Materials Handler

Air National Guard Units • Reno, NV

5d

About The Position

This position is for a Materials Handler with the Nevada Air National Guard. The role manages warehouse inspection, storage, and inventory of a wide variety of supplies and equipment, including classified and sensitive property and War Consumables Distribution Objective (WCDO) items. The Materials Handler selects items for issue, shipment, or transfer; conducts warehouse validations and inventories; and performs inspections such as shelf-life and functional checks.

The position receives and processes stock, verifies incoming material against documentation, identifies shortages, overages, and damage, and coordinates discrepancies with the Cargo Movement Element. It stores and protects assets, including classified, sensitive, and electrostatic-discharge items, and arranges stock for safe, efficient handling. The role maintains surveillance inspections, controls deterioration and corrosion, verifies required identification and status markings, and accounts for in-warehouse assets.

The Materials Handler inspects a broad range of property, uses technical references and measuring devices to identify and assess material, and prepares reports on damaged or deficient items. The role monitors suspect materials, shelf-life items, petroleum and chemical products, functional-check assets, and Technical Order Compliance requirements. It also manages unserviceable property and the Precious Metals Recovery Program, coordinates disposition and disposal, supports bench stock, and trains supply personnel performing inspector duties.

This is a dual-status National Guard technician position. National Guard membership and compatible military grade and assignment are required. The employee must maintain applicable military skill requirements, obtain and maintain the required security clearance, and wear the appropriate military uniform. The role may require work outside normal duty hours and overtime. Federal employment suitability, local network access, and other stated employment conditions apply.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required.
• Compatible military grade and assignment are required before the effective date of placement; compatible enlisted grades are E3 through E6, with compatible DAFSC 2S0X1.
• Must obtain and maintain applicable military skill requirements, including training, education, certifications, and experience.
• Must be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
• Must maintain local network access and wear the uniform appropriate to the member's grade and armed-forces component while maintaining required standards of conduct and appearance.
• A qualifying conviction for a crime of domestic violence disqualifies an individual from performing the duties of this position under the Lautenberg Amendment.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
• For positions requiring operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license.
• General experience or training demonstrating ability to compare item identification against receiving reports and issue request forms; use hand trucks, dollies, and other stock-moving equipment; use hand tools such as hammers and pliers; and follow oral and written instructions.
• Specialized experience or training in receiving, packaging, and preparing items for shipment; compiling reports; warehouse planning and documentation; accepted warehousing methods, procedures, and techniques; and setting up and rotating storage locations with regard to life expectancy, space, and product turnover.
• Applicants must substantiate in their own words that they meet the specialized experience requirements; copying from the vacancy announcement or position description may result in disqualification.
• There is no specific education requirement; the applicant's experience and/or training must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the position.
• Must provide transcripts or other documentation supporting claimed training or education to receive credit for it.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in Direct Deposit is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Receive and process notices to stock parts and equipment; verify incoming material against accompanying documentation and coordinate discrepancies.
• Store and secure supply and equipment items, including classified, sensitive, and electrostatic-discharge items, in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Arrange warehouse stock for convenient handling and movement while protecting items from damage, deterioration, corrosion, and pilferage.
• Schedule and conduct surveillance inspections, warehouse-location validations, inventories, shelf-life inspections, and functional checks.
• Maintain required tags, labels, and markings that identify property status, condition, and other required information.
• Account for in-warehouse assets and conduct special inventories as required.
• Select items for issue, shipment, or transfer; transfer them to the Cargo Movement Element and issue oldest items first when dated-item control applies.
• Ensure items requiring special handling are receipted for by authorized individuals.
• Inspect property for which the USPFO Accountable Officer has responsibility, including small arms, aircraft parts, vehicle parts, construction materials, equipment, chemicals, gases, petroleum products, machinery, and communications equipment.
• Use measuring devices, conversion charts, technical orders, catalogs, stock lists, FEDLOG, and other references to identify and inspect material.
• Prepare reports on damaged or deficient property and written responses to higher-headquarters tasking.
• Monitor suspect material, petroleum and chemical products, shelf-life items, and functional-check assets; coordinate serviceability and disposition with responsible agencies.
• Coordinate hazardous-item identification with the base Medical Group's Bioenvironmental Health Technician.
• Identify and control Technical Order Compliance items, inventory and tag material in accordance with instructions, and report completion to Quality Assurance.
• Identify incomplete items, assign condition codes, affix tags, and request components needed to restore items to serviceable condition.
• Apply demilitarization codes and monitor required documentation and transfer of items for disposal; downgrade eligible low-dollar-value property to scrap and coordinate its disposal.
• Request special inventories for items found on base and manage the Precious Metals Recovery Program.
• Assist in developing policies and procedures for the management, security, and control of stored supplies and equipment, including resource-protection surveys of designated controlled areas.
• Manage the unserviceable holding area, monitor Material Deficiency Reports and Quality Deficiency Reports, process turn-ins, and coordinate disposition instructions with Quality Assurance.
• Train supply personnel who require an inspector's stamp or perform inspector duties; training may occur during drill status.
• Assist in providing bench stock support to customer organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be available to eligible candidates, subject to funding and approval; they are not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed