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Motor Vehicle Operator (Materials Handler)

Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency

Summary

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Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
12/03/2025 to 12/14/2025
Salary
$26.06 to - $30.43 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 7
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Whitehall, OH
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
7
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
Yes
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
Yes
Announcement number
DLADSC-26-12844721-MP
Control number
851447400

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Duties

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  • Serves as delivery driver, materials handler, and materials security screener. Assures vehicle is not loaded beyond the rated capacity by checking cargo papers and by visual observation.
  • Routinely receive inbound cargo, screen for undesirable contents using highly efficient, commercial grade X-ray equipment, and provide transportation of materials to host and tenant activities daily.
  • Operates straight in line trucks with airbrakes and truck-trailer combinations with a typical gross vehicle weight of 10,000 up to 32,000 pounds.
  • Assists with loading/unloading materials, using material handling equipment such as electric, gasoline or diesel-powered forklifts rated for 4,000 to 10,000 pounds that can include special attachments.
  • Operates receiving dock to receive and direct trucks to unloading bay. Operate highly efficient, commercial grade security screening (x-ray) equipment to screen and observe all freight, material and mail entering the base.

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-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
  • 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
  • Must possess a valid state driver's license and Class-B commercial driver's license.
  • This is a Mission Essential (ME) position. The incumbent may be required to report to work in the event of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or crisis.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Motor Vehicle Operator (Materials Handler), 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: Must possess a valid state driver's license and Class-B commercial driver's license.

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: Performs work on hard surfaces and in work areas that require standing, stooping, bending, and walking. Work in tiring and uncomfortable positions and may be required to work at a rapid pace for long periods. Exerts moderate to heavy physical effort in the frequent handling of objects weighing over 50 pounds and the occasional handling of heavier objects, which are moved with weight handling equipment or assistance of other workers. May exert moderate to heavy physical effort in climbing on trucks to lower landing gears, cut seals, open container doors, and climb on trailers to load or tie down cargo. Exerts moderate physical effort in operating, turning, backing, and controlling vehicles which carry heavier loads.

Working Conditions: Work is performed inside or outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted. Drivers work mostly outside and operate vehicles in all kinds of weather and traffic and are exposed to the danger of serious accidents. They are exposed to dirt, fumes, and to the possibility of cuts, bruises, and broken bones resulting from accidents while driving or from falling objects when loading and unloading the vehicle. Driving is done on and off base in all types of driving conditions. Work may expose individuals to the potential danger of explosives, radiation and biological or chemical contaminants. Work may require wearing personal protective gear such as steel-toed shoes, leather or rubber gloves, aprons, and dust masks.

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 Motor Vehicle Operator (Materials Handler) without more than normal supervision (Screen-Out Element)
  • Ability to Operate Motor Vehicles Safely
  • Work Practices
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions and Specifications Related to Motor Vehicle Operations
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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