Distribution Process Worker.

About the Role

This position involves a variety of material handling and inventory duties essential to warehouse operations. The role is mission essential, requiring work during emergencies to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility. This position may fill various shifts within Red River, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Perform stock selection, stow, research, location survey, physical inventory, material handling, material examining, and identifying.
• Pack and preserve a variety of items, determining the materials, containers, devices, and preservatives needed.
• Receive, unload, and process incoming shipments; check accompanying documentation against container or packing labels.
• Report over, short, misdirected, or damaged materials following established procedures.
• Assemble items for shipment in the loading area according to shipping requests; check the condition of shipping containers prior to loading.
• Ensure shipments are properly loaded onto the correct conveyances.
• Count types and quantities of items during inventories; maintain tally listings and recount or search other storage locations to resolve discrepancies.
• Operate material handling equipment (MHE) such as standard forklifts (up to 15,000 pounds), warehouse tractors, or general-purpose vehicles.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Non-sensitive security requirements; appointment subject to a favorable suitability or fitness determination.
• Non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Must obtain and maintain a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents for access to federal facilities.
• Pre-employment physical required.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
• Must obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by installation, federal, state, and local laws.
• Must obtain and maintain a valid state driver’s license/certification to operate government vehicles.

Qualifications

Applicants will be rated based on the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. While no specific length of time or experience is required, you must meet any screen-out elements and demonstrate through experience and training that you possess the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the duties. Emphasis is placed on the quality of experience rather than the duration. Experience includes paid and unpaid work, such as volunteer roles through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element will be eliminated from further consideration.

Physical Effort

• Stand on hard surfaces for extended periods.
• Frequent bending, stooping, and working in tiring or uncomfortable positions.
• Lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds; use weight handling equipment or receive assistance for heavier items.

Working Conditions

• Work both indoors and outdoors in environments that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, or poorly lit.
• Exposure to cuts, scrapes, bruises, muscle strain, noise, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock.
• Wear protective clothing such as steel-toed shoes, respirators, safety glasses, and earplugs.
• Mechanized roller conveyors are a normal part of material routing and distribution.

Benefits

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a comprehensive benefits package. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position held (full-time, part-time, or intermittent). Contact the hiring agency for more information on specific benefits offered.

Additional Information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of reemployed annuitants.
• DLA maintains a drug-free workplace; pre-employment, random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing is conducted. The drug testing panel includes marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, MDMA, MDA, and opioids. Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive test for marijuana.
• Refusal to undergo testing or a positive test result may result in withdrawal of a tentative job offer or removal from federal service.