Job Description

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a LABORER (VEH OPR)

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Perform work assignments of an unskilled nature in connection with the movement of furniture, laboratory and office equipment; collection of trash, maintenance of company grounds and similar activities.
• Operate trucks and forklifts in connection with laborer crew activities.
• Requires frequent physical effort of 21 to 60 lbs., exposure to all types of weather and generally disagreeable working conditions.
• Sandia has an Agency Shop Agreement with the Metal Trades Council (MTC). The position being offered to you is a represented position. Therefore, as an employee represented by the MTC, you must either become a union member or pay a monthly agency fee equal to the union dues. You will be contacted by a union steward concerning membership during the first week of your employment.

REPRESENTATIVE MACHINE, EQUIPMENT TOOLS AND GAUGES USED:

• Trucks, forklifts, farm type tractor with mower attachment, front-end loaders, skid-steer or similar type loaders, pneumatic tools, masonry saws, portable vehicle lift, steam cleaners, riding and walking tractors, powered posthole diggers, power lawn mowers, and pest and weed control spray equipment.
• Hand tools and equipment such as picks, shovels, rakes, brooms, sledges, posthole diggers, lawn mowers, wrenches, pliers, post drivers, screwdrivers, nail pullers, hammers, chisels, and hand trucks and dollies, wheelbarrows, block and tackle electric drills.

Qualifications We Require:

• Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.
• Perform various unskilled manual assignments entailing a relatively high degree of physical effort.
• Move furniture, laboratory and office equipment and other items.
• Unpack and assemble prefabricated items as required.
• To prevent wobbling and toppling of shelving, cabinets and other similar storage equipment, drill holes in walls of various constructions such as cinder block, sheetrock, masonry, or sheet metal; install fastening devices such as toggle bolts, molyscrews, tag bolts, tapcon anchors, etc., into walls and secure.
• Dig postholes with manual or power equipment; and erect, repair or dismantle area fences. Install traffic signs or similar items.
• Do excavating, backfilling, tamping, leveling, and grading for utility lines, pits, shelters, target locations, planted areas, drainage ditches or other purposes.
• Brace excavations as directed to prevent cave-ins.
• Break up concrete or asphalt; patch streets or other paved areas; and cut concrete slabs and other masonry products as instructed.
• Mix concrete; pour into holes or existing forms; and remove forms when concrete has hardened.
• Collect and dispose of refuse and salvageable materials.
• Steam clean various equipment and assist maintenance craftsmen on plant assignments.
• Remove snow from sidewalks, driveways and other areas as required.
• Apply various forms of exterminating products to kill insects, rodents, and weeds.
• Perform other unskilled work of a similar nature.
• As required, operate trucks and forklifts and tractor in connection with laborer crew activities.
• Complete simple forms and obtain signatures for material or equipment delivered.
• Once the applicant has submitted their application and resume, there will be several levels of screening as applicable.
• Each screening level must be passed successfully and consecutively in order to be eligible for consideration.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Expeience with grounds and landscaping work.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

About Our Team:

Grounds and Road Services Team provides preventive and corrective maintenance to all landscape areas and roadways. This team maintains asphalt, unimproved roadways, parking lots, pedestrian travel-ways, fences and associated signs, grounds cleanup, grading activity, weed control, maintains fire breaks and water delivery to under round storage tanks.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Essential Functions:

If offered the position, you may be required to demonstrate your fitness to perform certain physical aspects of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling.

Job ID: 694583

Job Family: 121

Regular/Temporary Position: R

Full/Part-Time Status: F

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.