Packaging Specialist
About The Position
The Packaging Specialist assists customers during site visits to inspect materials and make packaging changes, upgrades, or modifications. The position interprets and provides policy guidance to distribution center and site personnel to implement and ensure compliance with established packaging requirements for Defense Logistics Agency and Military Service materiel. The specialist ensures compliance with applicable regulations and directives, special packaging instructions (SPIs), and guidance; conducts special inspections of packaging requirements; and maintains packaging material master data elements and supplemental data instructions. The role also translates or determines appropriate packaging codes and determines packaging needs for shipping and storing distribution center commodities. Work is primarily performed indoors in a warehouse, though some outdoor work may occur in inclement weather. The environment includes everyday warehouse risks, possible exposure to hazardous vapors, liquids, powders, and solids, and hazards from working near moving equipment such as forklifts, trucks, and conveyor lines. The employee must follow safety procedures and use required personal protective equipment. Physical demands include standing and maintaining balance for extended periods, frequent bending, stooping, reaching, and twisting, and frequently lifting and carrying items weighing up to 40 pounds. Heavier items may be lifted with assistance, and the employee must be able to relocate heavy materials using appropriate material-handling equipment. Some work may be sedentary.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- One year of specialized experience directly related to the position; for GS-11, experience must be equivalent to GS-09 or higher-level work in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must also meet applicable time-in-grade, time-after-competitive-appointment, and other regulatory requirements by the announcement closing date.
- Specialized experience includes assisting customers with packaging inspections and modifications; providing policy guidance and ensuring compliance; conducting packaging inspections; maintaining packaging data; determining packaging codes; and determining packaging needs for shipping and storage.
- Alternatively, qualifying education for GS-11 may be a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M. Education must be from an appropriately accredited institution; transcripts or other supporting documentation are required when qualifying through education.
- A combination of qualifying post-high-school education and experience may be used to meet GS-11 requirements, subject to the stated calculation rules.
- Ability to meet the physical demands, including extended standing and balance, frequent bending, stooping, reaching, and twisting, and frequent lifting and carrying of items up to 40 pounds; heavier items may be handled with assistance.
- Must adhere to safety standards and use required personal protective equipment and devices.
- Must complete a favorable suitability or fitness determination where reciprocity cannot be applied.
- Must satisfy Selective Service requirements if applicable.
- Must provide REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.
- Employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use; selectees for testing-designated positions must pass pre-employment drug testing and may be subject to random drug testing.
Responsibilities
- Assist customers during site visits to inspect materials and make packaging changes, upgrades, or modifications.
- Interpret and provide policy guidance to distribution center and site personnel on implementing and complying with established packaging requirements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and directives, special packaging instructions (SPIs), and guidance.
- Conduct special inspections related to packaging requirements at the site.
- Maintain packaging material master data elements and packaging supplemental data instructions.
- Translate or determine appropriate packaging codes for materials.
- Determine packaging needs for shipping and storing distribution center commodities.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package; the employee and family have access to a range of benefits, with eligibility dependent on position type.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
