This job opportunity is located in the Finishing Section, Document Services Branch, National Processing Center (NPC), Jeffersonville, IN. This position instructs and leads employees in setting up, operating, and ensuring proper maintenance of a complex variety of automated mail processing equipment such as automated finishing, addressing, folding, decollating, and bindery equipment. This position is included in the bargaining unit.The individual selected for this position will:
- Set-up, operate and maintain pieces of various types of automated equipment such as inserters, folders, addressing equipment, both ink jet and labelers, decollators, bursters, power cutters, drills and various binding equipment to ensure operator coverage during peak workload periods.
- Identify and resolve problems caused by substandard materials, improper machine operation and procedural errors.
- Operate equipment and inspect materials during process for proper sequence, and substandard items such as torn pages, loose labels, improper address position, illegible print, etc., to assure quality of work; Observe operations and make adjustments to produce smooth operations with a minimum of work stoppage.
- Maintain controls, records, logs and current equipment specifications which provide essential information to supervisors, scheduling coordinators, sponsors and automated reporting systems; conduct training sessions as instructed by supervisor to provide operators with procedural and equipment changes which affect job processing; periodically review safety requirements and recommend changes which enhance safety and/or clean environment.
- Perform operator maintenance and periodic inspections or servicing such as daily, weekly and monthly lubrication and replacement of parts, including springs, suction cups, vacuum lines, rubber rollers, and similar parts.
Tour of Duty: Hours will be 6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. Alternate Work Schedule is available. Alternate Work Schedule is an 80-hour biweekly basic work requirement that is scheduled in less than 10 days; i.e., eight 9-hour days/nights, one 8-hour day/night, and one day off.
Physical Requirements: This position requires substantial standing for extended periods of time and frequent pushing and pulling of bins, warehouse trucks or postal containers to other processing locations. The work requires frequent bending, stooping, reaching and walking while handling printed materials, paper and other components. The employee lifts, on a recurring basis, a variety of moderately heavy materials and supplies (approximately 30 pounds) such as boxes of forms, record boxes, boxes of cards and envelopes. Rarely, the employee may be required to lift heavy (over 50 pounds) items such as mailbags or large stacks of paper stock. The work is repetitive, fast paced and done in an assembly line atmosphere. Procedures and policies are established for jogging and flipping material, checking for completeness and print quality.
Working Conditions: Work is performed in well-lighted areas, with adequate to very poor ventilation. Operator is subject to cuts, bruises, shocks or possible damage to extremities during high-speed operation. Environment is noisy, hot or cold, and may be dusty, dirty or smelly during operations or clean-up procedures.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Starting at $49,025 Per Year (GS 7)
