Duties
- Manages the storage and shipping of the hazardous material section.
- Serves as a liaison to advise and discuss policy governing hazardous storage procedures.
- Interprets and provides policy guidance to distribution center/site personnel for implementing and assuring compliance with established packaging requirements.
- Ensure compliance with all regulations and directives, special packaging instruction (SPI’s) and guidance.
- Ensures Compliance with governing environmental laws/regulations related to packaging of material.
- Provides technical advice and assistance to depot elements on matters relating to preservation and packing of material received, stored, and issued.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
- Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
- Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Bargaining Unit Status: No
- Pre-Employment Physical: Required
- Supervisory Probation: Required
- Completion of Supervisory Certification Program: Required
- This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Anniston, AL.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain required hazardous materials handling certifications.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Supervisory Packaging Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:
- 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. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Conducts quality and performance studies of processes involving packaging methods and techniques used or the materials used for packages, packaging, and preservation.
Evaluates discrepancies, complaints, and conflicts related to preservation, packaging, palletization and marking. Participates in inspection reviews of the distribution facilities for packaging compliance for receiving, storing, and issuing material.
- 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 on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education
leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.
- Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining 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-11.
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.
Physical Demands: Work requires standing on hard surfaces, maintaining balance for extended periods of time. Requires frequent bending, stooping, reaching and twisting in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts and carries items weighing up to 40pounds. May lift greater weights with assistance. Incumbent must be able to shift/relocate other heavy materials using appropriate materials handling equipment. Some work may occasionally be of a sedentary nature.
Work Environment: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts associated with working in a warehouse environment and will require appropriate safety precautions. Most work is performed inside. However, some outside work may occur and will be subject to inclement weather. Discomfort may be experienced while wearing protective equipment and devices. Incumbent may be exposed to hazardous vapors, liquids, powders and solids and there may be a possibility of cuts and bruises. May be subject to hazards of working close to moving equipment (e.g., forklifts, trucks, and conveyor lines). Incumbent shall adhere to all safety standards, rules, regulations and procedures and use personal protective equipment and devices as required and will work in a safe manner.
Education
Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
Additional information
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Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:
Drug-Free Workplace: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA 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 DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone.
ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.
- A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
