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Posted: January 5, 2026 (9 days ago)

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Traffic Management Specialist

U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Department of the Army

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$91,779 - $119,315

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves planning and managing the global movement of military cargo by sea, ensuring everything runs smoothly from ports to destinations.

The role focuses on creating policies, solving transportation issues, and advising leaders on logistics to keep supplies moving on time.

It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in military or defense shipping who enjoys analyzing problems and improving systems.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in facilitating cargo movement through the Defense Transportation System
  • Experience providing support for terminal operations
  • Experience offering advisory services to resolve transportation problems and ensure timely cargo delivery
  • 52 weeks of federal service at the GS-10 level or equivalent (time-in-grade requirement)
  • Eligibility under specific employment authorities (e.g., veterans, disabled persons, military spouses)
  • Strong communication skills for briefings and policy recommendations
  • Ability to research and analyze transportation policies, laws, and regulations

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as a Traffic Management Specialist in the ARTRANS G3 Terminal Operations Division with responsibility for the development, implementation and evaluation of cargo movement via sealift around the world.

Responsibilities include a mastery of technical transportation skills applicable to the movement of all classes of cargo to include plans, concepts, operations, principles, readiness, systems, and methodology along with the skills and ability to communicate effectively.

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 Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement 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 and Other Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Experience in facilitating the movement of cargo through the Defense Transportation System.

2) Experience in terminal operations support. And 3) Providing advisory service to resolve transportation problems to ensure timely movement of cargo.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade level in the federal service (GS-11).

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).

Major Duties:

  • Performs a variety of management and transportation analysis work concerned with developing and implementing new policies and procedures.
  • Provides transportation expertise related to defense transportation and logistics policy and issues.
  • Researches and analyzes transportation policy, doctrine, public laws, rules and their regulatory documents for purposes of developing and recommending new policy and procedures.
  • Reviews Army and DOW regulations for ARTRANS equities and issues impacting the Defense Transportation System.
  • Performs studies of transportation/logistics programs to identify areas for improvement and helps to develop new and innovative approaches, technologies, and methods for evaluating the effectiveness of transportation programs and services.
  • Advises managers and decision makers on the impacts of various courses of action to address logistical challenges.
  • Develops and presents briefings on transportation systems, policies, and procedures to SDDC staff components the Services and other agencies.
  • Develops position papers reflecting the Command’s policy/position on transportation/logistics issues.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCGT-26-12858811-MP