Materials Handler

Duties:

• Receives, stores, and assembles a wide variety of materials for issue, shipment, and distribution.
• Receives, unloads, and processes incoming shipments; Checks accompanying documentation against container or packing labels; and Follows established procedures in reporting over, short, misdirected, and/or damaged materials.
• 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.
• Counts types and quantities of items during inventories, and maintains tally listings during the counts; Recounts or searches other storage locations to assist in determining the basis for over, short, and/or misplaced items.
• Uses mechanized, automated, and manual material handling equipment (i.e., standard type forklift, warehouse tractor, stock selector, or generalpurpose vehicle) to move, issue, ship, and distribute a wide variety of materials.
• Packs and/or repacks a variety of items utilizing a variety of standard packing materials, methods, and techniques.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Sensitive
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Pre-

Employment Physical:
Required

• Subject to

Overseas Rotation Agreement:
Yes

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
• This announcement may be used to fill future vacancies for various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Europe
• Germersheim, Germany.

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 screenout 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 screenout element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

The SOE and minimum qualifications for this position is:

• Ability To Do The Work Of The position Without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen-Out Element)

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.

Education:

PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Often required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions.

Employee may lift and carry items that weigh up to 40 pounds. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

Additional information:

ADDITIONAL OVERSEAS INFORMATION:

Pay Retention will be extended to an eligible employee who applies through a formal recruitment program and is selected for a position at an overseas location.

COVID19 -Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

• Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

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

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