The Roberts Company
‘Aiea, HI
Pay: $21-$33/hr
Shift: temporary, fulltime
[Board company: Federal Emergency Management Agency] **Summary** ----------- In this position, you will receive, unload, and process incoming shipments of equipment and supplies stored at FEMA Distribution Centers in support of federal disaster operations. This position is located in the Logistics Directorate, Distribution Division in the Office of Response and Recovery. Learn more about this agency **This job is open to** ----------------------- ### **The public** U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. ### **Clarification from the agency** This position is announced under FEMA's Excepted Service, Stafford Act Hiring Authority for a full\-time Cadre of On\-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) appointment. After three years of continuous service, CORE employees earn competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full\-time positions at FEMA. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process. **Duties** ---------- **What will I do in this position if hired?** In this Materials Handler (Motor Vehicle Operator) position, you will operate a computer terminal and scan gun to record commodity data. as well as independently perform a full range of warehouse duties. Typical assignments include: * + - Driving trucks up to 26,000 lbs. on a regular basis. - Driving trucks up to 32,000 lbs. (tractor\-trailer) on a limited basis. - Performing a full range of warehouse duties, and receives, unloads, stores, ships, and maintains equipment and supplies. - Assisting in the efficient storage and arrangement of materials, following Agency procedures and regulations. - Operating a fork\-lift to move material and equipment. - Operating a computer terminal to record data. - Verifying the quantity and quality of items received. - Receiving, unloading, storing, and maintaining equipment and supplies. **What else do I need to know?** This position is located in 5 different locations with 1 position each in Aiea, HI, Bayamon, PR, Greencastle, PA and 2 positions in Fort Worth, TX. Salaries are as follows: Aiea, HI\-$ 28\.72 PH \-$ 33\.50 PH Bayamon, PR\-$ 21\.47 PH\-$ 25\.02 Fort Worth, TX\-$24\.88 PH\- $29\.01 PH Greencastle, PA \-$ 26\.74 PH to 31\.19 PH **At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.** Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. **This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On\-Call Response/Recovery Employee).** CORE employees are full\-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full\-time positions at FEMA. **Requirements** ---------------- ### **Conditions of employment** To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust/Moderate Level as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). *For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit* OPM Investigations. **Conditions of Employment:** * You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. * You must successfully pass a background investigation. * Selective Service registration required. * You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. * You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. * You are requir