Job opening: Transportation Specialist
Salary: $84 366 - 109 673 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: May 16 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: Serve as a Transportation Specialist for one or more major transportation programs that involve national and worldwide movements of passengers, personal property and freight to include fleet management for the Army Sustainment Command.
Duties
Plan and coordinate transportation operations within the organization.
Develop, plan, evaluate, and advise on policies and programs.
Review and interpret regulations, directives, program documents, command guidance, to modify policies in order to increase overall efficiency, reduce costs, and avoid delays and backlogs.
Conduct special projects and studies relating to problems or areas determined to be important for affecting efficiency and economy.
Analyze documentation procedures and techniques with respect to cost, effectiveness, and efficiency, with primary attention to improve performance and customer service.
Administer control of non-tactical vehicles consisting of cars, trucks and buses analyzing information to determine retention/repair of disposal actions of used vehicles or equipment.
Use maintenance and utilization programs to extract data for computing statistical analyses and to track adverse trends in utilization and maintenance of vehicles.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed Tier 1 background investigation.
- This position requires you to perform business travel / Temporary Duty (TDY) up to 20% of the time.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless you have previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary, you 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.
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 WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople 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 EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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) Coordinating transportation services such as movement of personnel, freight and/or personal property; (2) Using maintenance and/or transportation related automated systems to prepare reports; (3) Resolving transportation and/or traffic management problems or recommend courses of action to solve problems that impacts on transportation and/or traffic management operations; and (4) providing transportation related guidance to customers. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-09).
OR
Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in accounting, business administration, business law or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. (NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Planning and EvaluatingProblem SolvingTransportation
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 second lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show 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. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address GK-W6XRAA US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND-404TH AFSB
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Irwin, CA 92310
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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