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DLA Distribution San Joaquin

Laborer (12 Month Register)

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A laborer is a worker who performs physical tasks and manual labor as part of their job. They are employed in a variety of industries from Warehousing to Manufacturing. Responsibilities can include assisting with shipping and receiving operations, moving equipment, and organizing inventory.

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Laborer (12 Month Register) Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Summary This is an open-continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off de of Wednesday, August 12, 2026 . Please see the "How You Will Be Evalued" section for more informion. See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Summary This is an open-continuous announcement with an established initial cut-off de of Wednesday, August 12, 2026 . Please see the "How You Will Be Evalued" section for more informion. See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Tracy, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $24.05 - $28.07 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 3 Promotion potential 3 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 3502 Laboring Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLADist-26-13029593-DHA Control number 879373100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This is a Direct Hiring Authority (DHA) Notice open to the Public in the commuting area, using the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) DHA. Videos Duties Help Lifts, carries, maneuvers, and positions Government owned supplies and equipment. Performs work inside and outside a warehouse. Operes power equipment with basic start/stop controls. Stacks and unstacks merial on pallets and conveyors. Loads and unloads heavy boxes, cartons, pallets, and other merial to/from trucks, sea vans, roller lines, and conveyors. Moves, pushes, rolls, and positions heavy, bulky, and hard to handle items. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen
Tour of Duty:
Set Schedule Security Requirements:
Non-Sensitive Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Non-Exempt Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Bargaining Unit Stus:
No Pre-Employment Physical:
Required Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities.
See https:
//www.tsa.gov/real-id for more informion. This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts loced within DLA Distribution San Joaquin, Tracy, CA. You a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuion of essential functions. You may be required to work the designed duty locion, a telework site, or an alterne locion/facility. Qualificions Applicants red in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualificion Standard for Trades and Labor Occupions. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training th you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) elimined from further competition. The SOE and minimum qualificions for this position is: Perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision such as: keep things ne, clean, and in order; use common tools and equipment; do routine jobs without assistance. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Physical Effort:
Requires extreme physical effort when lifting objects weighing over 50 pounds and in moving or positioning very heavy objects.
Working Conditions:
Works inside warehouses th may be dusty, drafty, and noisy and outside in all kinds of weher. Works in areas with frequent merials handling equipment traffic.
SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Employee is required to wear safety clothing and equipment approprie for the job and work area where assigned, as directed by the Supervisor. Types of protective clothing and equipment include, but are not limited to the following: eye, respirory, and foot protection, protective clothing (gloves, apron, coveralls, etc.). Other types may be required as deemed necessary by authorized management officials. Employee required to wear approved hearing protective devices and an audiometric test conducted, as necessary, when working near or around noise hazardous areas, machinery, or equipment. Additional informion As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). For Important General Applicant Informion and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf
Reemployed Annuitants:
This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Informion for Veterans is available : https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/ . As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement. Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY
Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal . Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Open-Continuous Cut-off Informion:
An initial cut-off de of Wednesday, August 12, 2026 used to evalue candides for the initial available vacancies. Any applicion received after the initial cut-off de will only be considered should additional vacancies be received after the initial cut-off de. If additional vacancies are received after the initial cut-off de, ALL applicants th have applied evalued/re-evalued and ranked as sted within the Evaluion stement in the announcement.
Direct Hire Evaluion:
Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy filled through a Department of Defense Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements forwarded to the Selecting Official for considerion. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evalue your applicion for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualificion requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualificions and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion for the initial cut-off de, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) of th established de. All applicions received thereafter, considered should additional vacancies be received after the initial cut-off de in which additional cut-off des established. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13029593 . Agency contact informion Ashley Nieves ashley.nieves@dla.mil Address DLA Distribution San Joaquin PO Box 960001 Stockton, CA 95296 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. Applicants red ineligible on this vacancy announcement need to reapply and upde their applicion package to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive considerion for the initial cut-off de, the complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) of th established de. All applicions received thereafter, considered should additional vacancies be received after the initial cut-off de in which additional cut-off des established. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13029593 . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Ashley Nieves ashley.nieves@dla.mil Address DLA Distribution San Joaquin PO Box 960001 Stockton, CA 95296 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. Applicants red ineligible on this vacancy announcement need to reapply and upde their applicion package to be considered on future vacancies filled through this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Tracy, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $24.05 - $28.07 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 3 Promotion potential 3 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLADist-26-13029593-DHA Control number 879373100