Materials Handler (FLO)

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency, located at Tripler Army Medical Center, Directorate of Resource Management, Logistics Supply Chain Management, Honolulu Hawaii.

Tripler Army Medical Center is a tobacco-free workplace. Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery devices.

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 Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee 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 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible 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 Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. There is no specific length of training or experience required.

However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Materials Handler (FLO) ~ without more than normal supervision.

Operating automated guided vehicles in mechanized warehouses; stacking, moving, and arranging items on pallets; and ordering, receiving and storing supplies - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

Physical Efforts: Continual standing on hard floors for extended periods of time, bending, stooping and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions is required.

Lifting and carrying of items weighing up to 70 pounds is required. The heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment, push carts, or with assistance from co-workers.

Moderate physical effort is used in operating hand and foot controls while driving, turning, starting, and stopping the fork lift truck and raising, lowering, and tilting the loads being moved.

Strain is caused by the vibration of the fork lift truck. Working Conditions: Work is performed in climate-controlled areas, storage rooms, etc.

Normally is not exposed to extreme heat or cold conditions. Work is done inside or outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty or poorly lighted.

May be regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, injury from falling stock, physical handling of moderately heavy items or moving materials handler equipment.

May be exposed to dust, dirt, and to high noise levels. When working around hazardous materials, may be subject to exposure from hazards, flammables, or chemical fumes.

Work may require wearing protective clothing such as hard-hats, steel-toed shoes, rubber gloves, masks, safety glasses, back supports and harnesses/belts. Major Duties:

• Orders stocked medical items via point-of-use systems such as PYXIS or OMINICELL or utilizing a hand held terminal (HHT).
• Receives and unloads supplies from warehouse deliveries, prime vendor or vendors via credit card purchase.
• Conducts periodic inventory or cyclic counts of point-of-use systems and/or shelves to determine usage and to enter orders via point-of-use interface system or the HHT.
• Unloads, receives and inspects incoming material, verifying against various associated documents.
• Maintains activities Par Replenishment stockage, keeping organized and properly labeled and assisting activities in making timely modifications.