Job opening: Materials Handler
Salary: $26 - 30 per hour
Published at: Sep 20 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located in the Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma is a diverse city nestled between Seattle and the state capital of Olympia. Tacoma is located on the shores of Commencement Bay, within pristine eyesight of Mount Rainier. World-class museums, hotels and theaters draw thousands to downtown Tacoma while the shores of the Puget Sound and Mount Rainier inspire outdoor enthusiasts. Enjoy the mild climate.
Duties
Maintain weight log sheet on all linens received from the Linen Contractor on a daily basis.
Review for accuracy all daily requests for linen supplies.
Perform inventory of linen by counting quantities of items remaining on wards and clinics linen racks and adjusts daily linen order to replenish par level.
Use computerized automatic transport system to ship linen supplies to activities within the Medical Center.
Perform various duties in the Hospital Duty White Section including issuing and receiving uniforms to hospital staff, inventory, stocking and records keeping.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position has a requirement to lift up to 25lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
- This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
- This position has a requirement to push carts up to 650 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
- This position is subject to screening and update of required immunizations unless exempted for medical or administrative reasons.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Materials Handler ~ without more than normal supervision. Ability to perform common Material Handler duties under minimal supervision and perform at least ONE (1) or more of the following: receiving, storing, issuing, or moving items using a pallet jack (or by hand) supplies or materials. Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
Physical Effort: Works on hard surfaces and in work areas that require standing, stooping, bending, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. May be required to work at a rapid pace for long periods at a time. Frequently lifts and carries supplies, materials, and equipment that weighs up to 25 pounds. Occasionally handles items that weigh in excess of 25 pounds and pushing carts up to 650lbs.
Working Conditions: Works inside and outside; works inside in areas hot, cold, damp, drafty, or poorly lighted. Occasionally works in bad weather in outside areas such as open docks. Work may be dirty, dusty, and greasy. Frequently exposed to possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, from falling stock, falls from ladders, or injury from materials handling equipment.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DD83DE DHA PUGET SOUND MKT-MADIGAN
DO NOT MAIL
Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA 98431
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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