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Supervisory Transportation Assistant

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Salary

$52,727 - $68,549

per year

Closes

February 6, 2026

GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of transportation assistants to manage the scheduling, coordination, and economical movement of shipments in a defense logistics setting, ensuring timely and efficient operations.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in freight handling and logistics who enjoys supervising staff and solving logistical challenges in dynamic environments.

The role combines office work with physical tasks in warehouses and outdoor areas, requiring adaptability to varying conditions.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-08 level or equivalent in coordinating inbound/outbound shipments and carrier scheduling
  • Proficiency in processing transportation documents and determining economical freight shipment options
  • Supervisory skills, including planning work, setting priorities, evaluating performance, and providing guidance to staff
  • Ability to lift up to 40 pounds (occasionally 70 with assistance) and operate material handling equipment like forklifts
  • Comfort working in office, warehouse, and outdoor settings with potential exposure to hazards like fumes, dust, noise, and chemicals
  • Experience in reviewing and adjusting transportation planning and scheduling based on workload and route analyses

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a Supervisory Transportation Assistant, 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-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 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: Proficiency in the coordination of the movement of inbound and outbound shipments, as well as the scheduling and coordination of carrier delivery or pick-up freight.

Processing associated documents pertaining to transportation operations. Autonomously determine and arrange the most economical shipment of freight.

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).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Demands: Works in both office settings and material storage and movement areas involving moderate risks and/or discomforts requiring special safety precautions.

Selects, packs and prepares/stages items for shipment. Operates a forklift and works in areas where hazardous materials are stored.

The work requires lifting of relatively heavy objects of approximately 40 pounds and occasionally up to 70 pounds with assistance and the use of MHE for heavier/larger objects.

Working Conditions: Much of the work is done in an office setting.

However, also works in heated and non-heated warehouses, cold storage areas, receiving & shipping docks, waterfront production areas, on barges, and under adverse weather conditions.

They work in areas where certain potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present. Such agents may include, but are not limited to, fumes, dust noise, heat and chemicals.

To ensure employee safety and health, the PNSY maintains personal protection programs consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

These programs may include engineering controls, training, work procedures, use of personal protective equipment and medical surveillance programs.

As part of the surveillance programs, may be required to take medical examinations to determine their qualification for duties involving working around/with these agents. Major Duties:

  • Supervision of Transportation Assistant staff assigned to the truck control function.
  • Effective, efficient, economical, and timely completion of truck control operations in support of depot operations.
  • Planning of work to be accomplished, establishment of priorities, and evaluation of work performance for subordinate personnel.
  • Furnishment of guidance and assistance for special requirements, and when exceptions to existing guidelines occur.
  • Review, approves, and adjusts advanced and current planning/scheduling of transportation units formed from analyses of impending actual workload as well as off-depot shipping routes and transportation service requirements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/27/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/28/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DLADist-26-12872368-MP