Job opening: TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT (FREIGHT)
Salary: $42 022 - 54 625 per year
Published at: Jul 31 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANT (FRIEGHT) in the SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT of NAVSUP FLT LOGISTICS CNTR SAN DIEGO.
Duties
You will use considerable specialized experience, comprehensive knowledge of world-wide shipping laws, regulations, and procedures, and exercise independent judgment.
You will manage shipment solutions effecting off-station shipping of general freight, hazardous materials, Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives, classified, high dollar value, fragile, security-risk aviation and ship materials.
You will ship materials using all modes of transportation.
You will review shipping requests for accuracy, communicate with the customer when needed, make corrections, and forward shipping requests to the Regional Transportation Office.
You will make informed decisions based on cost analysis to be determined by material characteristics/classification, dimensions and weight, urgency of need, and customer mission requirements.
You will serve as a freight/Small Package Express (SPE) shipping technical consultant and advisor, providing technical advice and administration of all customer shipments.
You will perform as technical advisor on transportation policy matters, providing tracking formation, liaison between military transportation, commercial carriers, customers, and tenant commands.
You will conduct market research in order to facilitate the purchase of supplies and materials used internally or materials expended fulfilling customer requirements.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
- This position may be coded as ?key? and as such, you may be required to be removed from military recall status. A signed statement of understanding is required.
- You must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector demonstrating extensive and specific knowledge and application of transportation management policies, regulations, methods, principles, practices, and procedures related to the movement of a wide range of specialized shipments. Examples of specialized experience may include:1) Using knowledge of carrier industry practices and operations along with transportation/shipping requirements; 2) Analyzing, comprehending, and applying rules and regulations when determining the most appropriate mode of shipment and storage capabilities; 3) Applying knowledge of standard office filling systems and automated systems for organizing and producing records and data; 4) Reviewing shipping requests for accuracy and communicating with the customer when needed to make corrections.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address NAVSUP FLT LOGISTICS CNTR SAN DIEGO
3985 Cummings Road
San Diego, CA 92136
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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