Supervisory Traffic Management Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: Works under administrative direction of the Commander of the 599th Transportation Brigade.

Exercises initiative, resourcefulness, and judgment in dealing with the problems affecting the management and operations of the Surface Distribution Process Owner (DPO) and other supply chain responsibilities of the Brigade and its area of responsibility(AOR).

This position is located in the Schofield Barracks, in the sunny state of Hawaii.

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 Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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 in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.) Overseeing joint operation planning processes such as managing surface distribution movements covering shipping, tracking cargo (in-transit visibility) and providing technical and transportation support.

2.)Conducting port operations; monitoring capabilities of transportation/distribution systems to meet Combatant Command (COCOM) movement timelines; and/or 3.) Analyzing the effectiveness of transportation management and system concepts using doctrine, policy, plans, or procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Human Capital Management Physical Distribution / Transportation Operations Planning and Evaluating 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-14).

Major Duties:

• Approve multi-year and long-range goals and objectives and work plans, assign and evaluate work.
• Develop performance standards used to appraise work, give advice and instructions, as required.
• Provide command and control over multiple areas of responsibility such as Transportation Battalions (TB), Transportation DETs, and attached Deployment Support Command units.
• Develop and assign goals and objectives for supervisors or managers of subordinate organizational units or lower organizational units.
• Supervise, manage and coordinate Brigade level staff, assigning priorities and responsibilities to support the Command's Lines of Effort
• Provide technical advice to subordinate units to expedite terminal operations and port clearance.
• Utilize multiple transportation systems to manage data and facilitate operations.
• Support the Joint Deployment and Distribution and Materiel Enterprises.
• Evaluate productivity and efficiency of organizational missions, objectives, procedures and regulatory framework of transportation/logistics management programs.
• Synchronize surface transportation operations with United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), United States Army, Pacific (USARPAC), United States Forces, Korea (USFK), and United States Forces, Japan (USF J).
• Synchronize Reserve support and integration for mission planning and operations.
• Recommend budget and staffing requirements for the organization to ensure that mission workload can be met.
• Direct oversight of staff functions/activities associated with administrative (personnel/logistics) and resource management (budget/force structure) execution.
• Monitor contractor/commercial carrier performance and compliance.
• Analyze transportation assessment reports to prepare consolidated reports to commands, commercial industry and host nation organizations.
• Coordinate and synchronize efforts with 2/3/4 Star Commands, General Officers and Senior Executive Service Civilians to meet mission transportation requirements.