Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Ann Arbor is seeking a Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution areas of Logistics Service. The role involves managing supplies and materials across clinical and administrative areas.

The position emphasizes inventory control, scanning, bar-coding, receiving, stocking, expiration date monitoring, and using automated systems to maintain inventories; you will assist in keeping supply distribution efficient.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes providing supplies and material to clinical and/or administrative areas.
• Scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies, instruments and other material.
• Pulling stock, replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels.
• Monitoring expiration dates and cleaning assigned areas in accordance with regulations and policy.
• Utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory.

Education

4 years of education beyond high school in any field

Job description

This position serves as Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/03/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-5 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-4. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-4 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized Experience

• Specialized experience includes providing supplies and material to clinical and/or administrative areas of a facility
• scanning, bar-coding, receiving, storing and distributing supplies, instruments and other material
• pulling stock, replenishing stock and maintaining records on stock levels
• monitoring expiration dates
• cleaning assigned areas in accordance with regulations and policy
• utilizing an automated system to maintain inventory
• and answers customer questions regarding supplies and materials.

OR, Education (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed 4 years above high school in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

OR, Combination

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Possess an equivalent combination of specialized experience and post high school education as described above that demonstrates my ability to perform the duties of this position. For the GS-05, only education in excess of 60 semester hours (2 years) is creditable.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.