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Materials Handler

Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
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Overview

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Open & closing dates
02/04/2025 to 02/18/2025
Salary
$29.47 to - $34.33 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 6
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Bremerton, WA
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent - Multiple Appointment Types
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
6
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DLADist-25-12685208-MP
Control number
830468600

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Clarification from the agency

"Federal employee" means current & former permanent competitive service employees, & Special authorities (Interchange Agreement agency employees) in the commuting area may apply. Veteran eligibilities include 30% or more Disabled Vet, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA), & Eligible Veterans (VRA). Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, Retained Grade Preference (RGP) eligibles, & Military Reserve and National Guard Technician eligibles may apply. EO 12721 eligibles may also apply.

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Duties

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  • Performs a full range of warehouse functions in either a major segment of a large warehouse or as the principal materials handler in a small warehouse.
  • Receives, stores, and assembles for issue, shipment and distribution, a variety of bin and bulk supplies, materials, equipment, and commodities.
  • Receives, unloads and processes incoming shipments. Checks accompanying documentation against container or packing labels. Follows established procedures in reporting over, short, or damaged items.
  • Assembles items for shipment in the loading area according to information provided on the shipping requests and checks the condition of shipping containers prior to loading. Ensures shipments are properly loaded onto the right conveyances.
  • Determines sequences for loading materials and organizes incoming shipments for maximum space utilization, safety considerations, and damage protection.
  • Lays out storage space, establishes item locations and determines organization and arrangement of stock.
  • Counts types and quantities of items during inventories, and maintains tally listings during the count Recounts or searches other storage locations to assist in determining the basis for over, short, or misplaced items.
  • Operates one or more types of material handling equipment such as standard type forklift with a lifting capacity of up to 15,000 pounds, warehouse tractor, stock selector, or general-purpose vehicle.
  • May pack and/ or repack a variety of items utilizing a wide variety of standard packing materials, methods and techniques.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
  • Pre-Employment Physical: Required
  • Multiple Location/Shift: This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Distribution Puget Sound, Bremerton, WA.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver’s license/certification to operate government vehicles.
  • This position requires participation in the Facility Access Program IAW SECNAVINST 5510.30A.

Qualifications

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Effort
The work involves considerable walking, frequent stooping, bending, standing on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and working in tiring or often uncomfortable positions. The employee will be required to push, pull and/or lift materials weighing up to 40 pounds. Most materials handled weigh less than 40 pounds; however, some commodities such as metal bar, pipe/tubing, reels of electrical cable, bales of rags, rolls of Herculite, cans of non-skid coating, cases of welding electrode, etc., often weigh considerably more. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

Working Conditions
The employee works both indoors and outdoors, in conditions that may be hot, cold, damp, drafty, dusty, dirty or poorly lit. The employee is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, abrasions, falls and other injuries. Work requires wearing of steel toes shoes and may require wearing other protective clothing such as hardhats, rubber gloves, masks and rubber aprons, as appropriate for the work being accomplished. This position requires participation in the Facility Access Program IAW SECNAVINST 5510.30A. This position also requires a Secret security clearance.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Information for Veterans is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA 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 DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone. ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

How you will be evaluated

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

The assessments for this job will measure the following Job Elements/Competencies:

  • Ability to do the work of a Materials Handler without more than normal supervision (SOE)
  • Technical Practices
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints)
  • Knowledge of Materials
  • Ability to Perform Work with Dexterity and Safety
Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the job elements/competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

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