Materials Handler

Full Job Description

This position is located within the Central Supply Room of the Environmental Management Service (EMS) at the Baltimore VA Medical Center (VAMC).

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The position is often required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions.

Lifts and carries items that weigh up to 75 pounds or more and moves equipment which may be bulky and cumbersome, weighing a few hundred pounds using weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.

Work is performed in all areas of the medical center to include patient care areas and administrative office areas.

Work is done inside or outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, or under dimly lit lighting conditions.

Regular exposure to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock or mechanized work areas.

When working in hazardous materials areas, may be subject to exposure from radiation, toxins, explosive hazards, or chemical fumes.

Work may require wearing protective clothing such as hardhats, steel-toed shoes, rubber gloves, masks, and rubber aprons. Incumbent may be required to work weekend and holiday duty tours.

The Incumbent may be assigned to any shift authorized based on the needs of EMS in Baltimore. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications.

For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for.

Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success.

Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1).

Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration.

The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements.

While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.

Driver's License: A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.

NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package.

If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Materials Technical Practices Without more than normal supervision Work Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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. Major Duties:

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following: Receives, stores, handles, and issues EMS and housekeeping equipment, supplies and materials. Loads and unloads shipments from facility trucks.

Uses warehouse pallet jacks to stack, move, and arrange pallets of supplies and equipment. Organizes, arranges, assembles, and delivers stock in storage areas.

Responsible for mixing, labeling, storage transport, and disposal of hazardous chemicals and cleaning products for use by employees.

Performs operator maintenance and coordinates repair of equipment such as battery-powered floor scrubbers, various types of vacuum cleaners, well washers, pressure washers, floor polishers, carpet shampooers, etc.

Provides equipment servicing such as cleaning/replacement of filters, flow-control valves, hoses, seals, gaskets and clamps. Maintains parts and supplies for equipment maintenance.

Schedules maintenance and repair work. Inventories stock on hand; visually inspects equipment, supplies and materials; verifies quantity and condition of materials and equipment.

Uses automated equipment such as optical readers, scanners, and computer keyboards to load computerized inventory data, access inventory information, and fill item requisitions.

Develops and maintains transaction tracking system and current records and data of supplies, equipment, and materials on hand and those distributed to each employee to prevent pilferage and/or overstocking.

Develops and maintains a distribution schedule to ensure the timely delivery of supplies, equipment and materials and maintains related data and metrics. Performs other related duties as assigned.

TESTING DESIGNATED POSITIONS DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.

Work Schedule: Rotating Shifts; Weekends and Holidays Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved