Transportation Assistant (Deployable)

Transportation Assistant (Deployable)

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, Pennsylvania

Salary Range: $57736 - $75059 Per Year

Job Summary: See below for important information regarding this job.

Major Duties:

• Conducts technical investigations, develops detailed reports depicting the entire shipping process, determines liability to resolve transportation/shipping claims relating to over, short, damaged, or astray freight.
• May be required to process non-DoD standard transportation documentation to support the specialized mission of the DLA Distribution Expeditionary
• Conducts transportation systems runs, accomplishes updates or changes as needed or directed, and revises end product formats or initiates data requirement changes.
• Provides guidance to employees, keeps supervisor informed of work progress, and prepares workload reports as requested.
• Provides reports of findings, makes recommendations and suggestions to branch staff to improve overall automated transportation system efficiency or processes.
• Initiates, releases, completes, verifies, and processes all documentation associated with the surface, air and vessel shipment of hazardous freight.
• Certifies hazardous freight for shipment.
• Serves as a technical advisor responsible for developing, evaluating and coordinating functional requirements and policies for shipment of material by all modes of transportation.
• Reviews processing and flow of documentation within the entity and the automated system to identify bottlenecks and unnecessary or inefficient operations and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Performs continual transportation system analysis and review.
• Controls and processes direct vendor documents.
• Reviews customer requests for various shipments of hazardous, oversized, heavy haul, classified, and urgent release materials not covered by standing route orders.
• Identifies the need for special packing, loading and handling of materials, the need for specialized transport equipment, and coordinates arrangements for the materials with other activity personnel and with carriers.

Qualifications: To qualify for a 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-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 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: Determines the most efficient economical rates and routes to final destination involving domestic inbound and export shipments; Classifies, rates, routes, and moves a wide range of commodities including hazardous material. B. Education Substitution: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GS-5 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. 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.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account. You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12859587.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-12