Traffic Management Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: Works in the International Movement Support Division (G33-IS) on the staff of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) and supports the SDDC Commanding General in the accomplishment of the command's mission.

Provides SDDC with objectively based information for making decisions on the planning, development, and execution of international transportation requirements which include sealift, seaport and transportation-related logistics contracts.

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.

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.

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which includes experience in: 1) Ability to apply knowledge of transportation and logistics concepts, principles, policies and practices of operations, requirements, and methodology applicable to International Transportation Requirements and Contract Services.

2) Knowledge of acquisition lifecycle management, functional transportation management, and automated transportation systems to aid in resolving contract issues.

3) Ability to collect, analyze, and evaluate data to assess and improve program effectiveness.

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-12).

Major Duties:

• Plan, develop, use and/or execute international transportation contracts.
• Provide functional and/or technical advice on international operations and/or logistic services.
• Provide a full range of deployment and distribution services for international surface and multimodal shipments.
• Brief supervisor and other management staff on status of strategic requirements/contracts.
• Collects, analyzes, and evaluates contract data for international transportation requirements using the full range of applicable qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Assemble multi-functional integrated process teams for strategic-level logistics, deployment/distribution and/or transportation requirements.