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Property Disposal Specialist (Environmental)

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

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Location

Salary

$50,460 - $65,599

per year

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March 20, 2026More DOD jobs →

GS-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This entry-level job trains recent college graduates to handle the disposal of excess government property in an environmentally responsible way, starting in Battle Creek, Michigan, with a move to another location after about a year.

You'll learn through on-the-job training and formal programs to manage tasks like selling, donating, or destroying surplus items while following rules to protect the environment.

It's a good fit for motivated new grads with a bachelor's degree who are interested in logistics, government service, and hands-on learning in property management.

Key Requirements

  • Recent graduate eligibility: Bachelor's degree within 2 years of appointment (or 4 years for veterans with 4+ years of service)
  • Specialized experience at GS-05 level or equivalent: Work in developing, administering, or coordinating programs for property use, procurement, disposal, donation, sale, or destruction
  • Education substitution: Bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement, or 1 year of graduate education/law school
  • Combination option: Mix of post-high school education and qualifying experience totaling 100% for GS-07 level
  • Ability to examine, classify, or identify property for utilization, donation, or sales
  • Submission of supporting documents: Transcripts, DD-214 for veterans if applicable
  • Willingness to relocate after 1 year to another DLA Disposition Services location

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job.

Selected applicants will serve as entry-level trainees in the DLA Pathways to Career Excellence (PaCE) Program performing a series of progressively responsible Property Disposal Specialist functions, along with formal and on-the-job training (OJT).

Positions are for DLA Disposition Shortly before or after one year in the position, selected candidates will relocate to one of the locations identified in the Additional Information section.

Recent Graduate Eligibility To be eligible, applicants must meet ONE of the following requirements: A person who was awarded a degree by an institution of higher education not more than two years before the date of the appointment -OR- A person who has completed a period of obligated service in a uniformed service of more than four years, and was awarded a degree by an institution of higher education not more than four years before the date of the appointment.

You must provide supporting eligibility documentation (i.e., transcript or other official documentation of showing the date you completed the requirements for a diploma, degree, or certificate; and, veterans' documents (including DD-214), if applicable).

In addition to meeting the Recent Graduate Eligibility education requirements, to qualify for a Property Disposal Specialist (Environmental), your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position.

Specialized experience must be at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service,military or private sector.

Creditable specialized experience includes: Developing, administering, evaluating, monitoring, or coordinating programs, policies, or regulations on the use, procurement, merchandising, rehabilitation, donation, sale, redistribution, transfer, destruction, or other disposal of excess personal property.

Examining, classifying, or identifying property for utilization, donation, or sales. B.

Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S.Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.

If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation.

To qualify based one ducation in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: a bachelor's degree AND meet Superior Academic Achievement -OR possess one (1) full academic year of graduate education or law school.

C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-07 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then3determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-07 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:

  • As Property Disposal Specialist (Environmental), GS-1104-07, your duties generally will be performed in a developmental capacity under the guidance of a higher graded specialist or supervisor and will include, but may not be limited to:
  • Duties generally will be performed in a developmental capacity under the guidance of a higher graded specialist or supervisor and will include, but may not be limited to:
  • Act as Accountable Property Officer, responsible for accountable record, adjustments, inventory corrections and monitors the record status of inventory.
  • Compile and prepare items for reports based on findings and/or input of other team members and/or technicians.
  • Serve as a focal point for assigned program(s) and/or field activities or other activities performing the agency disposal mission or portions of the mission, or responsibilities in other areas that become part of the agency's mission.
  • Monitor all receipts for the purpose of identifying and establishing record accountability of precious metal bearing items and precious metal scraps.
  • Provide assistance to DoD, Federal Agencies, and authorized donor customers in screening and selecting property for reutilization.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/18/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/19/2026

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