Job opening: Materials Handler (FLO)
Salary: $23 - 27 per hour
Published at: Apr 19 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Serves as the Materials Handler (FLO) in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is to assist in the receiving, storing, checking, re-warehousing, stock-picking, palletizing, packaging, and shipping a large variety of line items of perishable and semi-perishable subsistence.
Duties
Supporting the receiving, storing, selecting and shipping of stocked merchandise
Assist the supervisor in constructing plans to resolve such issues at the earliest stages
Retrieves data of incoming product from automated system and utilizes said data to ensure accuracy of incoming container information/deliveries.
Continually monitors receiving process, identifies discrepancies (under/over shipment),
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Requirements
- Be a U.S. citizen or national. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. If selected, proof of citizenship is required.
- Meet minimum age requirement. See the Additional Information section.
- Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
- Appointment is subject to successful verification of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- Appointment is subject to a favorable suitability or fitness outcome, as determined by a completed background investigation. New federal employees will be fingerprinted.
- Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the appropriate background investigation.
- May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- Meet the physical requirements identified in the Qualifications section.
Qualifications
You must meet qualifications and requirements by the closing date. Per the OPM Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, how you gained the skill and/or knowledge or the length of time you have spent in this line of work is not as important as what you can do and that you have the required ability or potential to successfully perform the duties of this position. Your resume should show your specific knowledge, skill, and abilities for this position in relation to each of the elements being measured.
Examples of qualifying experience:
Supporting the receiving, storing, selecting and shipping of stocked merchandise
Monitoring the receiving process, identifying discrepancies (under/over shipment)
Experience with current warehouse operating systems, hand held devices and hands free voice activated operated devices
Retrieving data of incoming product from automated system and utilizing data to ensure the accuracy of incoming container information/deliveries.
You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Physical requirements: (1) Stand, stoop, kneel, bend and climb for prolonged periods. (2) Lift, push, pull, carry, and handle items weighing from 60 to 70 pounds. You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.
As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate what you can do against what the work requires (job element method). This job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE). The SOE addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and abilities essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirement in the SOE are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration. The job elements for this job are:
Dexterity and Safety
Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order)
Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints)
Knowledge of Materials
Technical Practice
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Nonexempt
Bargaining Unit Status: Covered
Obligated Position: No
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: No
Telework eligible: No
Remote work eligible: No
Education
You may not use education to qualify for this position.
Contacts
- Address Defense Commissary Agency West
1300 E Avenue
Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801-1800
US
- Name: DeCA DE West Servicing Team
- Phone: 614-692-3917
- Email: [email protected]
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