Job opening: Materials Handler (Forklift Operator)
Salary: $21 - 24 per hour
Published at: Jul 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: This position is located with the 406th Army Field Support Brigade, Logistics Readiness Center, Supply and Services Division, in Fort Stewart, Georgia.
This is a Temporary Appointment NTE September 30, 2024. Please see "Additional Information" section for further details.
Duties
Groups materials according to receiving vouchers and subgroups as necessary.
Verifies items received against shipping documents.
Issues and/or receives a variety of items for individual service members or designated users.
Uses automated materials handling equipment such as mechanized platform lifters, stock selectors, conveyers etc.
Operates electrical, gasoline, or diesel-powered forklift in order to lift loads weighing up to 10,000 pounds.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) Background Investigation.
- 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.
- 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 Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10% of the time.
- This position requires incumbent to obtain and maintain a forklift license within 6 months of employment.
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.
Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
Note: Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a temporary appointment will be appointed/converted into a temporary appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
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 Materials Handler (Forklift Operator) without more than normal supervision to include 1) Receiving, storing, selecting, and shipping general/specialized bulk and bin materials/equipment; 2) Using a computer terminal or other electronic device for handling inventories, shipping documents, and information to record receipts, stockage, and issues; and 3) Using handcarts, dollies, and other manual equipment to move stock. Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
To meet the basic eligibility, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below. Your application will be further evaluated to determine if you meet the best qualified cut-off for referral to the selecting official.
Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal SupervisionAbility to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc.Dexterity and SafetyKnowledge of MaterialsTechnical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)
Physical Effort: Required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions. May be required to work at a rapid pace for long periods of time. Lifts and carries items that weight up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds). Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. Moderate physical effort is used in operating forklift hand and foot controls while driving, turning, starting and stopping the forklift truck and raising, lowering, and tilting loads being moved. Must meet all physical requirements to work in confined areas while reaching/pulling/ placing stocks in storage racks in awkward positions.
Working Conditions: Work is performed both inside and outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, draft, or poorly lighted. Outside work will expose the employee to all types of weather conditions. Materials handlers are regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock, or mechanized work areas. Subject to injury while operating forklift or from mechanical conveyor systems. Employee may be required to wear safety equipment, which is often hot and uncomfortable. Must meet all physical requirements to work in confined areas while reaching/pulling/placing stocks in racks in awkward positions.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address GK-W6YKAA US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND-406TH AFSB
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Stewart, GA 31314
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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