Materials Expediter

DLA Careers; Utah; On-site; USD 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers is seeking personnel for a materials handling role within a federal maintenance production complex. Responsibilities include receiving, moving, and expediting parts and assemblies while ensuring proper documentation and accuracy of items for internal transfer.

The candidate must be able to operate various material handling equipment and perform routine maintenance as needed, with a set M-F 0700-1530 schedule and compliance with security and suitability requirements.

Qualifications

• Meets Office of Personnel Management SOE requirements for Trades and Labor Occupations.
• Ability to verify part numbers, stock numbers, identity, quantity and condition with routing documents.

Responsibilities

• Receives material, parts, components, and assemblies undergoing test, repair, rework, or manufacture in a maintenance production complex.
• Fills requisitions, work orders, and other requests for materials, tools, or other items.
• Expedites the movement of critical parts and items which will have the greatest impact on productions.
• Physically unloads/moves parts and materials to be turned into supply and verifies appropriate documents and provided to those receiving the items.
• Operates and performs routine maintenance on a variety of materials handling equipment.

Skills

Material handling

MHE operation

Document verification

Tools

Automated material systems

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Receives material, parts, components, and assemblies undergoing test, repair, rework, or manufacture in a maintenance production complex.
• Fills requisitions, work orders, and other requests for materials, tools, or other items.
• Expedites the movement of critical parts and items which will have the greatest impact on productions.
• Physically unloads/moves parts and materials to be turned into supply and verifies appropriate documents and provided to those receiving the items.
• Operates and performs routine maintenance on a variety of materials handling equipment.

Requirements

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Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule; (M-F 0700-1530)
• 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
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required
• 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.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain all licenses and/or certifications required to operate Material Handling Equipment (MHE)/Vehicles.
• You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.

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.

The SOE And Minimum Qualifications For This Position Is

• I perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as verifying part number, stock number, identity, and quantity and condition of items with routing documents; correcting discrepancies such as wrong material, shortages, overages, and documentation errors; selecting material from stock to fill requisitions; and utilizing automated material systems.

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 employee stands on hard surfaces for extended periods of time. The work requires bending, stooping, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions, many times all at the same time. Lifts and carries items weighing up to 60 pounds. Uses weight handling equipment or receives assistance from other workers for items heavier than 60 pounds. The work requires light to moderate physical effort in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls while driving, raising, lowering, and tilting materials handling equipment.

Working Conditions:

Regularly exposed to possible injury associated with handling equipment. Due to the nature of the work, the employee is subject to cuts, scrapes, bruises, muscle strain, noise, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock and must wear protective clothing such as steel toed shoes, respirators, safety glasses and earplugs. Works both inside and outside in areas that are hot, damp, cold, drafty, and may be poorly lighted. Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain all appropriate state and government licenses.

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

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.

• marijuana
• cocaine
• opiates
• heroin
• phencyclidine
• amphetamines
• methamphetamines
• fentanyl
• norfentanyl
• methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
• methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)
• 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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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.

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