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TRAFFIC MANAGER

Air Combat Command

Department of the Air Force

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$89,508 - $116,362

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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 leading a team that handles all aspects of moving people, supplies, and equipment for the Air Force, ensuring everything gets where it needs to go efficiently and safely.

It's a supervisory role in a military logistics unit in North Dakota, focusing on transportation planning, carrier negotiations, and compliance with rules.

A good fit would be someone with experience in managing transport operations, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work under pressure in a high-stakes environment.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, managing transportation or traffic programs including operating systems for passengers/commodities, providing carrier services, and procuring transport
  • Knowledge of traffic management principles, policies, laws, regulations, and operations including economics of transportation, carrier tariffs, and handling hazardous/classified materials
  • Experience conducting surveys/studies of traffic functions, operating methods, procedures, and performance
  • Skills in negotiating with carriers/regulatory bodies on rates, charges, services, and commodity classifications
  • Ability to provide advisory services on commodity analysis from a transportation perspective, including storage, packaging, and customs requirements
  • Meet federal time-in-grade requirement: one year at GS-11 within the past 52 weeks
  • Eligible for 'Key' position designation: cannot be in Ready Reserve, must be screened from military recall

Full Job Description

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The primary purpose of this position is: To manage, supervise, and direct all traffic management functions performed by the Deployment and Distribution Flight, which is located organizationally within the Logistics Readiness Squadron or Aerial Port Squadron.

Conditions of Employment Continued: The duties of this position meets all requirements as a category 4 designation and shall not be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the capability of the parent Federal Agency or office to function effectively.

This position must be removed from the Ready Reserve and CAN NOT become a member of the Ready Reserve.

(IAW: DoDD 1200.7, "Screening the Ready Reserve,") This position is a "Key" position.

It cannot be vacated during a national emergency or mobilization without impairing the capability of the organization to- function effectively.

Unless an alternate can be designated to perform the duties of this position during wartime, the incumbent of this "Key" position must be screened from military recall status.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions, Traffic Management Series.

2130. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-11, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience must include managing or participating in managing a transportation or traffic program involving (1) operating a transport or traffic system to move passengers or commodities of an organization when there is accountability for operating costs, (2) operating a transportation system to provide common carrier types of services to shippers, and (3) procuring common or other carriers and other transportation services to move an organization's personnel, freight, and/or other commodities; conducting or participating in conducting surveys and studies of the traffic management function, operating methods, procedures, and performance; making presentations on traffic matters before Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies; performing loss and damage prevention work when this included responsibilities such as policy and procedures formulation and studies of traffic operations and services; negotiating with carriers and/or regulatory bodies on questions of rates, transit privileges and charges, special services and charges thereof, and classification of commodities; providing advisory service involving commodity analysis from the transportation standpoint.

Knowledge of a wide range of traffic management principles, policies, practices, laws, regulations, techniques, and operations to include those concerning economics of transportation; commercial carrier operations and tariffs; hazardous, classified, extraordinary, and sensitive materials; and related areas such as storage, preservation, packaging, and US and foreign customs import/export requirements as these involve air, motor, rail, and water movements.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible.

One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Knowledge of a wide range of traffic management principles, policies, practices, laws, regulations, techniques, and operations to include those concerning economics of transportation; commercial carrier operations and tariffs; hazardous, classified, extraordinary, and sensitive materials; and related areas such as storage, preservation, packaging, and US and foreign customs import/export requirements as these involve air, motor, rail, and water movements.

Knowledge of air terminal operations for passenger and cargo transportation including handling of such items as general supplies, pets, household goods, unaccompanied baggage, mobile homes, privately owned firearms/vehicles, human remains, perishables, outsized, and overweight items.

Knowledge of cargo and passenger deployment management functions and processes. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.

Knowledge of a range of contracting procedures including development of statements of work, source selection plans, and proposal analysis reports for the procurement of passenger travel, cargo movement, and personal property movement/storage services.

Skill in using interrelated computer systems; planning, organizing, and managing a substantial function; mentoring, motivating, and appraising staff through subordinate supervisors; and analyzing complex information to evaluate options and make appropriate decisions.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social).

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

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

Plans, organizes, supervises, and oversees the activities and employees of the Deployment and Distribution Flight.

Plans and directs all cargo movement traffic management functions and passenger travel and personal property shipment and storage activities for the installation and DoD assigned area of operation.

Directs the small air terminal cargo and passenger operations.

Responsibilities in readiness, mobility, and deployment operations include providing technical direction, and management and evaluation of the transportation, traffic management, and unit movement aspects of the DoD transportation movement program on a worldwide basis.

Plans and directs all Transportation functions of cargo movement operations, traffic management functions andpassenger travel and personal property shipment and storage activities for the installation and DoD assigned areaof operation, whilst serving as the Installation Transportation Officer

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 6O-AFPC-12890104-153357-AMC