Materials Clerk

Requisition Id 12559 

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has an opening for a Material Clerk. In this role you will, under limited supervision, perform tasks such as loading and unloading products or materials.

Duties and Responsibilities:    

• Moving freight, stock, or other materials to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, or containers, by hand or using trucks and other equipment.
• Inspecting load and identify proper quantity of items and package weight.
• Transporting materials using government vehicles.
• Sorting materials before loading and unloading.
• Checking in materials and attach identifying information such as barcodes for property management.
• Maintaining property records.
• Issue materials from stores, bench stocks, and tool cribs while maintaining inventory of supplies.
• Performing inventory of items and resolve any inventory conflicts.
• Order and restock supplies
• Receive hazardous and radiological material
• Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported
• Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that materials are protected
• Resolves customer inquiries and issues
• Abiding by the principles of Safe Conduct of Research including being personally responsible for ensuring safe operations by raising safety concerns, using a questioning attitude, considering hazards for every task, and never stop learning.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

Basic (or Required) Qualifications:    

• High School diploma or GED
• Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with the ability to obtain a Hazardous Materials Endorsement (HME).
• Work will involve various physical requirements and certain working conditions and as such a post-offer, pre-hire physical will be required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with a Hazardous Materials Endorsement (HME).
• Knowledge of proper procedures and documents for handling, usage, storage, transport, or disposal of materials.
• Knowledge of work control requirements.
• Knowledge of general safety and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Knowledge, skill, and compliance with Industrial Safety Requirements with: portable ladders, 2-wheel hand trucks, cylinder dollies, conveyors, push/pull carts, power and manual pallet jacks, CDL delivery trucks with power tailgates, trucks, vans, forklifts.
• Knowledge and skill in the storage and handling of hazardous and radiological materials, supplies, and disposal. Knowledge and skill in computerized maintenance management systems.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Mobile Equipment Operator certification.

This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.

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If you have trouble applying for a position, please email [email protected].

ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply.  UT-Battelle is an E-Verify employer.