Materials Handler

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located within the Department of Logistics, Supply Chain at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.

The warehouse is a fast-paced, physically demanding, and highly organized, focusing on receiving, storing, and shipping goods efficiently.

Applicants can expect a team-oriented culture that emphasizes safety, accuracy, and punctuality, often requiring the use of technology like scanners and machinery such as forklifts.

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.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 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 Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 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 Reinstatement 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 ~ without more than normal supervision.

I am skilled in checking and assembling materials, processing shipping/distribution documents, routing materials and equipment to correct locations or storage areas; Unpacking boxes, cartons, and other containers and disassembles and distributing unit loads received; Checking supplies for nomenclature, stock number, quantity and condition; Locating, accessing, loading, and moving materials for shipments from trucks; Packing, crating, marking and ensuring proper documentation of material for shipment.

I work on my own initiative under general supervision subject to occasional inspection.- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 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 Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 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 Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Physical Effort: The worker is required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions.

They frequently lift or carry items weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted. The heavier items (up to 70 pounds) are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

Working Conditions: The work is performed inside or outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted.

The worker is exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock or mechanized work areas.

The worker may be subject to exposure from toxins, explosive hazards, or chemical fumes when working in hazardous materials areas.

The work may require wearing protective clothing such as hardhats, steel toes shoes, rubber gloves, masks, and rubber aprons. Major Duties:

• Receive, store, load, and unload a wide range of materials including, but not limited to, office supplies, medical supplies, and equipment.
• Check and assemble materials, process shipping/distribution documents, and route materials and equipment to correct locations or storage areas.
• Unload supplies from trucks or other conveyances utilizing forklifts, manual and mechanized pallet jacks, etc.
• Verify materials received against manifests, delivery receipts, routing slips, or bills of lading.
• Unpack boxes, cartons, and other containers and disassembles and distributes unit loads received; reduces large shipment lots to individual issuance or stock; and places incoming supplies in bins, tables, racks and various storage areas.
• Process and prepare the distribution and shipment of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT).