Clarification from the agency

"Agency" means current permanent DLA employees in the commuting area. Veterans eligibilities include 30% or more Disabled Vet and Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, Retained Grade Preference (RGP) eligibles, and Military Reserve and National Guard Technician eligibles in the commuting area may also apply.

• Maintains a current knowledge, and answers questions of other workers on procedures, policies, written Instructions and other directives.
• Relays instructions received from management to material handlers and contract workers.
• Checks work while in progress and when finished to see whether the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.
• Ensures that equipment, tools and supplies are available. Answers worker's questions relative to warehousing, material handling, receipt inspection procedures and techniques.
• Answers worker's questions to include in depth knowledge of the special handling requirements for controlled material and the environmental requirements for hazardous materials and storage.
• Assures that safety and housekeeping rules are followed (for example, assures that limits of safe machine operation are not exceeded and that all tools are used properly.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver’s license/certification to operate government vehicles.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be filled on any shift at DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor, HI.
• Subject to Overseas Rotation Agreement, Tour Length: Yes/36 Months

Qualifications

To qualify for a Materials Handler Leader, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and that you have the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Effort: Normal work of the position requires prolonged standing on hard surfaces, stooping, bending and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions for prolonged periods. May be required to work at a rapid pace for long periods of time. Frequently lifts and carries supplies that weigh up to 50 pounds. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. Uses saws, hammer, nail puller, stencil cutters, metal strap cutter, staple guns and other incidental equipment requiring generally moderate exertion and which pose safety and health risks when not used in accordance with prescribed procedures. Hand and eye coordination and depth perception are needed to operate material handling equipment and to stack materials.

Working Conditions: The work is performed inside in a well lighted ventilated, properly arranged warehouse workspace. In a small confined satellite site or outside in all kinds of weather. Material handlers are regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls and injury from falling stock or improper operation of the forklift. Work areas may be hot, dirty, dusty, noisy and come area are poorly lighted. In addition, the employee has intermittent exposure to a wide range of industrial hazards at piers or dry docks and is exposed to moving cranes. Periodically subjected to road hazards when operating forklift or other vehicles from one area to another.
The employee may be assigned to work areas where certain potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present. Agents may include but are not limited to fumes, dust, noise, heat ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, chemicals, etc. as part of the medical surveillance program, the incumbent may be required to take medical examinations to assess his or her medical qualifications for duty involving work with the agents listed above. Employee is required to wear safety shoes and other protective clothing.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The assessments for this job will measure the following Job Elements/Competencies:

• Ability to Lead - Screen Out Element (SOE)
• Knowledge of Warehousing Practices
• Knowledge of Materials
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints)
• Skill in Dexterity and Safety

Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the job elements/competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.

To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include:

1. Your Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; OR a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456.

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