• Job Description

  Req#: 775282400
  See below for important information regarding this job.
  
  Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.
  
  Duties
  
  
  • Provides technical assistance to contractors and to DCMA personnel on transportation matters.
  • Provides technical assistance to contractors and to DCMA personnel on transportation matters.
  • Coordinates customer complaints of poor carrier performance with carrier representative and Transportation staff.
  • Recommends actions to suspend or remove from service carriers that fail to perform satisfactorily.
  • Makes final approval of shipment charges for carrier payment through Syncada (banking system) after Post-Audits of Bill of Ladings (BOLs).
  • Develops and evaluates transportation requirements.
  • Utilizes transportation regulations and DCMA policy for specific geographic areas of international shipments, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) and shipments requiring protective services.
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Security Requirements: Noncritical-Sensitive, No Access Required
  • 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.
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  
  To qualify for a Traffic Management Specialist, 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-05 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 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:
  • GS-07: Identifies transportation operations. Defines requirements for use of automated systems. Arranges shipments to be routed. Utilizes various web-based programs to move and monitor freight.
  • GS-09: Monitors transportation operations. Maintains requirements in automated systems. Reviews contract format and terminology. Utilizes various web-based programs to move and monitor freight. Evaluate freight transportation and traffic management.
  B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must:
  • GS-07: Possess full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.
  • GS-09: Possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if related.
  C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-07 and GS-09, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-07 and GS-09.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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