Job opening: Transportation Assistant
Salary: $54 896 - 71 366 per year
Published at: Feb 20 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: Serves with the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Joint Personal Property Shipping Offices-NW, Joint Base Lewis -McChord, WA.
Duties
Monitor Late Pickup and Late deliveries, and inadequate equipment to detect trends.
Inspect Transportation Service Providers warehouses to ensure compliance with DoD contracts.
Utilize Defense Personal Property System and Electronic Transportation Operational System.
Utilize Army Sustainment Command Tracking system to monitors contracts.
Work with Claims advisor to verify claims against the Government and Carriers.
Contracting Officers representative on contracted transportation services provided by Transportation Service Providers (TSP).
Answer inquires on matters pertaining to shipment of personal property within the continental United States and overseas.
Maintain transportation providers files to include origin and destination forms.
Issue Letters of Warning (LOW) and Letters of Suspension (LOS) for substandard service by carriers.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a Tier 1(NACI) security investigation.
- This position may require the incumbent to Travel (TDY) up to 10% of the times.
- This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid driver's license.
- This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid Freight transportation license.
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 EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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 EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service which includes applying regulations relating to transportation such as packing, movement and storage of personal property; assisting with inspections of personal property shipments handled by Transportation Service Providers; utilizing automated systems to monitor shipments; and communicating with Transportation Service Providers to determine the status of shipments.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Compliance InspectionOral CommunicationTransportationWritten Communication
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).
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 GK-W0DA4G US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND
DO NOT MAIL
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA 98433
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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