Processing Technician; Office Automation

About the Position

The Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) is a small organization with a mission critical to our national defense. Our job is to process applicants for all five services into the armed forces. The job is both challenging and rewarding. For most new military service members, processing through the MEPS is the first real exposure to a military operation. For that reason, we seek customer-oriented employees with a desire to serve their country in a meaningful way.

• As a Processing Technician for the a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), you will provide administrative assistance with transportation of recruits from the MEPS. Additionally, you will:
• Prepare transportation orders.
• Coordinate travel arrangements.
• Conduct the pre-enlistment and/or the pre-accession interviews of applicants in order to gather information.
• Verify data for final data processing of forms and records for entry into the military service.
• Maintain records of orders; distributes copies of transportation orders and enlistment contracts.
• Consolidate and input data into an automated web-based program.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Employee may be required to work an occasional Saturday and/ or shift work (work before 0600 or after 1800 hours).
• Employee will routinely be required to work unscheduled overtime to accommodate fluctuations in workload based on the daily mission requirements.
• Employee may be required to perform occasional overnight travel as assigned.
• This position requires the incumbent to be able to type a minimum of 40 words per minute.