Traffic Management Specialist

• Plans organizes and oversees the activities of the 6 LRS Traffic Management personnel ensuring they comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.
• Plans and directs all traffic management functions for the installation.
• Represents the 6 LRS with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Observes documents and evaluates carrier and contractor performance.
• Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service see
• If authorized PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements may be found at: position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Work may require travel to commercial carriers in the local vicinity of the installation for the purpose of contract negotiation. Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
• May require working overtime or compensatory time during peak workload periods.
• The employee must be appointed as Transportation Officer or Traffic Management Officer by the Installation Commander as required by the Defense Transportation Regulation 4500.9R.

Qualifications

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 includes 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 organizations 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; wide range of traffic management principles policies practices laws regulations techniques and operations to include those concerning economics of transportation; DoD transportation systems 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; 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.

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:

1. Knowledge of transportation policies practices and techniques to include knowledge of personal property movement personal property entitlements carrier industry practices international state and local laws and operations for shipping and storage within the transportation function.
2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations practices and procedures.
3. Knowledge of contract methodology for the procurement of specific transportation services.
4. Skilled in planning organizing and directing the functions of the staff in the organization.
5. Ability to analyze plan and adjust work operations of one or more organization segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.
6. Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.