Job opening: Materials Handler (Forklift/Motor Vehicle Operator)
Salary: $21 per hour
Published at: Nov 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the position: This position will be assigned to the Mitchell Hall Cadet Dining, Air Force Academy, Colorado.
This position does include benefits.
Duties
Responsible for organizing and coordinating an effective receiving operation.
Independently performs a complete range of receiving assignments.
Verifies quantities received with receiving reports and takes appropriate action.
Groups items together based on receiving voucher information and segregates items according to such factors as condition and type of transaction.
Unloads incoming shipments, may scan bar codes, or documents and verifies receipt information into automated record system related to Menu Management System.
Builds pallet loads to facilitate storage and transports materials to appropriate storage areas. (20%).
Responsible for organizing and coordinating an effective storage operation.
Provides for the care of supplies in storage applying food vulnerability and food safety techniques and rules to protect from tampering, damage, and/or deterioration.
Independently performs a complete range of storage, re-warehousing, and consolidation assignments, such as placing, arranging, rotating, marking, and tagging of items on pallets in bin, bulk, or other storage locations.
Uses manual and/or automated system to select storage locations of items being shipped or received or to inquire on status of items.
Lays out storage space and establishes item and material locations providing for maximum space utilization.
Performs comprehensive quality reviews of the full spectrum of warehousing functions. Assists in accomplishing inventories by counting items and properly completing tally listings and other inventory documents.
Inventories items which may include the use of formal, informal, item-by-item, or group inventory methods and using manual or automated inventory systems. (20%).
Performs tasks involved in issuing and distributing items.
Selects and assembles items based on priority, type of material, mode of transportation, destination and type of transaction.
Segregates and moves materials to holding area, dock, or appropriate storage area, and verifies item identification on request forms.
Obtains required signature on appropriate paperwork before distributing/issuing items. (20%).
Operates forklift trucks and automated material handling and identification equipment to include mobile stock selectors and electromechanical automated equipment, such as high-rise automated storage and retrieval vehicles to move, stack and unstack, load and unload, bin, and position material.
Maneuvers forklift in confined places over wood, concrete, or similar type floors. (10%).
Drives one or more types of trucks, such as pickup, panel, and flatbed trucks, which typically have a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less, on public roads at highway speeds.
Picks up items from base supply and local vendors or suppliers.
Delivers items to work sites.
Checks routine items on the vehicle checklist (such as oil, tire pressure, windshield washer fluids, power steering fluids, gas, etc.).
Keeps assigned vehicle in good appearance and ensures it is top-notch condition for periodic vehicle inspections. (10%).
If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12600120
Requirements
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a pre-employment physical.
- This position requires the incumbent to have a valid driver’s license.
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a pre-employment drug test.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 11/15/2024
Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Qualifying Experience:
Knowledge of accepted warehousing methods, procedures, and material handling techniques; warehousing functions, such as material receiving storage, issuing, and preservation; and of warehouse configurations, storage requirements for particular commodities, and storage documentation requirements.
Knowledge of inventory procedures; regulations, procedures, and policies related to records maintenance and documentation; and of safety regulations, practices, and procedures.
Skill in the use of automated material processing equipment and systems to include computer terminals, optical readers, and scanners.
Ability to interpret and apply instructions pertaining to material handling; and to maintain tools, equipment, and work area in a neat clean, and orderly manner.
Ability to prepare inventory and production reports and to screen shipping and receiving documents for discrepancies.
Ability to safely operate forklift trucks to handle controls for starting, stopping, backing, lifting, lowering, tilting, and driving forklift trucks through narrow aisles, up and down ramps, and in and out of trucks; and to safely drive and operate a motor vehicle to manipulate controls for starting, stopping, backing, and driving vehicles in all types of traffic and road conditions and in judging overhead, side clearance, turning radius, and braking distance.
May be required to work at several different locations and to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
Emergency overtime may be required.
Must be able to lift and carry 40 pounds.
The incumbent is subject to random testing for drug use
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Contacts
- Address USAFA Sustainment Services Flight
10 FSS/FSCN
5136 Eagle Drive
USAF Academy, CO 80840-2620
US
- Name: USAF Academy NAF HR Office
- Email: [email protected]
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