Lead Supply Technician

DLA Careers; New Cumberland (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers in the United States is seeking a Lead Supply Technician to oversee inventory and distribution in a warehouse setting. The role includes leading staff, balancing workloads, and ensuring timely completion of tasks. You will conduct physical inventories, analyze discrepancies, prepare reports, and coordinate with various teams to maintain stock readiness.

The position requires U.S. citizenship, clearances, and compliance with safety standards.

Qualifications

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-06 level. Investigating and analyzing inventory and distribution information to determine causes of record imbalances.
• Education: Graduate education may be credited in limited instances where directly related to the work of the position.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a working leader over other employees and concurrently performs identical duties.
• Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow and assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and provides written instructions and supplies.
• Gives on the job training to new employees.
• Performs research and analysis when discrepancies are identified because of physical inventories and assists with investigations of SDRs.
• Determines the cause of record imbalances through collection, analysis, and evaluation of factors contributing to inventory adjustments.
• Coordinates cost estimates and disposition instructions to appropriate work activities, commands, and stock readiness personnel.

Education

Graduate education considerations for specialized positions

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serves as a working leader over other employees and concurrently performs identical duties.
• Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow and assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies.
• Gives on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Performs research and analysis when discrepancies are identified because of physical inventories. Assists with investigations when recording imbalances, losses, and/or Supply Discrepancy Reports (SDRs) problems related to lost material.
• Determines the cause of record imbalances through collection, analysis, and evaluation of factors contributing to the inventory adjustment.
• Conducts research, coordinates cost estimates and disposition instructions to appropriate work activities, commands, ICPs and stock readiness personnel.

Requirements

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• 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: No
• 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 Lead Supply Technician, your resume and supporting documentation must support: B. Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
• Investigating and analyzing inventory and distribution information to determine the cause of record imbalances.
• Conducting physical inventories and adjusting or maintaining stock by utilizing knowledge of supply regulations, policies and procedures.
• Preparing and presenting recommendations and reports regarding conducted analysis and evaluation.

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 Demands: The work requires the incumbent to physically walk the distribution center warehouses to conduct physical searches and to set comfortably in an office environment when investigating inventory data. Occasional situations may require climbing ladders, stooping, bending, and occasionally lifting up to 70lbs with assistance.

Work Environment: The work is performed in both an office and warehouse environment. May be required to wear safety shoes, back support when lifting, and operating equipment in support of material research.

Education

Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Additional information

• 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.
• 1194).

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

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. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

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 illegal

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