Property Disposal Specialist
What you'd do
About the Position: This is a permanent position located at Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM) Customer Programs, Quality and Logistics Directorate, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet NY.
Major duties
Serves as the point of contact for demilitarization and turn-in of material for Watervliet Arsenal, Benet Labs and tenant organizations. Responsible for maintaining files of all accountable items that are turned in or demilitarized. Identifies and sorts items to prepare for shipment to turn in sites for resale. Ensure shipping operations comply with Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, and Environmental Protection Agency standards (packaging, placarding, transportation, and manifesting). Responsible for identification and research of assets and demilitarization codes. Receives, inspects, sorts, counts, and classifies the material that is sent into the building for processing. Measures, palletizes, bands and records weight and dimensions to initiate requests for shipment. Inspects all paperwork such as drain and purge statements, DLA Form 2500 Certification of Hard Drive Removal, Inert Certification, Radioactive Property Certification DOD 4160.21-M, and PCB Certification and Analysis for completeness and accuracy.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 For this announcement, Current Civilian Employees of the Command is defined as Current Army Materiel Command (AMC) employees and employees of commands that fall under AMC with competitive status. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: Your resume must reflect one year of specialized experience which includes: (1) Maintaining files of all accountable items that are turned in or demilitarized; (2) Identifying and/or researching assets and demilitarization codes; and (3) Planning, coordinating, and/or advising on work efforts or resolving operating problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major course of study in engineering, production management, industrial management, or other fields related to the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).
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