Job Description:
This PD applies to:
• Material Support Technician (PST)
• Lead Production Material Technician
• Hazardous Material Controller
• Material Coordinator
• Equipment Management Specialist
• Supply Technician
Duties Include:
• Performs limited aspects of technical supply management work (e.g., inventory management storage management, cataloging, property utilization) related to depot, local, or other supply activities. Work is usually segregated by commodity area or function, and controlled in terms of difficulty, complexity, or responsibility.
• Assignments usually relate to stable or standardized segments of technical supply management operations; or to functions or subjects that are narrow in scope or limited in difficulty
• Work generally involves individual case problems or supply actions
• Work may require consideration of program requirement, together with specific variation in or from standard guidelines
Assignments Require:
• A good working knowledge of government supply systems, programs, policies, nomenclature, work methods, manuals, or other established guidelines
• An understanding of the needs of the organization services
• Analytical ability to define or recognize the dimension of the problems involved to collect the necessary data, to establish the facts, and to take a recommended action based upon application or interpretation of established guidelines
Illustrative Assignments:
• Inventory management
o Responsible for inventory management of decentralized and decontrolled items including supplies, and equipment. Items managed are typically of low unit or annual demand value, involve a short procurement lead time (less than 9 months) are obtained from standard or other readily available sources of supply, and reflect relatively stable patterns of demand
o Items usually are of a general, common-use type, non-reparable and seldom require intensive investigation of atypical variations in their supply and demand patterns
o Positions are located on local, regional, or headquarters offices for which the military supply management organization has overall inventory management responsibility
o Work includes requirements determination and forecasting, distribution or redistribution of material, procurement authorization, limited funds management, or other related work
• Material coordination
o Performs material coordination duties for special programs, maintenance of production shops
o Duties are perfomed on the basis of practical experience in processing and expediting supply transactions related to the particular organizations serviced
• Cataloging
o Writes item descriptions for a range of new items entering the supply channels of a particular agency or field establishment
o Applies requirements selecting the appropriate description pattern and answering the requirement contained in the pattern
o Reviews existing stock catalogs, manufactures’ catalogs, drawings, or other resource materials, for the purpose of matching characteristics or part numbers to identify duplicate items already cataloged or otherwise recorded in the supply system
Level of Responsibility
• Works within the framework of established supply regulations, policies, and procedures, or other governing supply management guidelines
• Deals with a variety of operating officials regarding limited aspects of program needs of the organization serviced. Contacts may relate to inventory requirements in a stable or standardized organization and to the adequate description or identification of less complex items which are new to the system
• May contact representatives of commercial firms to obtain information regarding new items of supply, item characteristics, or procurement lead time; or representatives of government agencies (Federal, State or local) regarding the utilization of property
The candidate MUST be a US citizen of good character who holds a current/or is capable of being awarded a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance