Transportation Assistant
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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.
This position is being filled as Term appointment not-to-exceed (NTE) 3 years. Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Promotion, this position will be filled as a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years and may be extended up to a total of five years or converted to a permanent promotion without further competition.
Current permanent DLA employees eligible as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade, this position will be filled as a Reassignment/Change-to-Lower Grade with the intent to be limited to the time period specified in the announcement and may be reassigned at management's discretion or made permanent at any time.
Upon termination/expiration of the temporary assignment, placement will be either to the gaining or previous organization in accordance with DLA policy (DLAI 1442.04) regarding placement rights after a time-limited assignment. For all others, if selected, this would be a Term/Time-Limited Appointment NTE 3 years, and not more than six years.
Plans, coordinates and controls shipment of material and equipment.,Prepares shipment documentation for material and equipment shipped to include hazardous materials.,Provides advice and assistance to customers concerning all aspects and phases of the DLA Distribution Depot transportation and distribution functions.,Provides status, resolves problems, prepares reports, and traces shipments upon requests.,Provides traffic management support through selection, approval, procurement, and use of safe and effective services carriers at the least cost to the government.,Determines the most efficient economical rates and routes to destination involving domestic inbound and export shipments, originating at any point worldwide.,Is responsible for the classification, rating, routing, and movement of a wide range of commodities, which includes hazardous materials.,Plans shipping dates, material pick up and loading times of equipment and material to be shipped from DLA Distribution Depot to other government activities, both overseas and CONUS.,Performs the day-to-day functions of the verification and payment of invoices utilizing various automated systems.,Computes and verifies transportation costs and contacts carriers for rates when required.,Determines economical routing based on technical review of guides and tariffs.,Reviews automated documentation for all types of shipments taking appropriate action to correct any invalid, void, or missing information.
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This job's listed pay is 24% below the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
- H-1B specialty occupation: Employer petition, bachelor's degree or higher in the specialty; annual cap and lottery
- L-1 intracompany transferee: Employees of a related company abroad transferring to a US office
- O-1 extraordinary ability: Evidence of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics
Official routes: USCIS
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