Warehouse Specialist, Lead (ASP)

Socket.dev; Fort Cavazos Motorcycle and POV Campus (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Akima Facilities Operations is seeking a Warehouse Specialist, Lead to support ammunition storage and distribution at Fort Hood, TX. The role supervises personnel, oversees inventories, and coordinates inbound/outbound shipments while ensuring safety, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.

The incumbent will perform forklift-assisted loading, maintain data records, and work outdoors in varied conditions, with potential overtime. A valid forklift license and CAC eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising teams in a warehouse environment.
• Must be able to obtain forklift license.
• Knowledge of Army logistical functions.
• Ability to pass Pre-Employment Drug Test and Background Screening.
• Ability to receive a favorable CAC.
• Physical ability to lift 50 pounds and perform manual tasks.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, welfare and safety of assigned personnel in the ASP storage section.
• Load, unload, stack, and store ammunition, including rockets.
• Review unit paperwork for accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Perform safety inspections of vehicles entering the ASP and verify ammunition type and location.
• Assist with loading and securing loads using forklift, dolly, or related equipment.
• Maintain accountability and entries on the Magazine Data Card; inspect loads for proper blocking and placarding.
• Assist with inbound shipments and inventory screening; prepare outbound shipments of ammunition.
• Participate in packing/rewriting processes and ensure proper procedures for both automated and non-automated units.

Skills

Supervision/leadership

Forklift license

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Job description

Akima Facilities Operations is looking for a Warehouse Specialist, Lead to work in Fort Hood, TX.

Responsibilities

• The Warehouse Specialist, Lead is assigned to the Storage Section of the Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) and is responsible for the supervision, training, welfare and safety of assigned personnel. Responsible for the full execution of all tasks associated with the assigned area, i.e. inventories, issues, turn-ins, receipts, daily maintenance of assigned government equipment, bunker maintenance-inside and outside (vegetation control).

• Loads, unloads, stacks, and stores ammunition, including rockets.

• Reviews unit paperwork for accuracy and for compliance with existing regulations.

• May conduct an informal safety inspection of vehicles entering the ASP. May escort unit personnel into the ASP, and identifies the correct ammunition by type, lot and location, and issues same to unit personnel.

• Assist units with loading and securing the load, and may do so by use of a forklift, dolly, or other item of equipment.

• Maintains accountability of all items issued and makes appropriate entries on the Magazine Data Card. May inspect loaded vehicles for proper blocking and bracing, and to ensure no violations of compatibility have occurred, and to ensure load is properly placarded prior to exiting the ASP.

• Assists with the receipt of commercial vehicles transporting ammunition to the ASP by unloading, segregating, and placing into storage items contained in the shipment.

• Assists with inventories, and with the thorough screening of turn-in items. Assists with the preparation of outbound shipments of live or unserviceable ammunition and explosives.

• May assist in the packing, unpacking, inspection, re-warehousing process to include remarking/re-stenciling ammunition and containers.

• Must have a familiarity with procedures relating to both automated and non-automated customer units.

• This position involves working both indoors and outdoors. Work environment includes periodic overtime, exposure to heat, dust, cold, and inclement weather conditions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Military Occupational Specialties 55B/89B or 5 years of relevant work experience in ammo storage operations.

• 2+ years of supervision/leadership experience.

• Knowledge of Army logistical functions.

• Must be able to obtain forklift license.

• Microsoft Office Skills.

• Ability to pass Pre-Employment Drug Test and Background Screening.

• Ability to receive a favorable TIER-1 investigation and obtain and maintain a CAC.

• Ability to stand, sit, bend, reach and walk for extended periods of time.

• Physical requirements include (but are not limited to) the ability to lift 50 pounds, pushing, pulling, carrying, stooping, bending, squatting, and reaching.

DesiredQualifications:

• Ammo-31 Environmental Considerations for Ammunition Personnel.

• Ammo-45 Introduction to Ammunition.

• Ammo-63 U.S. Army Explosive Safety Familiarization.

• Ammo-64 Class V Issue & Turn-In Processing for Using Units.

• Ammo-67 HAZMAT Familiarization/Safety in Transportation.

• Ammo-68 Military Munitions Rule.

• Ammo-75 Physical Security.

• Ammo-97 Munitions History Program (MHP).

• Ammo-112 Ammo and Explosive Storage.

• Valid Driver's License.

• Commercial Driver's License.
• High School Diploma / GED

Pay & Benefits:

• Hourly Compensation: $21.97.
• Hourly Health & Welfare: $5.09.

Job ID

2026-25765

Work Type

On-Site

Company Description

Work Where it Matters

Akima Facilities Operations (AFO), an Akima company, is not just another federal facilities contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.

At AFO, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.

For our shareholders,

AFO provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.

For our government customers,

AFO sustains mission readiness and ensures quality of life by maintaining high value assets and operations at peak performance and successfully manages these operations through accurately forecasting, managing, and aggressively controlling costs.

As an AFO employee,

you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.