
Engineering Equipment Operator
Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM)
Herlong Sierra Ordnance Depot, CAFull-time$29.94–34.93/hrPosted 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Engineering Equipment Operator works at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, California, processing waste wood and loading recyclable materials. The role operates industrial grinding and material-handling equipment and performs maintenance, service, and inspections on recycling equipment. Work is performed outdoors and in open-area shops, with exposure to weather, noise, slippery surfaces, and heavy equipment. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 0630–1700.
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Summary
About the Position: Sierra Army Depot is located in Herlong CA, a rural town in Northern California. Herlong is approximately 60 miles north of Reno, NV, and 35 miles south of Susanville, CA. The depot serves as an Army Expeditionary Logistical Support Center. Employees work Mon-Thurs, 0630-1700 hrs. Youth Facilities and childcare available. Mass transportation is available at minimal cost. Surrounding area boasts a full range of outdoor sports and recreation activities.
Duties
- Operate large industrial wood tube-grinder to process waste wood material for recycle market.
- Operate excavator with grapple attachment to perform loading of waste wood material into industrial tube-grinder.
- Operate excavator to perform the loading and unloading of recycling materials (Metal, Cardboard and Paper).
- Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, service, and inspection of Recycle Program Wood Tube Grinder equipment. Services, repairs, and installs machinery components.
- Operate material equipment including forklifts and personnel man-lifts, motor vehicles up to 5-ton,such as shop utility trucks and flatbeds.
Qualifications
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) & Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This announcement is a Direct Hire solicitation. Category rating, veteran's preference, and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do NOT apply for this vacancy. Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Engineering Equipment Operator ~ without more than normal supervision. I have the ability to perform common duties of Engineering Equipment Operator. I can transport tools and materials to job site and direct vehicle traffic for safe movement on site. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work requires prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, climbing, stooping and working in uncomfortable positions. Lifts and carries equipment and component parts weighing up to 44 lbs. and occasionally heavier. Receives assistance lifting anything over 45 pounds. Moves snow guns and air/water hoses, while operational and pressurized in excess of 350 psi. WORKING CONDITIONS: Most work is performed outdoors or in open area shops. Incumbent is exposed to long periods of extreme cold, wind and inclement weather, high levels of noise, slippery surfaces, day and night (in the winter). Work is performed both indoors in a workshop setting and outdoors on site in the summer months. Serious injury may result when working with high pressure hoses, refueling equipment with highly combustible material, fan operated snow machines and heavy vehicular equipment.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates. Other Information
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a(n) Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
How this job compares
Set against the 672 open Equipment Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$29.94–34.93/hr
- US median$22–26/hr277 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $32.44/hr, is 37% above the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the top quarter of Equipment Operator hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Equipment Operator jobs in California and 672 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- BrightView4 open
- Kiewit3 open
- San Bernardino County3 open
- Experience
- Equipment Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (218 postings).
- Education
- 0 of the 672 open Equipment Operator jobs (0%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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