Supply Technician - Menlo Park, United States - Geological Survey

Description

Summary What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $61,023 (Step 01) to $79,331 (Step 10);


NOTE:
First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01.

Responsibilities As a Supply Techician within the Office of Management Services, some of your specific duties will include:
Operates forklift and follows safety procedures, adheres to quality safety guidelines for freight shipments. Responsible for overseeing and participation in the shipping, receiving, and storage of government equipment for long term warehouse storage. Coordinates e-waste recycle picks up for the warehouse. Maintains warehouse inventory and tracks incoming and outgoing excess property for disposition screening. Provides support to the property operations staff. Gathers information for internal control excessing disposal procedures. Prepares reports by analyzing and summarizing data. Performs a wide range of technical tasks relating to record reconciliation and asset management. Updates and upkeeps disposal logs and constantly adjusts records for accuracy. Performs routine and regular follow up with customers to resolve inventory discrepancies by analyzing information and identifying solutions. Runs incomplete asset report to identify all new acquisitions that requires inventory and CPO assignment.

Updates asset records and mails out memo and red property decals to property clerks for serial number and record completion.

Operates a government owned or leased vehicle as incident driver. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Work is primary non-sedentary in a warehouse environment. While performing freight rate activities, the work will be primarily sedentary. May be required to work at a rapid pace for extended periods of time.

Occasionally lifts and carries materials that weight up to 70 pounds and handle material over 70 pounds with the assistance of other workers or equipment.

The work is primarily non-sedentary with extended periods of walking, using stairs, or elevators. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work is performed in an office/warehouse/mailroom environment.

Activities involve everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions when working in a warehouse and using forklifts, mail and office equipment, making deliveries, and operating vehicles.

Care is taken in inspection of hazardous materials and the movement and transportation of the hazardous material. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The warehouse work area does not have air conditioning.

May be exposed to weather conditions while in the transportation of delivering and picking up excess property, mail, and freight.

Freight rate activities are performed in an office setting.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Key Requirements:
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information. Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license & safe driving record. Selectee subject to successful completion of a pre-employment medical exam.

Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position? You will be required to operate a government-owned or-leased vehicle in the performance of your official duties.

Applicants for this position must meet the following requirements:
(1) possess a valid State license, and (2) possess a safe driving record. If selected, you will be required to provide proof of a valid State license & a copy of your driving record. You will be required to operate a forklift in the performance of your official duties.

Applicants for this position must meet the following requirements:
(1) possess proper forklift certification. Taking and passing a pre-employment medical examination at Federal expense is required due to the physical demands of this job. A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.


Qualifications Definitions:

EXPERIENCE:
One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week).

Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience).

If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.)

For GS-07:

Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-07 level: One year of specialized experience in or directly related to the position to be filled that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal service.

The specialized experience should encompass supply regulations, policies, procedures, excess property, storage management for long term, oversee warehouse inventory, and maintenance preventatives for warehouse equipment.

Must have knowledge and ability to perform extensive and exhaustive searches for records reconciliation. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. Education 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. Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements.

You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:
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Additional Information Reasonable Accommodation Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application.

Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.

Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis.

If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.

You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement.

To determine if you need a Reasonable Accommodation, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here:
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Other Information:

Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

Under Executive Order 11935, only United States citizens and nationals (residents of American Samoa and Swains Island) may compete for civil service jobs.

Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified citizens available for the position.

USGS employees are subject to Title 43, USC Section 31(a) and may not: (a) have any personal, private, direct or indirect interest in lands or mineral wealth of lands under survey; (b) have any substantial personal, private, direct or indirect interests in any private mining or mineral enterprise doing business with the United States; or (c) execute surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations.

The application contains information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L , 5 USC 552a).

The information is used to determine qualifications for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361.

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To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit The Department of the Interior (DOI) places a high value on diversity of experience and cultural perspectives and encourages applications from all interested eligible candidates.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) are fundamental principles that guide the Department and allow us to successfully achieve our mission.

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