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Duties

Receives inquiries from customers worldwide regarding status of shipments, and/or incomplete shipments. Formulates all necessary documentation on outbound shipments via air, truck, freight forwarded, small parcel carriers, and prepares and transmits the status to the customer. Contacts freight forwarders to ship Foreign Military Sales (FMS) shipments and monitors requisitions through the automated process. Prepares daily production reports and performs update changes, additions and deletions using automated systems. Conducts research to determine reasons for requisitions rejection and informs customers on items not available. Processes violations/rejects received from the automated transportation systems, reviews violation/rejects to determine reason for the reject and decides what actions are necessary to resolve the discrepancy. Determines the most effective means of expediting requisitions based on overall knowledge of the system and priority of requisition.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• 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
• Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain required hazardous materials handling certifications.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be filled on any shift at DLA Distribution Red River, TX.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Transportation Assistant, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. 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. To qualify at the GS-06 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Experience with a wide range of transportation processes and interrelated or nonstandard transportation support assignments used to ensure accurate and timely shipment of freight by rail, truck, air, or water. Performing freight shipment and transportation support functions through various transportation systems while ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and timely movement of material to CONUS and/or OCONUS customers. Providing direct support between local packing and shipping functions, freight forwarders, and carriers to assure that routing and final destination shipping instructions are provided. 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 Red River Defense Distribution Red River 10th Street and K Ave Texarkana, TX 75507-5000 US
• Name: VICTORIA LOMMAN
• Phone: 717-770-4531
• Email: [email protected]