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Blue Collar Position with USDA in Ames, Iowa! Find Your Future With USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service!

Perform duties and tasks related to the proper receipt, storage, and preparation of submitted samples, veterinary biologics, laboratory reagents, equipment, supplies and related materials, as well as, transporting of hazardous waste/materials.

  • Follows established policies, procedures and guidelines for issues related to environmental protection, safety, biosafety, and occupational health.
  • Supports and participates in the execution of the quality management system.
  • Uses a computerized system for the purpose of inventory tracking and control, and for closely monitoring all movement of materials.
  • Inspects, receives, sorts, ships, counts, identifies, and is knowledgeable of special handling techniques and procedures required for the processing of hazardous and toxic materials.
  • Examines and identifies the most complex and difficult items received by the site.
  • Receives stock from a variety of sources such as local vendors, depot shipments, United Parcel Post (UPS), United States Postal Service (USPS), Federal Express (FedEx), motor freight, and material returns.
  • Adheres to warehousing plan and accepted warehousing methods, procedures and techniques to select proper storage location to store, stock, and palletize items.
  • Uses automated systems to perform the entire receiving process and to enter, change, delete, or prepare numerous discrepancy reports

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position by using the examples above - Tailor your resume to reflect the duties above.

If you respond in the affirmative within the questionnaire whether you have experience handling and shipping your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title. Explain your related duties thoroughly! 

Example: If you indicate you've handled shipping - what type of shipping (company), type of parcels, anything unique you did when handling shipping, an accomplishment, who did it impact, why was this key duty important to put in your resume. This is an example of being thorough in writing one task - each bullet should be thoroughly written! Sometimes including %, measurements, numbers is a great way to be thorough; and at what level you worked- were you assisting or did you train others on this task. Use the keywords above as much as possible. 
 

Evaluations will be based on these Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to perform the work of a materials examiner and identifier without more than normal supervision
  • Dexterity and Safety
  • Knowledge of materials
  • Technical practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)

Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a US Citizen or US National.
  • Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
  • Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/
  • Valid state driver's license is required at the time of application.
  • Required training to obtaining shipping certification within 90 days of employment and maintaining certification by completing re-certification every two years.
  • Criminal Justice Information Services database check required for work involving Biological Select Agents and Toxins.
  • Works indoors in areas which normally have adequate heat, light, and ventilation, and outdoors subject to all kinds of climatic conditions.
  • Performs work on hard surfaces and in work areas that require continuous walking, standing, stooping, bending, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
  • Operates motor vehicles during all types of traffic and weather conditions, including icy roads and reduced visibility.
  • Observes safety requirements and takes necessary precautions, including the use of protective clothing and gear.
  • Moderately heavy physical effort is required in loading, transporting, and unloading equipment and supplies.
  • Occasionally lifts items weighing more than 70 pounds. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers.