PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AMMUNITION)

Duties
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• Assists with planning, scheduling, estimating, expediting, monitoring, and coordinating various munitions activities.
• Coordinates with Project Managers, Item Managers and Project Officers to ensure shipping and receiving documentation for items are accurate and complete.
• Identifies stock quantity discrepancies and inventories stock in locations to ensure quantities reflected are accurate.
• Monitors history of transactions and notifies inventory personnel of any discrepancies that cannot be corrected.
• Inputs data cards into an automated database e.g., Worldwide Ammunition-data Repository System, fills out material inspection and receiving reports, and sends to Quality Assurance personnel who assign lot numbers to ammunition.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• 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.
• Must comply with Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements as this is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion or an on-duty accident.
• 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.
• Position is subject to the Lautenberg/Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are not eligible for the position.
• One-year trial/probationary period may be required.
• This position requires a Noncritical-Sensitive, Secret level security clearance.
• Position requires ammunition certification IAW AMC-R 350-4 within one year of employment.
• Back To Basics: (Foundational) This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for (ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT) certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty.
• Training and Certification Program for Personnel Working in Ammunition Operations, and CAAA regulation 350-1 -Explosive Safety Certification Program.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• U.S. Citizenship is required. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

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 Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

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 qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document .

Experience required: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized Experience: Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience at the NJ-02 (GS-08 equivalent) in the Federal service which includes: 1) Determining the status of various aspects of production to support the overall mission (e.g., funding, procurement, tracking components or raw materials required); 2) Analyzing work processes to recommend production process improvements and/or recommending methods/procedures to improve the efficiency/quality of operations; and 3). Demonstrating knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), to plan, schedule, review, forecast workload, and adjust production programs.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Applicants must meet basic eligibility requirements such as minimum qualifications, and other regulatory requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

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.

Additional information

• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Career Program (CP) 33 - Ammunition Management position.
• All selections under an announcement must be made within 3 months from the issuance date of the certificate referral list.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable. Visit https://www.dfas.mil/civilianemployees/civrelo/Civilian-Moving-Expenses-Tax-Deduction/ for more information.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.
• Relocation and Recruitment Incentive may be authorized.
• Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) may be authorized.
• Advanced In-hire may be authorized with command approval.
• Advanced Leave Accrual may be authorized.
• Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.
• Superior qualifications and special needs pay setting may be authorized at managements discretion for eligible candidates.
• Salary negotiations for those candidates who are new to Federal service may be authorized.
• NJ-03 encompasses the GS-09 through GS-11.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests : If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://appsupport.usastaffing.gov/hc/en-us/sections/28980686389652-Reasonable-Accommodation-Information