Materials Handler (Motor Vehicle Operator)

About the role

About the position: This position is Non-appropriated Fund (NAF) and is located at the Business Operations Flight (Chili's Grill and Bar) on Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

What you will do

• Receives incoming shipments from off-loading areas and checks receiving vouchers to ensure quality and quantity of items received.
• Assembles items into groups based on information shown on receiving vouchers, segregates materials as necessary and routes along appropriate processing lines.
• Holds materials for inspection according to established procedures, and routes items not requiring inspection to proper storage.
• Reports overages, shortages, or damaged conditions to supervisor Responsible for organizing and coordinating an effective storage operation.
• Based on knowledge of warehousing plan, selects storage locations and stores, stacks, and palletizes items considering their use, size, shape, quantity, and possibility of contamination to or from other items.
• Lays out storage space, establishing item locations, determining organization and arrangement of stock, identify high and low usage items.
• Selects items for shipment or issue.
• Obtains authorized signature on issue documents and keeps necessary copy of requisition to account for issues.
• Picks up and delivers items to Chili's activities.
• Assists in end- of-month inventories of stock by counting items in storage areas.
• Ensures that supplies and equipment are safeguarded and secure at all times.
• Prepares shipping and inventory documents with required data for manual or automated inventory systems.
• Secures all storerooms as required.
• Adheres to fire and safety regulations.
• Assist supervisor in developing plans for storage and arrangement of stock IAW regulations.
• Works independently and under the direction of the supervisor.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Skill and Knowledge: Knowledge of a wide variety of warehouse plans, methods, procedures, and techniques of material handling.
• Ability to operate mechanized equipment for storage and retrieval.
• Physical Effort: Lifting and carrying supplies, materials, and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds assisted.
• Heavier items are moved with equipment or the assistance of other workers.
• Required to stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time.
• Bends, stoops, and works in tiring or uncomfortable positions.
• Working Conditions: Usually works indoors and occasionally outside in areas that may be hot, damp, cold, drafty or poorly lighted.
• Exposed to possibility of cut, scrapes, bruises, and abrasions.
• Requires caution in working with moving parts during operation of equipment.
• Requires caution in working with moving parts during operation of equipment.
• If interested in this position please preview the online application: ***

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution in order to qualify.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement.

If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.

To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.) for professional and personal references on your resume.

Documents you must provide

• The documents you are required to submit vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employee, etc.).
• The below documents are required and must be submitted with your application: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Statement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certification Proof of Marriage Status Resume Separation Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
• NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an in-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

What to expect next

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

Additional information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nationals who have resided in the U.S. or U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediately preceding the start of Federal affiliation.

All Federal NAF employees are required by PL 104-134 to have salary payments made by electronic funds transfer/direct deposit. Probationary period may be required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority consideration eligible.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 60/90 days after the closing date. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.

LQA is not authorized. Post Allowance is authorized for Regular Full Time employment category. This is a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force.

Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combination of source identity documents authorized to facilitate access to the installation.

Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions.