About the Position: This position is located within Department of Public Works. Fort Bragg is known as the "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces." It is a culturally diverse area with both rural and city populations and is co-located at Fayetteville, NC. It is centrally located just hours away from the beautiful beaches of North Carolina and the scenic Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains.

Duties

Ensure all requests for purchase are accompanied with three quotes before going to the buying officer for approval to purchase. Purchase items such as parts, materials, supplies and equipment on the open-market and through scheduled sources. Negotiate contractors? quotes to ensure technical factors such as timelines, fair and reasonable pricing, and specifications in the solicitation are met. Award micro-purchase contracts complex repair supplies, parts and equipment for the many different facility types, ages of infrastructure and diverse interior finishes and mechanical systems. Maintain a current database of qualified contractors with historical performance records and periodically surveys local market to recruit new contractors. Maintain required records, reports, correspondence, documents, etc. on each contract issues. Research stock numbers, catalog numbers, part number, nomenclature, units of issues, special codes, manufacture codes, packaging and handling codes, open/closed records, partial shipments, etc. Determine if the item requested requires competitive or sole source procurement while complying with all regulatory sources of supply.

Requirements

• The work requires the ability to regularly lift 40 pounds and may occasionally lift over 50 pounds with assistance.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid Installation, DoD and/or Federal License required for the type vehicle operated.
• The employee will operate a forklift to move, store, and rearrange materials received for various work projects; will operate a vehicle to transport supplies.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• The employee must be able to obtain and hold a Government Purchase Card.
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations (natural or man-made disaster) the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) procurement of repair parts, materials and equipment utilizing organization purchasing card. 2) Provide payment on goods received through purchase order software after inspection of delivery. 3) Make purchases of goods with unstable prices, hard-to-locate sources, or with other complicated purchasing factors within the guidelines of purchasing regulations and business practices. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Contracting/ProcurementEconomicsManages and Organizes InformationResearch Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06). 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address DN-APF-W0U3AA US ARMY GARRISON FT LIBERTY DO NOT MAIL Fort Liberty, NC 28310 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]