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Materials Handler Leader

Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
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Summary

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Overview

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Open & closing dates
07/02/2025 to 07/09/2025
Salary
$32.42 to - $37.78 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WL 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-25-12758258-MP
Control number
839990300

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Duties

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  • Passes instructions on to other workers. Ensures that needed tools and material are available. Sees that all workers have enough work. Checks work in progress and completed work for compliance.
  • Answers workers questions regarding procedures, policies, written instructions and directions. Provides information to supervisor on status and progress of work.
  • Performs inspections and basic testing of material managed under the shelf-life program, and processes the correct transaction updates and labeling to either extend the shelf-life of the item or to identify it to the correct condition code.
  • Leads and performs duties that encompass property disposal, storing, issuing, conducting inventory counts and location audits, packing and shipping a variety of bin and bulk supplies, (continued below)
  • (continued from above) oversized materials, equipment, and commodities that may require special handling, detailed examination or are governed by specific guidelines relative to compatibility and/or compliance.
  • Operates one or more of the following material handling equipment which includes, but is not limited to, forklifts with a lift capability, warehouse tractors, etc., to move, transfer and/or transport material.
  • Unloads, stacks, issues, packs, inspects, processed, and marks stock in accordance with standard warehouse procedures.
  • Assumes custodial and property responsibility for stock as it is initially received, checked, assembled, and internally transferred to another area. Performs temporary space planning of stock location within a general storage and assembly plan.
  • Makes routine changes in stock location as necessary; assembles stock according to type and/or designated area.
  • Receives stock from assembly area or direct movement of stock from various warehouses, determining appropriate hold locations for assembling shipping items.
  • Participates in inventories by counting types and quantities of items. Resolves discrepancies by checking stock status information in issue request, receiving and shipping reports, and systems' operation.

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
  • This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Puget Sound, WA.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain required hazardous materials handling certifications.

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, walking and working in tiring or often uncomfortable positions. The incumbent will be required to push, pull and/or lift materials weighing up to 40 pounds. Most materials handled weight 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 electrodes, etc., often weigh considerably more. Heavier items are moved by weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

Working Conditions: The incumbent works both indoors and outdoors, in conditions that may be hot, cold, damp, drafty, dusty, dirty or poorly lit. The incumbent is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, abrasions, falls and other injuries. Work may require wearing protective clothing such as hardhats, steel toes shoes, rubber gloves, masks and rubber aprons. This position requires participation in the Facility Access Program IAW SECNAVINST 5510.30A. The 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: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. 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 Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is a Schedule I drug and is illegal.

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 Lead or Supervise
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc.
  • Dexterity and Safety
  • Knowledge of Materials
  • Knowledge of Warehousing Practices
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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