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Materials Handler (Forklift Operator)

Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency

Summary

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Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
12/02/2025 to 12/14/2025
Salary
$25.92 to - $30.21 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 5
Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
Philadelphia, PA
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
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
5
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DLASP-26-12844375-MP
Control number
851394400

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Duties

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  • Receives, stores, and assembles for issue, shipment, and distribution, a wide variety of bin and bulk supplies, materials, equipment, and commodities.
  • Maintains receipt log, prepares necessary forms reflecting actual receipt data; signs receipts, notes discrepancies and passes documents on to Stock Control Branch personnel.
  • The incumbent stores, stacks or palletizes supplies considering use, size, shape, weight, quantity; checks for spoilage, pilferage, contamination and damage, shortages, mis-shipments or damage are noted and reported to Stock Control personnel.
  • Delivers supplies, equipment and furniture; relocates furniture from warehouse areas to offices and relocates office furniture from one office building to another.
  • Operates gas and electric forklifts capable of lifting 2000 to 6000 pounds as high as 168 inches in order to move, load, or crate merchandise, materials and supplies from one location to another.
  • Stores misdirected hazardous material until given shipping instructions.
  • Must maintain a valid forklift license.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)
  • Security Requirements: Non-Sensitive
  • 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
  • Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
  • Pre-Employment Physical: Required

Qualifications

To qualify for a Materials Handler (Forklift Operator), your resume and supporting documentation must support:

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 that you have 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.

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Ability to do the work of a Materials Handler (Forklift Operator) without more than normal supervision.

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: Works on concrete surfaces for long periods of time. Bends, stoops and works in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Lifts and carries items weighing up to forty pounds and occasionally items weighing in excess of forty pounds with assistance from other workers or with equipment provided.

Working Conditions: Work is performed both inside and outside. Incumbent is exposed to all weather conditions such as extremes of hot and cold and works in areas that are damp and drafty. Incumbents is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapers, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock or mechanized work areas. May be required to wear protective clothing such as steel-toed shoes, hardhats, rubber gloves, masks, etc.

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: 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: 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.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.


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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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 (Forklift Operator) without more than normal supervision (SOE)
  • Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order) & Knowledge of Materials
  • Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) & Dexterity and Safety
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (other than blueprints)
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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