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Materials Examiner and Identifier (Fork Lift Operator / Motor Vehicle Operator)

U.S. Army Sustainment Command

Fort Hood, TXFull-time$22.72–26.51/hrPosted 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$22.72–26.51/hr
Location
Fort Hood, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

The Materials Examiner and Identifier works for the U.S. Army Sustainment Command at the Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Cavazos, Texas. The role examines equipment and materials, assigns condition codes and disposition, identifies hazardous property, operates heavy-capacity forklifts, and records transactions in logistics information systems. Work includes indoor and outdoor warehouse activities and requires physical effort and adherence to safety procedures.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Material ExaminationCondition CodingForklift OperationLogistics Information SystemsInstruction InterpretationDexteritySafety KnowledgeMaterial HandlingPhysical Stamina

Qualifications

U.S. CitizenshipEmployment Authority EligibilityOne-Year Probationary Period

Full job description

Summary

About the Position: This position is located with U.S. Army Sustainment Command, 407th Army Field Support Brigade, Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Cavazos, TX.

Duties

  • Determines property disposition by assigning appropriate condition coding.
  • Examines and determines the condition and disposition of a wide variety of items and equipment such as electronic systems, computer parts, combat vehicles and aircraft parts.
  • Ensures property dangerous to employees or public health and safety is properly identified, certified and tagged.
  • Operates forklifts capable of lifting 20,000 pounds to move palletized material in loading, unloading, warehousing, and stacking.
  • Enters appropriate transactions into the supporting Logistical Information System (LIS) or other automated systems.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of an Materials Examiner and Identifier (Fork Lift Operator / Motor Vehicle Operator) without more than normal supervision. Ability to do the work of a Material Examiner and Identifier without more than normal supervision. Performing common Material Examiner and Identifier duties in a warehouse or alternate setting. Operating forklifts capable of lifting 20,000 pounds to move materials; determining property disposition by assigning appropriate condition coding; determining the condition of a wide variety of materials; and using automated systems to track property or materials. Working under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to ensure they are properly performed. Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading) Dexterity and Safety Knowledge of Materials Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order) Work requires active physical effort, including extensive walking, bending stooping and pushing and pulling heavy material along conveyer lines. Continuously lifts and handles items weighing up to 25 lbs. and occasionally up to 40 lbs. When operating forklift, must exert moderate physical effort in operating hand and foot controls and must endure strain caused by vibration of forklift. Work is performed indoors and outdoors in an environment involving everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, warehouses, open yards, or meeting rooms, observance of normal safety practices with moving forklifts, vehicles, office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, and observance of fire regulations is required. Work is normally performed inside where conditions may be hot, dusty, cold, damp, and drafty. Work outside includes forklift operation to load and unload vehicles. Vehicle operation in all kinds of weather subjects incumbent to possible injury due to accidents. Subject to cuts, bruises, and abrasions due to handling the various items turned in as well as working close to moving equipment. Employee is expected to comply with all health and safety regulations, Standard operating procedures (SOP) and OSHA standards. Employees take all reasonable care to ensure their actions do not impact on the health and safety of themselves, other employees or visitors to the organization, and stop or report such infractions. Individuals shall comply with provisions of AR 385-10, Army Safety Program. Personnel shall wear all safety items required by OSHA and local SOP during the performance of tasks requiring protective equipment of clothing.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. You may claim Military Spouse preference. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Other Information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct deposit of pay is required. This is a Supply Management Career Program position aligned under the Logistics Career Management Directorate. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

How this job compares

Set against the 548 open Forklift Operator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$22.72–26.51/hr
  • Texas median$17–19/hr22 hourly ranges
  • US median$20–22/hr361 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $24.62/hr, is 39% above the Texas median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the top quarter of Forklift Operator hourly ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 36 open Forklift Operator jobs in Texas and 548 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Forklift Operator postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (175 postings).
Education
7 of the 548 open Forklift Operator jobs (1%) 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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