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Distribution Process Worker Supervisor

Defense Logistics Agency

New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PAFull-time / Temporary$32.85–38.33/hrPosted 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$32.85–38.33/hr
Location
New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA
Schedule
Full-time / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Distribution Process Worker Supervisor directs employees performing receiving, picking, packing, and stowing, and evaluates work to meet production goals economically. The role includes administrative supervision, setting priorities and deadlines, coordinating with other supervisors, and operating material-handling equipment. Applicants must meet the applicable screen-out element and demonstrate the knowledge and skill needed for the work; no specific length of experience is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SupervisionWarehousing PracticesPacking PracticesInterpreting InstructionsDexterity and Safety

Full job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

  • Directs employees engaged in various distribution processes such as receiving, picking, packing, and stowing.
  • Evaluates work for effectiveness and the economical use of personnel, materials, and methods to meet production goals.
  • Manages administrative duties, including approving leave, identifying training needs, and ensuring participation in management programs like safety and quality assurance.
  • Establishes deadlines, sets priorities, and coordinates with other supervisors.
  • Operates MHE such as forklifts (with a capacity of up to 10,000 pounds), warehouse tractors, and stock selectors.
  • Ensures all safety and security practices are implemented and followed in accordance with OSHA and DLA standards.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. 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 that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at 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) will be eliminated from further competition. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Demands: Stands on hard surfaces for extended periods of time. Bending, stooping, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 pounds. Uses weight handling equipment or receives assistance from other workers for items heavier than 40 pounds. Working Conditions: Works outside and inside areas that are hot, damp, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted. Subject to cuts, scrapes, bruises, muscle strains, noise, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock. Wears protective clothing such as steel toed shoes, respirators, safety glasses and earplugs. Mechanized roller conveyors are often present and is a normal part of material routing and distribution.

How You Will Be Evaluated

The assessments for this job will measure the following Job Elements/Competencies: Ability to Supervise (Screen-Out Element) Knowledge of Warehousing Practices Knowledge of Packing Practices Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (other than blueprints) Skill in Dexterity and Safety Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The rating you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the job elements/competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documentation is reviewed and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Other Information

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 related 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 Information 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 at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Information for Veterans is available at: 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 date 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 tentatively selected for employment in testing designated 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 tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative 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 Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, 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 at: USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,994 open Warehouse Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$32.85–38.33/hr
  • US median$26–43/hr647 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $35.59/hr, is 3% above the US median midpoint ($34/hr) — in the top quarter of Warehouse Supervisor hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 135 open Warehouse Supervisor jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,994 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
Warehouse Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (700 postings).
Education
39 of the 1,994 open Warehouse Supervisor jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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