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Duties

Conducts technical investigations, develops detailed reports depicting the entire shipping process, determines liability to resolve transportation/shipping claims relating to over, short, damaged, or astray freight. May be required to process non-DoD standard transportation documentation to support the specialized mission of the DLA Distribution Expeditionary (DDXX). Conducts transportation systems runs, accomplishes updates or changes as needed or directed, and revises end product formats or initiates data requirement changes. Provides guidance to employees, keeps supervisor informed of work progress, and prepares workload reports as requested. Provides reports of findings, makes recommendations and suggestions to branch staff to improve overall automated transportation system efficiency or processes. Initiates, releases, completes, verifies, and processes all documentation associated with the surface, air and vessel shipment of hazardous freight. Certifies hazardous freight for shipment. Serves as a technical advisor responsible for developing, evaluating and coordinating functional requirements and policies for shipment of material by all modes of transportation. Reviews processing and flow of documentation within the entity and the automated system to identify bottlenecks and unnecessary or inefficient operations and makes recommendations for improvements. Performs continual transportation system analysis and review. Rates, routes, and classifies Government Bills of Lading for post audit and review. Controls and processes direct vendor documents. Reviews customer requests for various shipments of hazardous, oversized, heavy haul, classified, and urgent release materials not covered by standing route orders. Identifies the need for special packing, loading and handling of materials, the need for specialized transport equipment, and coordinates arrangements for the materials with other activity personnel and with carriers.

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 Required: Yes
• Expeditionary Civilian: Emergency Essential
• This is an obligated position and occupancy is subject to the return of former incumbent. If former incumbent fails to return to the position, occupancy may become permanent.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain required hazardous materials handling certificates
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license/certification to operate government vehicles.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses/certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Distribution Susquehanna in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

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-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 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: Determines the most efficient economical rates and routes to final destination involving domestic inbound and export shipments. Classifies, rates, routes, and moves a wide range of commodities including hazardous material. B. Education: NOTE: Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is DIRECTLY RELATED to the work of the position. One full year of graduate education meets the requirements to qualify at the GS-7 level if the education is directly related to the work performed within 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. Physical Demands: Work is mostly sedentary although there is some walking, standing, bending, or sitting. There are no special physical demands. Work Demands: Employee works primarily in an office setting involving everyday risks or discomforts. Employee is occasionally required to go to warehouses and loading docks to obtain information and must exercise care when working around materials handling equipment, conveyors and freight. While deployed work may be performed within a warehouse or storage environment that may or may not have air conditioning or heating. Works outside and inside in areas that are hot, damp, cold, drafty, and poorly lighted.

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: ALEXANDRA FOREMAN
• Phone: 717-770-4528
• Email: [email protected]