Materials Handler Supervisor

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Northampton (MA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, VA Medical Center in Leeds, MA, seeks a Materials Handler Supervisor. The role includes planning daily workflow, directing storage operations, and ensuring accurate space utilization and blueprint updates.

You will lead a team, coordinate with facilities, and monitor safety and compliance. The position emphasizes hands-on materials handling, adherence to SPF criteria, and the ability to work in a demanding warehouse environment

Qualifications

• Selective Placement Factor (SPF) Driver's License is required (current, valid).
• Screen Out: ability to supervise and plan daily workflow with minimal supervision.
• Physical effort: walking, lifting up to 100 lb with assistance, pushing/pulling carts and equipment.
• Work conditions: stored in various buildings, outdoors, in weather, with PPE as needed.

Responsibilities

• Determine workflow and oversee development plans for storage.
• Verify space availability and optimize storage layouts.
• Consolidate materials and track changes in blueprints/schematics.

Skills

Dexterity and Safety

Interpret Instructions, Specifications

Lead or Supervise

Materials

Technical Practices

Work Practices

Job description

This position is located in the Receiving/Distribution area of the Logistics Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Medical Center, in Leeds, MA. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of functions, including determining workflow, develops/oversees development plans for storage, verifies space, consolidates materials, ensure changes are shown in blueprints/schematics.

To qualify for this position at the WS-5 level, you must meet the following:
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SCREEN-OUT) - A Selective Placement Factor (SPF) has been identified for this position. Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration.

The SPF for this position is: DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Requires a current, valid Driver's License or commercial driver's license (CDL) (Note: We may not accept pictures. Please Do Not submit a copy of your license. This requirement will be verified if interviewed.)

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SCREEN OUT: Ability to perform the duties of the Materials Handler Supervisor without more than normal supervision. Experience required for this position includes: supervising a group to accomplish assigned projects and daily operational functions; planning the workload, equipment, facilities, materials and tools to use; answers questions on overall work operations and issues; independently carry out assignments and planning daily workflow of a warehouse. (*Your experience must be detailed in your resume to receive full credit.)

PHYSICAL EFFORT: The work involves considerable walking, pushing and pulling a variety of carts and materials handling equipment; offloading and loading trucks, lifting products on and off shelves, handling boxes frequently weighing over 40 pounds; handles equipment, furniture and materials of an awkward and heavier nature in excess of 100 pounds (typically using specialized equipment and/or assistance of co-workers). Greater physical effort may be required on projects involving the movement of large quantities of products over an extended period including turn-ins, large shipments and deliveries. While operating vehicles, may be required to exert a greater level of physical exertion while backing and turning trucks, operating forklifts or hand trucks on uneven terrains and uncertain conditions.

WORK CONDITIONS: Requires working in storage buildings, pods, trailers, vehicles and warehouses that may be hot, cold, drafty and poor lighting; work outdoors, on docks, making deliveries in all types of weather conditions during all seasons; hazardous materials may be encountered in daily work activities; will be subject to the possibility of trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises or injury from the use of equipment; may be subject to conditions that could result in serious accidents; personal protective equipment may be required.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Lead or Supervise
• Materials
• Technical Practices
• Work Practices

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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.