Distribution Process Worker

Defense Logistics Agency•Mechanicsburg, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Distribution Process Worker performs a range of warehouse and distribution activities, including stock selection, stowing, research, location surveys, physical inventory, material handling and examination, packing, and operation of material handling equipment (MHE). The worker receives, unloads, and processes incoming shipments; verifies accompanying documentation against container or packing labels; and follows established procedures to report overages, shortages, misdirected materials, or damaged materials. The position packs or preserves a variety of items and determines the materials, containers, devices, or preservatives needed. It assembles items for shipment in the loading area based on shipping requests, checks shipping-container condition, and ensures shipments are properly loaded onto the correct conveyances. The worker counts item types and quantities during inventories, maintains tally listings, and recounts or searches other storage locations to help resolve overages, shortages, or misplaced items. The worker operates material handling equipment such as a standard forklift with lifting capacity up to 15,000 pounds, a warehouse tractor, or a general-purpose vehicle. Employment requires U.S. citizenship, a pre-employment physical, and the ability to obtain and maintain an MHE license and any other required state, governmental, installation, federal, or local licenses or certifications. Appointment is subject to a favorable suitability or fitness determination when reciprocity cannot be applied. The position is non-sensitive and non-exempt, with a set schedule; selections may be used to fill various shifts at DLA Distribution Susquehanna in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The work involves standing for extended periods, bending, stooping, lifting and carrying items up to 40 pounds, and working in hot, damp, cold, drafty, and poorly lit indoor and outdoor areas. Protective clothing may be required. DLA conducts drug testing for designated positions.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must meet the applicable screen-out element and demonstrate the knowledge, skill, and ability or potential necessary to perform the work; no specific length of experience is required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
Must be able to obtain and maintain all required state and governmental licenses and licenses or certifications required by the installation and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Must complete a required pre-employment physical.
Appointment requires a favorable suitability or fitness determination when reciprocity cannot be applied.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
Must lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds; heavier items require weight-handling equipment or assistance from other workers.
Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor conditions that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty, and poorly lit, and may be exposed to physical hazards.
Must wear protective clothing such as steel-toed shoes, respirators, safety glasses, and earplugs as applicable.
Employees in drug-testing-designated positions must complete required drug testing and are subject to random testing.

Responsibilities

Perform stock selection, stowing, research, location surveys, physical inventory, material handling and examining, packing, and operation of material handling equipment.
Receive, unload, and process incoming shipments.
Check accompanying documentation against container or packing labels.
Report overages, shortages, misdirected materials, and damaged materials according to established procedures.
Pack or preserve items and determine the materials, containers, devices, or preservatives needed.
Assemble items for shipment according to shipping requests and check the condition of shipping containers before loading.
Ensure shipments are properly loaded onto the correct conveyances.
Count item types and quantities during inventories and maintain tally listings.
Recount items or search other storage locations to help determine the cause of overages, shortages, or misplaced items.
Operate material handling equipment, including forklifts, warehouse tractors, or general-purpose vehicles.