MATERIALS EXAMINER AND IDENTIFIER

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a MATERIALS EXAMINER AND IDENTIFIER, Position Description Number D0780000, and is part of the Montana Army National Guard, G4 MTMA. (A copy of the Position Description can be obtained from HRO upon request.) Selecting Official: CW3 Bancroft

What you will do

• Inspects, receives, sorts, counts, and classifies hazardous materials such as explosives, toxic chemicals, flammables, gas cylinders, radioactive material, and hazardous waste.
• May be required to perform pre-receipt examination of property on site at the generation point and assures that the turn-in and shipping is in order, that the containers meet standards, are placarded and marked properly.
• Schedules receipt of property and assures that the property is identified to include identification of all contaminants.
• Rejects property not meeting turn-in requirements and assists the turn-in activity to correct any rejections.
• Determines the nature and degree of the particular hazard involved.
• Determines if containers are Department of Transportation (DOT) approved, safe to handle, nonleaking, capable of withstanding routine handling, and safe for required periods of storage.
• Assures that storage compatibility is adhered.
• Determines the need for special handling/special storage of certain property (e.g., friable asbestos, PCBs, batteries, pesticides, etc).
• Performs complex searches of shipping and storage records, material specifications, vendor contracts, computerized or microfiche data for material identification and advises lower graded workers on specialized procedures.
• May be required to handle damaged and unidentified shipments requiring repair/repackaging or return to the supplier in accordance with established procedures.
• Prepares material for shipment, storage, and disposition.
• Packs, cushions, applies preservatives and protects property as appropriate.
• Prepares tags, labels and places items in containers for disposition.
• Identifies and marks storage locations and stocks property allowing for maximum utilization of storage space, ease of access, segregation, and rotation of stock.
• Selects property desired, checks condition, status and quantity and arranges for transfer.
• Determines processing requirements IAW established criteria.
• Ensures shipping operations comply with DOT and EPA standards (packaging, placarding, transportation, and manifesting).
• Initiates corrective action to resolve manifest discrepancies.
• Maintains proper visibility of hazardous property inventory utilizing the Available Balance File (ABF) output and other methods.
• Requests and justifies accelerated disposal of hazardous material/waste when normal disposal timeframes would cause deterioration of the hazardous property container, impact storage capabilities, create unsafe conditions, or other circumstances which dictate emergency action.
• Intensifies inventory management control to accommodate shortened timeframes.
• Contacts generating activities, shipping agencies, and National Guard (NG) environmental personnel to coordinate requirements of environmental policies and directives.
• May serve as the hazardous materials specialist in meetings, discussions, and liaison visits.
• Initiates and maintains required environmental reports/plans/records in processing of hazardous material.
• Ensures required actions if a spill occurs and ensures lower graded workers are trained to act in his/her absence.
• Contains and cleans up spills for which the NG has capability.
• Decontaminates and replenishes spill equipment and supplies.
• Ensures spill incident reports are prepared IAW applicable regulations.
• Coordinates turn-in activities with the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office (DRMO) or contractors.
• May be assigned as the Contracting Officer's representative (COR) for contracts.
• Accompanies the contractor during removal of material from the installation.
• Verifies manifest and shipping papers, DOT markings, packaging, and labeling requirements.
• Notifies the DRMO or Contracting Officer of discrepancies in contractor performance and may immediately stop the contractors work for violation of safety regulations.
• Recommends changes to existing and future service contracts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Your resume showing: Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (AT LEAST MONTH/YEAR - MONTH/YEAR), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job.
• Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures.
• For additional information on what to include in your resume, click here.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).