Materials Handler

This Materials Handler position is in Environmental Management services at the VA New England Healthcare System, located at the Providence VA location. This position is full-time at 40 per week

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/22/2024.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C (www.opm.gov/qualifications/x-118c). 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. 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.

(Minimum Requirement: Experience includes: performing warehouse work involving receiving, storing, selecting and shipping of general or specialized bulk materials and equipment; loading and unloading materials; route materials and equipment to correct locations or storage areas; prepare shipping and inventory documents.)
You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT
• ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION (Screen Out)
• WORK PRACTICES
• TECHNICAL PRACTICES
• ABILITY TO INTERPRET INSTRUCTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS
• KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIALS
• DEXTERITY AND SAFETY

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.

Physical Effort & Work Conditions: The Material Handler is required to drive a truck for several hours to reach the remote location of service. Incumbent is required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, and to bend, climb and stoop, and work in tiring and sometimes uncomfortable positions. They may lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds, with heavier items being moved with handling equipment or the assistance of other workers. She/he moves supplies and materials with pallet jacks, forklifts and through physical labor. During travel, considerable physical effort may be required to change tires and make limited emergency repairs. The duties require considerable dexterity, hand, foot and eye coordination, and concentration.

Working Conditions require working in storage buildings, pods, trailers, vehicles and warehouses that may be hot, cold, drafty and poor lighting; work outdoors, on docks, making deliveries in all types of weather conditions during all seasons; hazardous materials may be encountered in daily work activities; will be subject to the possibility of trips, falls, scrapes, cuts, bruises, or injury from the use of equipment; may be subject to conditions that could result in serious accidents; personal protective equipment may be required.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your responses.

Responsibilities:

The Material Handler utilizes forklifts, pallet jacks, and other powered movers to offload delivery trucks at the Medical Center, storage warehouse and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) throughout the States of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Coordinates all work with the Housekeeping Aide Supervisor. General assignments are given;
• Responsible for document processing and verification of the quantity and condition of materials and equipment handled
• She/he receives general instructions from a supervisor, and assignments are usually completed without guidance on methods, procedures or techniques, and work is reviewed for compliance with general guidelines and results achieved;
• Works in assigned areas with limited supervision;
• Work is scheduled for completion, accuracy and adherence to procedures and standards periodically;
• Required to follow schedules, both written and oral, regarding deadlines for completion of assigned tasks;
• Covers multiple categories and requires coordination of storage, inventory, transportation, installation and assembly;
• Examines and analyzes existing situations and conditions to propose improvements, refurbishment and/or replacement items;
• The impact of the Material Handler's work and judgments affect the design space utilized for patient care;
• Utilizes a significant amount of independence in accomplishing tasks at the remote locations and CBOCs without supervisory presence to accomplish assignments;
• Requires independence and knowledge of the requirements of the clinics to coordinate with staff, read manufacturer assembly materials, use tools to assemble/disassemble furnishings;
• Utilize and prepare chemicals, powered cleaning equipment, and common cleaning tools;

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm
Position Description Title/PD#: Materials Handler/PD650-99806-S
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

• This position is a LIUNA Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Competitive Service.