
Engineering Equipment Operator Leader
U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command
Letterkenny Army Depot, PAFull-time$38.21–44.55/hrPosted today
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Job overview
The Engineering Equipment Operator Leader works at the Letterkenny Munitions Center in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, leading a team that supports ammunition demilitarization. The role combines hands-on operation of heavy engineering equipment with coordination of work assignments, materials, and tools. Work includes handling and destroying classified ammunition and related materials through detonation or burning in accordance with applicable safety and security procedures.
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Summary
About the Position: Located in the Letterkenny Munitions Center Chambersburg, PA. Lead a skilled equipment-operations team supporting ammunition demilitarization.
Duties
- Work under a supervisor who issues instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines and relies upon the incumbent to ensure that work assignments are carried out by other members of the group.
- Serve as working leader of 3 or more employees.
- Pass on to other workers instructions received from supervisor or division chief when executing support to classified programs.
- Ensure that needed plans, materials and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from supply locations.
- Work along with other employees and sets the pace, performing non-supervisory work of the same kind and level as that performed by the unit .
- Operate engineering equipment such as bulldozers (D-7, D-8, or their equivalent), tracked and rubber wheeled front-end loaders, backhoes, motor graders and pans.
- Use equipment attachments such as winches, grading blades, and rippers. Adjusts attachments for proper positioning and working order.
- Operate front end loader, backhoe, and bulldozer with either bucket or blade to excavate for and cover ammunition and related items to be demilitarized.
- Destroy a variety of material of various classification levels requiring special handling and coordination.
- Destroy a variety of ammunition and related items such as explosives and propellants by detonation or burning in accordance with applicable safety and security regulations, standing operating procedures, and atmospheric conditions.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 an Engineering Equipment Operator Leader without more than normal supervision. Ability to operate a variety of heavy equipment such as front-end loader, backhoes, and bulldozers, for grading of land, earth removal, bank slopping, ditch digging, leveling of road beds, etc.; I can communicate with other employees, such as relaying instructions from a supervisor. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Ability To Lead or Supervise Ammunition and Explosives Knowledge of Materials Leadership Reliability and Dependability as a Engineering Equipment Operator PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work assignments involve exerting heavy physical effort in lifting, walking, kneeling, bending, reaching, turning, and carrying and placing objects 45 lbs. and over, although most heavy lifting is done with mechanical assistance. Work is performed carefully and deliberately. Careful attention required in hand and eye coordination in setting and attaching detonating or ignition devices to explosives. Incumbent must use hands, arms, feet, and legs to handle various equipment controls. Incumbent is subject to vibration, jerking, and jolting during equipment operations. WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is performed outdoors in all kinds of weather. Incumbent is exposed to dirt, noise, dust, fumes, and weather conditions, and is subject to flammables and explosives as well as cuts, bruises, and strains. Incumbent may be required to wear protective clothing and respirator.
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. You may claim Military Spouse preference. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. 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. This position requires a 1 year probationary periodduring which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. The use of illegal drugs by Federal employees, whether on duty or off duty, is contrary to the efficiency of the service. The legalization and/or decriminalization of marijuana by some states has no impact on Federal law. The use and/or possession of marijuana remains illegal for Federal employees. Direct deposit of pay is required. This is an Ammunition Management (33) Career Program position aligned under the Logistics Career Management Directorate. 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. 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$38.21–44.55/hr
- US median$22–26/hr277 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $41.38/hr, is 74% above the US median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the top quarter of Equipment Operator hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Equipment Operator jobs in Pennsylvania and 672 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania2 open
- HPC Industrial2 open
- MMC Land Management Inc2 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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