About the Position: Located in central New Jersey, Burlington County, Fort Dix is 72 miles southwest of New York City, 34 miles northeast of Philadelphia. Close to the Jersey shore, Fort Dix is also within short driving distance of a wide variety of leisure activities, cultural centers, museums, historical locations, fishing, hunting, boating, skiing, snowboarding, hiking locations, etc.

Duties

Provide guidance and arrange the preparation, documentation, and movement of supported units to/from home station, mobilization station, seaport of embarkation/debarkation, airport of embarkation/debarkation, rail sites, and annual training sites. Compute Transportation Lift Requirements for air, bus, and freight movements and determine the most practical and cost favorable mode of transportation. Serve as Certifying Officer responsible for the certification and direct payment of vouchers for Government Bills of Lading and centrally billed accounts. Operate Material Handling Equipment (MHE) in support of freight operations and other Logistics Readiness Center’s warehouse operations as required. Provide guidance to unit personnel on how to palletize, load, and secure unit’s vehicles and equipment ensuring compliance with established guidelines.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position will require occasional evening, weekend, and/or holiday hours, to include mandatory overtime as mission dictates.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain hazardous materials certification.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver’s license.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain installation forklift training certification and license.
• Must successfully clear local screening check.
• Position is covered by the 1998 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are not eligible for the position.
• Pre-employment and annual physicals are required.
• See "Additional Information" section for additional requirements.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience in: 1) determining various transportation modes for freight and/or passenger movement; 2) planning and coordinating the movement of personnel and/or shipment of equipment, including providing guidance and assistance to personnel on regulations and procedures pertaining to transportation methods; 3) managing and reconciling billing for transportation services; and 4) utilizing automated transportation systems such as Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS) or Group Operational Passenger Systems (GOPAX) . This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: CommunicationsTechnical CompetenceTransportation Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06). Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office setting. However, approximately 20% of the time, employee is required to support unit movement activities, deployment execution operations and training exercises, the position incumbent will also be required to work outside at Transportation Inspection Point, Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG), remote deployment nodes, and manifest sites. When working outside and at off-site locations, the incumbent will be subject to periods of prolonged standing and walking on hard and sometimes uneven surfaces, stooping, bending, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions, inspecting shipping containers and other military cargo at various locations throughout the installation to validate for shipment. During deployment execution operations/training exercises, employee is exposed to excessive noise from military vehicles, material handling equipment and sometimes adverse weather conditions. Inspects hazardous materials in containers, commercial trucks and various military vehicles for shipping documentation verification.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address BD-APF-W6XBAA LOG READINESS CTR, JB MCGUIRE-DIX DO NOT MAIL Fort Dix, NJ 08640 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk