Job opening: Traffic Management Specialist
Salary: $89 054 - 115 766 per year
Published at: Jan 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: Incumbent serves as a Traffic Management Specialist in the Domestic Movement Support Division. Responsible for providing transportation support to include but not limited to meeting with commercial service providers, hosting conferences and workshops, etc.
Duties
Provide domestic transportation and business liaison support to commercial industry and DoD shippers.
Provide transportation functional guidance in the development of special studies designed to streamline or modernize the movement of domestic freight.
Respond to inquiries from Transportation Service Providers (TSP) and DOD Transportation Officers/traffic managers on a variety of domestic freight traffic management problems.
Support domestic freight programs/operations with efficient and effective recommendations of freight costs/charges IAW governing DOD policies and Federal regulations.
Provide strategic analyses and recommendations of plans, arrangements and operations of all commodities of freight transported by multiple surface modes within CONUS.
Meet with DoD customers and commercial service providers through conferences, workshops and ad hoc meetings to address operations/systemic issues.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 15% of the time.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.
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
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDefense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic 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.) 13473People with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
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; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Experience coordinating with transportation organizations to support surface transportation and logistics support services. 2) Experience providing transportation support on inquiries with customers and commercial service providers. 3) Experience interpreting transportation regulations and policies to provide advice and recommendations to customers, coworkers, and leaders/manager. 4) Experience developing transportation procedures, policies, and regulations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
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.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
CommunicationsPlanning and EvaluatingTransportation
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-11).
Contacts
- Address GT-W0QFAA HQ MIL SURFACE DEPLOYMENT AND DIST CMD
DO NOT MAIL
Scott AFB, IL 62225
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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