Must have knowledge of safe and efficient operating techniques of various large equipment and power tools. Must have the ability to operate and control riding mowers on slopes which requires constant attention to working space and environment. Must have the ability to safely operate equipment around buildings, walls, trees, fence lines, banks and hillsides, trenches, curbs, rocks, and other visible obstacles. Must have the ability to operate various controls and levers to maneuver equipment and lift/lower, adjust, engage/disengage components or attached devices. Must have knowledge and skill using hand tools and other equipment such as: shovels, rakes, hammers, bars, saws, axes, loppers, wrenches, brushes, brooms, ladders, banding equipment, and pallet jacks. Must have the ability to complete assignments involving several tasks by following detailed process which require remembering directions, sequences, following simple drawings, etc. Exerts very heavy physical effort, frequently lifting and move objects weighing over 70 lbs. This position is subject to completion of a satisfactory background or National Agency Check (NAC) in accordance with CNIC policy.

SPOUSAL PREFERENCE: The time period of eligibility for spousal preference begins 30 days before the military member's reporting date at a new duty station outside of the current duty station's commuting area and applies without time restriction except that spouses seeking preference with less than six months’ time remaining in the area may be non-selected. Spousal Preference forms are located in the lobby at the MWR Admin. Bldg. 352. 

You MUST attach spouse’s orders.

You MUST be referenced (family) on the orders. 

If you are not referenced by name on the order, you MUST provide a copy of your marriage certificate.

VETERAN’S PREFERENCE:  Qualifying veterans must submit a copy of their DD-214 with their application for employment.

Dept of the Navy is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation or any other non-merit factors.

As a condition of employment, selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds transfer within the first 60 days of employment. This is a DoD standard method of payment of personnel.  Employees will be subject to administrative action for failure to enroll unless a waiver has been obtained.