MATERIALS HANDLER (Title 32)

Duties

As a MATERIALS HANDLER (Title 32), WG-6907-5/6, you will perform warehouse inspection, storage, and inventory of a wide variety of supply and equipment items, classified and sensitive items, War Comsumables Distribution Objective (WCDO) items; selecting items to be issued, shipped, or transferred; conducting warehouse validations and inventories; maintaining central locator functions; performing warehouse inspection functions (i.e., shelf life, functional checks); and managing the staging area for delivery of items.

Major Duties - This is NOT an all-inclusive list:

• Receive and process notice to stock parts and equipment, verify incoming materiel matches documentation, and coordinate discrepancies.
• Store in-warehouse supply and equipment items to ensure convenience of handling, ease of movement, and protection from damage, deterioration, or pilferage.
• Schedule and maintain a surveillance inspection program to ensure assets in central storage remain ready for issue.
• Conduct periodic inventory validation, perform special inventories, and maintain proper accounting of all in-warehouse assets.
• Manage unserviceable holding areas, ensure timely disposition, and monitor MDR/QDR items pending instructions.
• Determine stock arrangement within the general warehousing plan and assign or delete warehouse locations on item records.
• Inspect all classes of property, including small arms, aircraft parts, motor vehicle parts, construction materials, chemicals, and wood products, to verify condition, identity, security, and classification.
• Use measuring devices, conversion charts, technical orders, catalogs, stock lists, and FEDLOG to identify materials, determine moisture factors, and validate classification markings.
• Prepare reports for damaged or deficient conditions and prepare written replies to higher headquarters taskings.
• Monitor material suspect program, petroleum/chemical materiel, shelf-life items, and functional check items to ensure serviceability and readiness.
• Interpret technical orders, contract specifications, manufacturers' catalogs, and other references to properly identify, classify, and evaluate materiel.
• Coordinate with responsible agencies, QA, and Bioenvironmental Health to determine serviceability, ensure hazard identification, and meet TCTO requirements.
• Assign appropriate condition codes to incomplete items, affix tags, and initiate requests for components needed to restore serviceable condition.
• Interpret demilitarization guidance, assign demilitarization codes, prepare documentation, and coordinate turn-ins or disposal actions.
• Assist in formulating written policies and procedures to ensure proper management, security, and control of all supplies and equipment in storage.
• Handle, store, and safeguard classified, sensitive, hazardous, ESD, petroleum, chemical, and shelf-life items in accordance with applicable technical orders and safety publications.
• Ensure required tags, labels, markings, and technical data remain properly affixed during storage, retagging, and inspection activities.
• Identify and control hazardous items and ensure they are properly documented on item records in coordination with Bioenvironmental Health.
• Manage Precious Metals Recovery Program (PRMP) items in accordance with regulatory requirements and accountability standards.
• Perform safe issue and transfer of items, including classified property, ensuring receipt by authorized individuals and compliance with handling requirements.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• IAW The Fair Chance Act, Agency employees may not request criminal history information at the point of initial application, upon receipt of an application, or prior to, during or after a job interview. If an Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration of Employment is submitted prior to the point of a conditional offer, questions related to background information section may not be asked.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in the Illinois National Guard and in the military grade listed in the announcement. This is required prior to the effective date of placement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be available for this position.
• Indefinite position/temporary promotion/may become permanent.

Qualifications

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: The areas of consideration for this position, Title 32 Excepted Service (32 U.S. Code § 709), will be in the following manner and sequence:

• The FIRST area of consideration for this position will be all excepted permanent and indefinite temporary technicians within the ILNG.
• The SECOND area of consideration will be all current Federal Employees.
• The THIRD area of consideration will be all Federal re-employment eligible.
• The FOURTH area of consideration will be applicants willing to become T32 Dual Status Technicians and gain ILNG membership.
• The FIFTH area of consideration will be U.S. Citizens.

Military Grades: Enlisted Only - May not exceed the rank of TSgt.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : WG-06 Level - MUST possess specialized experience which includes experience or training in receiving, packaging, and preparation for shipment. Experience in compiling reports, overall warehouse planning, documentation requirements, and accepted warehousing methods, procedures, and techniques. Experience in setting up and rotating storage locations considering factors such as life expectancy, available space, product turnover, etc. WG-05 Level - MUST possess specialized experience which includes experience or training demonstrating the ability to store, organize and/or rotate a variety of bin and bulk supplies, materials, equipment, and commodities. Familiar with basic warehouse procedures. Experience in determining quantities of inventory items. Experience in following oral and written instructions.

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.

Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone. No substitution of education for experience is permitted for this occupational series and grade.

Additional information

• If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).

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