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Bindery Machine Operor Leader Legislive Branch Government Publishing Office Government Secure and Intelligent Documents Summary GPO employees possess a diverse array of talent in many administrive fields and trades. We provide other agencies with innovive services for the printing, publishing, storage, and distribution of digital content. If you are an energetic, inventive individual looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career opportunity, GPO may be the place for you. This position is part of the Government Secure and Intelligent Documents, Government Publishing Office in Stennis Space Center, MS. Learn more about this agency Summary GPO employees possess a diverse array of talent in many administrive fields and trades. We provide other agencies with innovive services for the printing, publishing, storage, and distribution of digital content. If you are an energetic, inventive individual looking for a challenging, yet rewarding career opportunity, GPO may be the place for you. This position is part of the Government Secure and Intelligent Documents, Government Publishing Office in Stennis Space Center, MS. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 17, 2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion 9 vacancies in the following locion: Stennis Space Center, MS No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $55.87 - $55.87 per hour Pay scale & grade KB 00 Promotion potential 00 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 4402 Bindery Working Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12975880-IMP-SL Control number 871683200 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Career or Career-Conditional GPO Employees Only Videos Duties Help Serves as a team lead and executes leadership and training to 6 to 8 Bookbinders, Bindery Machine Operors, Production Technicians, and Printing Plant workers as required. Sets up the equipment by synchronizing the multiple workstions and making precise adjustments for sequencing, timing, and movement between stions to provide a continuous flow of work. Monitors machine control panels and operion to identify processing problems and to detect irregularities. Ensures th all safety rules, regulions, and programs are followed. Directs production employees in daily priorities and expections. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a current Career or Career Conditional GPO employee to apply. Selectees must pass a physical examinion prior to appointment. Strength test may be required. Selectee may be required to serve a one-year probionary period. Males born after 12/03/59 must be registered for Selective Service. Selectee may be required to pass all preemployment requirements prior to appointment. Selectee may be required to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
Physical Effort:
Light to modere lifting and carrying. May occasionally be required to handle items/merials weighing up to 50 lbs.
Physical Effort:
Work involved standing for prolonged periods while opering/monitoring bindery machines. Frequent stooping, bending, and reaching to make machine adjustments, remove mis-routed merials, etc.
Working Conditions:
Works in a well-lighted, heed, and ventiled areas. Occasionally exposed to low/high frequency noise genered by adjacent machine operions and vibrions during peak production periods. Qualificions To qualify for the position, you must meet the following requirements : Applicants must have experience and/or training of sufficient scope and quality to independently perform the duties typically required of a Bindery Machine Operor Leader. Applicants must meet the following Screen-Out element , Job Element # 73: Ability to Lead or Supervise to be considered for this position. Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 2 in the online questionnaire. If your knowledge and ability in the
SCREEN OUT ELEMENT
below is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. Opere and set up powered bindery equipment used to produce printed merials such as books, manuals, calogs, or similar products; and ability to perform machine set up or adjustments using tools and follow written production instructions. In addition to the
SCREENOUT
requirements per
GPO 615.2C
Federal Merit Promotion Plan (FMPP), Appendix B GPO employees must have completed the following: Applicants must have a. completed a formal, recognized apprenticeship or GPO journeyperson training program, or possess substantially equivalent practical experience in the trade of the vacant position. b. served a minimum of one (1) year in a career or career-conditional appointment in the GPO. This position is for a Bookbinder Leader paid 110%. 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. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement to be Educion Substitution of educion in lieu of experience may not be used for this grade level. Additional informion Employment of Relives Section 3110 of Title 5, U.S. Code, prohibits a Federal official from appointing, promoting, or advocing the appointment or promotion of a relive in the agency where the official is serving or exercises jurisdiction. In addition, Section 2302(b)(7) of Title 5, U.S. Code, makes it a "prohibited personnel practice" for a person in authority to "appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advoce for the appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement of a relive." For further informion : https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3110 and https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/2302
Work Life Balance:
The GPO offers Transit subsidy for commuters using public transportion (Metro Bus/Rail, MARC, VRE, etc.).
Background Investigion:
To ensure the accomplishment of its mission, the GPO requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully completed a background investigion for a Secret Security Clearance. This review could include financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligions, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. Depending on the type of background investigion required, the security process may take between 6 weeks to 12 months. The agency may rescind the tentive offer, if the candide is unable to obtain an interim clearance.
Reasonable Accommodion:
This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process you must contact the HC Specialist on the vacancy announcement least seven business days before the closing de of this announcement to receive assistance. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. The selectee will work Shift 1. Additional vacancies may be filled in addition to the number sted in this announcement. This position is considered
Essential Personnel:
Incumbent expected to report to work during times of inclement weher. Overtime, shift, weekend, and holiday work may be required. 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. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this position, a review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the occupional questionnaire. The ring you receive is based on your responses to the questionnaire and supporting documents. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may be excluded from further considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. You evalued on the following Job elements required for the position:
JOB ELEMENTS
: Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evalued in each of the following job elements: Ability to Lead or Supervise (Screen Out) Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Merials Operion of Job Family Specify Equipment, Machinery, etc. Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) We DO NOT require a separe narrive stement responding to the competencies, however your resume should CLEARLY show possession of these competencies. If you meet the qualificion requirements listed above, your applicion red based on your online questionnaire and supporting documents. If your final ring places you among the top candides, your applicion referred to the selecting official for further review. 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 In addition to your responses to the questionnaire and your resume, you must submit the following additional documents specific for this vacancy:
Content of Resume:
Your resume, curriculum vitae, or other written form you choose to describe your job-reled experiences are used to verify your qualificions. Therefore, it is important th your resume accurely reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as MM/YYYY; and total number of hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. To assist you in sending in a complete resume, use the checklist : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include/ SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action - If you are a current or former federal employee, you must submit a SF-50 showing the highest grade level held in the position for which you are using to qualify. Your SF-50 must also include the Position Title and Series, Step, Salary, Tenure, Position Occupied, and promotion potential (if applicable) to verify your stus and eligibility. If you are unable to provide your most recent SF-50, you should submit a written stement explaining why it was not obtainable. This explanion should include your Position Title and Series, Step, Salary, Tenure, Position Occupied, and promotion potential. Failure to submit the required SF50 document or stement of explanion will result in an ineligible ring under merit promotion procedures. Recent Performance Appraisal -If you are a current or former federal employee, you must submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024 ) Performance Appraisal showing you have performed an acceptable level. If you are unable to submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024) Performance Appraisal you must submit a written explanion as to why it was not obtainable. In this explanion you should include your final ring. Failure to submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024 ) Performance Appraisal or a written stement explaining why it was not obtainable will disqualify you from further considerion. All merials must be received by the closing de of this announcement to be How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes 1) your responses to the Occupional Questionnaire, 2) your resume, and 3) any other documents needed to verify your qualificions or eligibility (see the required documents section).
Resume Requirements :
Resumes are limited to two (2) pages Resumes should focus on the knowledge, skills, abilities; accomplishments and results; and training and educion relevant to this position. Resumes must be in the following form (for each position held relevant to this position): Short summary of position duties Accomplishments while in the position Results of those accomplishments Copying and pasting position descriptions into a resume is not acceptable. Illegible Informion and/or Documents If your supporting documents and resume are illegible or do not provide the necessary informion for the Human Capital Specialist and/or Subject Mter Expert to make a qualificion determinion, you may lose considerion for this position. Last Document Uploaded If multiple copies of the same document are uploaded/faxed and submitted with your applicion, GPO will only consider the last copy of the document uploaded/faxed when determining your eligibility and qualificions. For example, if you upload/fax two or more resumes only the last resume uploaded/faxed and submitted Please follow the instructions listed below for submitting your complete applicion package. Applicion procedures are specific to this vacancy announcement. Please read all instructions before you begin. Print a copy of the occupional questionnaire so th you may read and review the questions before submitting your online responses. Click here to view the Occupional Questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12975880 . Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. - After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . - You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. Agency contact informion Sindy Leon Phone 202-805-8732 sleon@gpo.gov Address US Government Publishing Office 732 North Capitol St. NW Washington, DC 20401 US Next steps After each step in the recruitment process, your stus upded in the online applicion tracking system and if you have elected to receive email updes, you notified through your USAJOBS registered email address. If you have not elected to receive email updes, you can review your current applicion stus in USAJOBS any time. Please check th your USAJOBS profile contact informion is current and correct each time you apply to a job. This will ensure we can contact you as quickly as possible. In addition to changing your stus online, we will send you email notificions each major step in the process, to include: applicion received, eligible or ineligible, referred or not referred, selected or not selected. Position Reconsiderion Process Applicants who have applied for employment with the Government Publishing Office who were found to be ineligible for a position, may submit a request for reconsiderion upon reasonable demonstrion th a reconsiderion review is necessary. Request for Reconsiderion will not be accepted for failure to submit approprie required documention and/or failure to complete required Assessments or respond accurely to Assessment Questions. Applicants seeking a Request for Reconsiderion should reach out to the servicing Human Resources Specialist indiced in the Vacancy Announcement to see you meet the eligibility requirements for reconsiderion. If you meet the eligibility requirements for reconsiderion, the Human Capital Talent Acquisitions and Transactions Division will review the applicion based on the reconsiderion request to determine if the ring was approprie and render a final decision to the applicant. A request to reconsider a ring determinion must be received in the servicing Talent Acquisitons Office within 5 business days from the de indiced on the Touch Point Notificion, Notice of Results received from USA Staffing, or it rejected as an untimely request for reconsiderion. 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 In addition to your responses to the questionnaire and your resume, you must submit the following additional documents specific for this vacancy:
Content of Resume:
Your resume, curriculum vitae, or other written form you choose to describe your job-reled experiences are used to verify your qualificions. Therefore, it is important th your resume accurely reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as MM/YYYY; and total number of hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. To assist you in sending in a complete resume, use the checklist : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include/ SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action - If you are a current or former federal employee, you must submit a SF-50 showing the highest grade level held in the position for which you are using to qualify. Your SF-50 must also include the Position Title and Series, Step, Salary, Tenure, Position Occupied, and promotion potential (if applicable) to verify your stus and eligibility. If you are unable to provide your most recent SF-50, you should submit a written stement explaining why it was not obtainable. This explanion should include your Position Title and Series, Step, Salary, Tenure, Position Occupied, and promotion potential. Failure to submit the required SF50 document or stement of explanion will result in an ineligible ring under merit promotion procedures. Recent Performance Appraisal -If you are a current or former federal employee, you must submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024 ) Performance Appraisal showing you have performed an acceptable level. If you are unable to submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024) Performance Appraisal you must submit a written explanion as to why it was not obtainable. In this explanion you should include your final ring. Failure to submit your current Fiscal Year ( FY2024 ) Performance Appraisal or a written stement explaining why it was not obtainable will disqualify you from further considerion. All merials must be received by the closing de of this announcement to be How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes 1) your responses to the Occupional Questionnaire, 2) your resume, and 3) any other documents needed to verify your qualificions or eligibility (see the required documents section).
Resume Requirements :
Resumes are limited to two (2) pages Resumes should focus on the knowledge, skills, abilities; accomplishments and results; and training and educion relevant to this position. Resumes must be in the following form (for each position held relevant to this position): Short summary of position duties Accomplishments while in the position Results of those accomplishments Copying and pasting position descriptions into a resume is not acceptable. Illegible Informion and/or Documents If your supporting documents and resume are illegible or do not provide the necessary informion for the Human Capital Specialist and/or Subject Mter Expert to make a qualificion determinion, you may lose considerion for this position. Last Document Uploaded If multiple copies of the same document are uploaded/faxed and submitted with your applicion, GPO will only consider the last copy of the document uploaded/faxed when determining your eligibility and qualificions. For example, if you upload/fax two or more resumes only the last resume uploaded/faxed and submitted Please follow the instructions listed below for submitting your complete applicion package. Applicion procedures are specific to this vacancy announcement. Please read all instructions before you begin. Print a copy of the occupional questionnaire so th you may read and review the questions before submitting your online responses. Click here to view the Occupional Questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12975880 . Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. - After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . - You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Sindy Leon Phone 202-805-8732 sleon@gpo.gov Address US Government Publishing Office 732 North Capitol St. NW Washington, DC 20401 US Next steps After each step in the recruitment process, your stus upded in the online applicion tracking system and if you have elected to receive email updes, you notified through your USAJOBS registered email address. If you have not elected to receive email updes, you can review your current applicion stus in USAJOBS any time. Please check th your USAJOBS profile contact informion is current and correct each time you apply to a job. This will ensure we can contact you as quickly as possible. In addition to changing your stus online, we will send you email notificions each major step in the process, to include: applicion received, eligible or ineligible, referred or not referred, selected or not selected. Position Reconsiderion Process Applicants who have applied for employment with the Government Publishing Office who were found to be ineligible for a position, may submit a request for reconsiderion upon reasonable demonstrion th a reconsiderion review is necessary. Request for Reconsiderion will not be accepted for failure to submit approprie required documention and/or failure to complete required Assessments or respond accurely to Assessment Questions. Applicants seeking a Request for Reconsiderion should reach out to the servicing Human Resources Specialist indiced in the Vacancy Announcement to see you meet the eligibility requirements for reconsiderion. If you meet the eligibility requirements for reconsiderion, the Human Capital Talent Acquisitions and Transactions Division will review the applicion based on the reconsiderion request to determine if the ring was approprie and render a final decision to the applicant. A request to reconsider a ring determinion must be received in the servicing Talent Acquisitons Office within 5 business days from the de indiced on the Touch Point Notificion, Notice of Results received from USA Staffing, or it rejected as an untimely request for reconsiderion. 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 Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 17, 2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion 9 vacancies in the following locion: Stennis Space Center, MS No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $55.87 - $55.87 per hour Pay scale & grade KB 00 Promotion potential 00 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12975880-IMP-SL Control number 871683200
