About this opportunity
GovernmentJobs.com lists this Mobile Equipment Operator 2 opportunity in baton rouge, Louisiana. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title
The Division of Administration/Louisiana Property Assistance Agency has a vacancy.
Job Description
Louisiana Property Assistance Agency's (LPAA) truck drivers, laborers, contracted warehouse staff, and other warehouse workers may be regularly required to travel to locations located statewide to pick up surplus assets from state agencies that no longer need the property. The employees discussed above may be required to work longer than eight (8) hours per day, particularly when working in locations other than LPAA's Headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LPAA's warehouses and most of the areas where surplus property is stored by other agencies, have unconditioned air environments that can also be dusty. Summers are hot and humid. Winters are cold and damp. LPAA staff loads and unloads items of varying weights and dimensions into/from box trucks, enclosed tractor-trailers, and stake-bodied trailers. Much work is manual even though our employees use forklifts, dollies, and pallet jacks to assist their efforts. After loading and tagging surplus property, warehouse staff arranges and displays property to sell to qualifying entities. Once sold, LPAA staff assists customers with the loading of their acquisitions. The Division of Administration is the state government's management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:
Overseeing the state's capital construction program
Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
Development of the state budget
Providing technology services
Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes
Minimum Qualifications
One year of experience in mobile equipment operations.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
-Operating box trucks, flat bed stake-bodied trucks, wrecker-type vehicles, cargo vans, and passenger automobiles. -Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. on a continuous basis -Loading, unloading, tagging, and arranging property for sale or auction; assisting customers with loading their purchases. -The MEO2 may be required to possess a valid Louisiana Class D Drivers' license and is required to be proficient with warehouse inventory computer systems. -When necessary MEO2 employees can be scheduled as drivers on statewide runs. In those instances, MEO2 incumbents are required to perform functional supervision over the staff assigned to accompany them. -MEO2 incumbents may regularly accompany MEO1/Heavy drivers on statewide runs to assist MEO1/Heavy drivers with labor required to load/unload trucks. -MEO2 incumbents routinely work Monday through Friday, although may be assigned to routes requiring overnight trips.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee. Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.
How To Apply
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system. Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. For further information about this posting, please contact: Erica R. Gay HR Specialist Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources email:
Benefits
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others
Worksite address
baton rouge, LA, 70873, US
Who can apply
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