Serve as a Motor Vehicle Operator for the Ground and Transportation Section, Environmental Services Department, for Veterans Affairs Western New York Health Care, Buffalo Division. Responsible for transporting patients to medical appointments using vans, wheelchair vans, sedans, and other authorized vehicles. Also operates a heavy-duty front-end loader (tractor) for snow-removal operations.
Duties: Major duties and responsibilities include: Operates platform, van, stake and dump trucks, passenger shuttle, and cargo vans which have a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 10,000 pounds and up to 26,000 pounds. Safely loads, secures, and unloads passengers who may or may not have a disability, their belongings, and any passengers' durable medical equipment, if necessary.
Driving assignments are conducted in a safe, courteous manner and are completed in a timely fashion He/she prepares trip tickets, maintenance service records and reports of accidents if necessary. The vehicle is driven on government properties and over public roads and highways, including improved/unimproved roads or terrain that is not paved and through congested areas, in all weather and environmental conditions.
Responsible for: monitoring the vehicle maintenance needs of their assigned vehicle, maintaining its interior and exterior cleanliness, making daily safety inspections of each vehicle used, and notifying the supervisor of any defects in its operation and condition. May be required to change a flat tire, if necessary. Driving assignments are conducted in a safe, courteous manner and are completed in a timely fashion with very few route or destination mistakes.
Operates vehicles with a power take off device for transferring engine power to special-purpose accessory equipment, such as winches, power lifts, skid-steers, tractors, heavy-duty front end loaders, and plows and spreaders. Operates hydraulic dumping mechanisms to unload or spread materials in a dump bed. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday or Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov · (844)456-5208
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $28.39 – $33.15/hr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-16.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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