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Materials Handler (MVO/FLO)

Department of the Army
U.S. Army Sustainment Command
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Summary

About the Position:  This position is located in the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC), Material Management Branch, Fort Drum NY.

Fort Drum, the home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), is located in Northern New York's picturesque North Country, one of the most historically unique and geographically beautiful areas of the United States, offering bountiful outdoor recreational opportunities from hunting and fishing to winter sports of all types. Fort Drum is approximately 30 miles from Canada, with the Great Lakes to the west, the Adirondack Mountains to the east, and the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands in between.


This is a TERM appointment position Not To Exceed 13 Months, and it may be extended up to total of 6 years. Contingent to specific conditions there may be an opportunity to be noncompetitively converted to a career-conditional or career appointment.


Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens

Overview

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Open & closing dates
09/13/2017 to 09/19/2017
Salary
$18 to - $20.95 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 06
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Fort Drum, NY
1 vacancy
Travel Required
Not required
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term - Term NTE 13 Months
Work schedule
Full-time - Full Time
Service
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Announcement number
NEBN172363362007746D
Control number
478739600

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Duties

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The work of the position involves the following: You will be performing a variety of warehousing duties that include receiving, processing, storing and issuing. You will spot conveyances at proper loading locations, open seals and doors, tally stock in, palletize, assemble in temporary or permanent warehousing area. You will assume custodial and property responsibility for stock as it is initially received, checked, assembled, and internally transferred to another area. You will perform temporary space planning of item location within a general storage and assembly plan. You will consolidate materials for maximum space utilization and traffic flow and make routine changes in stock location as necessary.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Moving Expenses are not authorized.

Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.

  • 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.

 

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

  • May be required to serve as a member of the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group (DAACG) utilizing a skill that is classified no higher than the current grade.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state motor vehicle driver's license.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Driver's license.
  • Must pass a pre-employment and an annual physical examination.
  • Work may involve shift work, weekends, or holidays.
  • This position requires the incumbent to work in extreme weather conditions (i.e. snow, rain, cold, heat).
  • This position requires a physical. Must be able to lift 50 pounds.


Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in the vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Qualifications

 

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

 

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.

 

SCREEN OUT ELEMENT: Ability to do the work of a Materials Handler (Motor Vehicle Operator/Forklift Operator) without more than normal supervision; applicants must meet this screen out element to be considered further. To meet the screen out element, applicants should document experience in the following: receiving, unloading, and processing incoming shipments; performing warehouse inventories; and setting up proper storage areas for materials.

 

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 the position without more than normal supervision.

 

 

To meet the basic eligibility, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below.

 

Job Elements: In addition to the screen out element, applicants will be rated against the following elements:

 

  • Work Practices
  • Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (other than blueprints)
  • Knowledge of Materials
  • Dexterity and Safety

 

PHYSICAL EFFORT: Stands, stoops, bends, and works in tiring and uncomfortable positions. May be required to work at a rapid pace for prolonged periods. Frequently lifts and carries material weighing up to 50 pounds, and at times may handle items weighing over 50 pounds with assistance. Moderate physical effort is used in operating fork lift and motor vehicle hand and foot controls.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS: Works inside and outside subject to heat, cold, damp, drafty, or poorly lit areas. May work on open docks or in storage areas or yards. Work may be dirty, dusty, and/or greasy. Frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes and bruises; falls from ladders; or injury from material handling or fork lift equipment. May be required to wear protective clothing such as steel toe shoes, safety glasses, gloves, hard hat, etc.

 

 

Additional information

  • 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.
  • You may claim military spouse preference, see the information in the Military Spouse Preference Under Delegated Examining Procedures information sheet.
  • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

 

It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual.  Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities.  Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.

 

Basis for Rating: Qualified candidates will be assigned to one of three quality categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified and Qualified. Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality category.

  • Best Qualified. Candidates in this category possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
  • Highly Qualified. Candidates in this category possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements for the announced position.
  • Qualified. Candidates in this category meet the minimum experience requirements for the announced position.

 

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.  See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information.  Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

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