Job opening: Transportation Specialist
Salary: $90 431 - 117 556 per year
Published at: Oct 22 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: The incumbent will be assigned to the 404th Army Field Support Brigade, Logistics Readiness Center, Transportation Division, at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
This position will be filled as a TERM appointment not to exceed (NTE) 13 months.
Duties
Provide transportation support services to military, government civilian and contractor personnel assigned to military units, garrison, and tenant activities within the geographic area of responsibility.
Serve as subject matter expert on transportation and traffic management issues, policies, procedures, and related issues.
Participate in conferences with personnel from higher headquarters to ensure effective management and administration of division activities.
Inspect activities for compliance with policy, regulatory and program requirements; recommend, initiate, or direct corrective actions.
Provide guidance to appointed Commercial Travel Office (CTO) and Direct Procurement Method (DPM) Contracting Officer’s Representative and Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR/ACOR).
Implement policies, programs, and systems based on guidance and directives of higher headquarters; promote effectiveness, improve techniques, and reduce unit cost for transportation services.
Perform long-range planning for accomplishing the transportation mission of the installation.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This is an obligated position. An obligated position is one to which an employee has statutory restoration rights or entitlement based on active military service, recovery from a compensable injury, or return rights based on an overseas tour.
- You will be asked to sign an agreement acknowledging that you are aware of the obligation and willing to be displaced under reduction in force procedures upon the return of the former incumbent.
- This position requires Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel approximately 10% of the time away from your permanent duty station.
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 EmployeesInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatement
Note: Current permanent Federal employees (to include permanent Army employees) applying for a term appointment will be appointed/converted into a term appointment with no statutory return rights back to a permanent position.
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.
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Overseeing transportation services which coordinate commercial movement of property and/or personnel; 2) Monitoring contractor performance for compliance to contractual terms; AND, 3) Recommending course of action on the technical processes that impact transportation operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Financial ManagementOral CommunicationProgram ManagementTransportation
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).
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-W6WQAA US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND-404TH AFSB
DO NOT MAIL
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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