Materials Handler Supervisor (Fire Support)

Full Job Description

This position is located within a National Interagency Support Cache (NISC).

This position supervises personnel, and work activities including shipping, receiving, storing, kitting, returns, and refurbishment of supplies.

Duties also include inventory management and quality assurance for stock items.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Nathan Lancaster at nathan.lancaster@usda.gov or Marcus Medina at marcus.medina@usda.gov.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement.

For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements.

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.

Note on Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed.

This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time.

Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position.

Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience.

Eligibility will be determined by relevance, scope, and quality of overall experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired.

Applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below: Screen-out Job Element: Applicants must show the Ability to Lead or Supervise.

Applicants who do not meet the screen-out job elements will not be further evaluated.

In addition to the above requirements, applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below: Work Practices (including keeping things neat, clean, and in order) Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc.

(other than blueprints) Knowledge of Materials Dexterity and Safety To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Major Duties:

• Supervises a diverse workforce performing at the WL-06, WL-05, WG-06 and WG-05 levels and a wide number of emergency hire personnel while providing for work safety, following agency policy, manuals, and national standards.
• Provides direct working supervision, administrative, training, technical oversight, problem solving and direction to floor activity.
• Has responsibility and supervision for a specific functional area or equipment group in a large warehouse such general supplies, hazardous materials, accountable property, warehouse equipment, etc.
• Works independently and/or supervises sequences of loading and unloading, developing space utilization plans, and implementing the movement of materials from dock to bin or from storage to shipping.
• Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations/standards, makes formal appraisals of subordinates work performance and initiates recommendations for promotion or reassignment of subordinates.
• Keeps informed of, supports and communicates to employees equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies, plans and programs.
• Serves as senior member on a team of material handlers involved in special projects.