Traffic Management Specialist

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.
• Evaluate the needs of Command customers in order to develop programs and specific solutions to meet customers needs.
• 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.
• Provide technical guidance, training and recommendations to other specialists.
• Provide domestic freight systems transportation and traffic management functional expertise.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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.
• May be required to work evenings/nights; rotating shifts, extended hours, weekends, holidays or other nonstandard duty hours.
• Business travel is up to 10% of the time.
• 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.
• This is a Term position scheduled to last 13 months. A term position may be extended to a maximum of six years depending upon the needs of management.
• Term employment is subject to a one year trial period. Employees serving a trial period can be removed with limited appeal rights.
• This position requires shift work to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations

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 for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

If you are a current permanent Army employee and would like to be considered for a time limited promotion, reassignment, or change to lower grade, you will need to apply to the TEMP Promotion announcement under Job Announcement Number MCGT-26-13030054-MP

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Reinstatement

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 .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay system in the Federal Service which includes experience in the following areas: 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).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

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 .

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the information sheet.
• This is a Career Field 24 - Transportation and Distribution Management position.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• 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.
• Position may be filled as a Term Appointment NTE 13 months. Extensions may be possible in accordance with guidance on the job announcement.
• 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.