Summary
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Responsibilities
If selected at the GS-09 level, the below responsibilities will be performed in a developmental capacity.
Serves as the Traffic Manager for DLA Distribution Puget Sound, planning, directing, and overseeing the Distribution Center’s traffic management program.
Provides technical advice and operational feedback to ensure transportation capability established for each system is effective, timely, and responsive.
Conducts traffic studies, researches problem areas, and makes recommendations to leadership to resolve operational challenges.
Collaborates with other centers, government representatives, external agencies, and commercial freight forwarders to resolve problems related to the transportation of material.
Ensures compliance with current transportation related supply, packaging, shipping, and hazardous materials regulations.
Plans work for subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, assigns work based on priorities, and evaluates work performance.
Qualifications
To qualify for a Traffic Manager, 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-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 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: GS-09 Conducts transportation and traffic management support activities involving the movement, shipment, and delivery of material. Applies established transportation regulations, procedures, and automated systems to coordinate shipments and resolve routine transportation discrepancies or delays. Ensures shipment documentation, packaging, and transportation requirements comply with applicable supply, shipping, and hazardous materials regulations. GS-11 Plans, directs, and oversees a traffic management program, identifies and researches complex transportation problem areas, and develops recommended courses of action to support effective and efficient program execution. Conducts traffic studies, surveys, and operational reviews to evaluate traffic management functions, operating methods, procedures, and performance. Serves as a liaison with government representatives, external agencies, and commercial freight forwarders to resolve problems related to the transportation of material and ensures supply, packaging, shipment, and hazardous regulations are followed. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: GS-09: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in one of the following Major studies: accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. in one of the following Major studies: accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09 and GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09 and GS-11. 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.
Education
Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.