Job opening: MATERIALS HANDLER
Salary: $25 - 29 per hour
Published at: Dec 17 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a MATERIALS HANDLER in the NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND of NMCLANT UNIT CHARLESTON SC.
Duties
You will perform materials handling, forklift operating, motor vehicle and blocking/bracing duties.
You will have responsibility for storage and space using own initiative to consolidate materials.
You will work within a multi-skilled work group/Accountability Control Team.
You will perform functions such as receiving, issuing, storing, segregating and shipping of ordnance materials including ammunition explosives.
You will use automated information systems and maintain an accurate inventory of assets.
You will prepare ordnance materials and documentation.
You will cut wooden blocks, wedges, bracing structures to be used in the blocking and bracing of ordnance.
You will screen, identify, determine the serviceability status of Fleet returned, unidentified, or improperly marked explosives ordnance items.
You will receive ordnance materials from conveyances.
You will conduct inventories for magazine refusals, bounce backs, scan discrepancies, or other identified discrepancies.
You will assure the quality, quantity, and safety of ordnance materials and operations.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current materials handling equipment license. (MHE)
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current commercial driver's license. (CDL)
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current "Ammunition and Explosives Qualification" certification in accordance with Naval Sea Systems Command Instruction (NAVSEAINST 8020.9).
- You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination. For explosives personnel, you will be required to pass physical examination every two years until age 60, annually thereafter.
- Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
- You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an explosives hazardous material's driver's license to operate motor vehicles having a gross weight of more than 32,000 pounds.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
Qualifications
Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.
This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION:
Assuring the quality, quantity, and safety of ordnance materials and operations as related to the receipt, storage, segregation, issue, handling, renovation, and shipping of such items.
Applying knowledge of conventional ordnance including ammunition, explosives, missiles, torpedoes, bombs, projectiles, rocket motors, chemical munitions, associated components, and various other hazardous items received, stowed and issued.
Securing, marking, and labeling ordnance materials in accordance with all safety, regulatory, and government requirements.
Completing shipping and receiving documents to insure correctness of quantities, identification criteria, and labeling.
Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Contacts
- Address NMCLANT UNIT CHARLESTON SC
2316 Red Bank Rd, Ste 100
Goose Creek, SC 29445
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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