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Duties

Serves as a Transportation Assistant, performing shipment and transportation support functions through various transportation systems. Ensures accuracy, completeness, and timely movement of material to CONUS and/or OCONUS customers. Serves as point of contact between local packing and shipping functions, freight forwarders, and carriers to assure that routing and final destination shipping instructions are provided. Researches transportation systems and other available resources to provide shipping information. Performs update changes, additions or deletions using automated Government Bills of Lading and Commercial Bills of Lading (GBL/CBL) systems. Prepares daily production reports and forwards copies to appropriate personnel. Performs a variety of duties while coordinating shipping instructions and processing high priority and exception requisitions received through various means of communication. Makes arrangements with freight forwarders to ship Foreign Military Sales (FMS) freight through the transportation system.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Pre-Employment Physical: Not Required
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located anywhere within DLA Distribution Susquehanna in New Cumberland, PA.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Transportation Assistant, your resume and supporting documentation must support: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. For current and former Federal civilian service employees, to qualify for the GS-06 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Application of a wide range of transportation regulations, methods, and practices to perform a wide variety of interrelated or nonstandard transportation support assignments and resolve a wide range of problems to ensure accurate and timely shipment of freight by rail, truck, air, or water. Applying automated transportation systems to successfully process in/outbound material orders. Analyzing information to identify and document deficiencies and/or areas of noncompliance and to make recommendations for actions. B. Education: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address DLA Distribution Susquehanna 2001 Mission Drive Suite 1 New Cumberland, PA 17070 US
• Name: WILLIAM HEPP
• Phone: 717-770-3070
• Email: [email protected]