Total 9 Transportation / Logistics job vacancies in Fort Riley, Kansas

• Supervise the service and repair work on heavy duty mobile equipment and vehicles powered by internal combustion engines such as diesel, multi-fuel, turbine, supercharged, and turbo supercharged engines.
• Exercise full supervisory responsibility planning daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules and sequence of operations for subordinates.
• Develop performance standards, counsel employees on performance, and make formal and informal performance appraisals.
• Explain repair work requirements, methods, and procedures; instructs subordinates in new procedures to accomplish maintenance operations.
• Utilize multiple Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) Logistics Information Systems (LIS) or equivalent system in order to gather information to provide documentation of maintenance operations.

• Contact suppliers and manufacturers to discuss provisions of supplies or services, price discounts, delivery provisions, item availability, or short deadlines.
• Review specifications submitted by users for clarity and completeness.
• Perform equipment identification, location functions, and accuracy of equipment records utilizing hand held scanner, Real Time Location System (RTLS) and queries through property accounting systems.
• Obtain facts and circumstances containing loss or damage to property and prepares Inventory Adjustment Reports, Statement of Charges, or Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss documents.
• Ensure required documents, sales slips, and/or delivery tickets are legible accurate, complete, and are on-hand for reconciliation with statement of account.
• Operate a variety of motor vehicles weighing less than 26,000 pounds on and off the installation ranging from sedans to five-ton cargo type trucks.
• Obtain medical/dental materiel, equipment, and services from commercial sources.
• Research mandatory sources, Prime Vendor (PVM), and Electronic Catalog (ECAT) for requested items and, if found, orders through the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) system from mandatory source.

• Contact suppliers and manufacturers to discuss provisions of supplies or services, price discounts, delivery provisions, item availability, or short deadlines.
• Review specifications submitted by users for clarity and completeness.
• Perform equipment identification, location functions, and accuracy of equipment records utilizing hand held scanner, Real Time Location System (RTLS) and queries through property accounting systems.
• Obtain facts and circumstances containing loss or damage to property and prepares Inventory Adjustment Reports, Statement of Charges, or Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss documents.
• Ensure required documents, sales slips, and/or delivery tickets are legible accurate, complete, and are on-hand for reconciliation with statement of account.
• Operate a variety of motor vehicles weighing less than 26,000 pounds on and off the installation ranging from sedans to five-ton cargo type trucks.
• Obtain medical/dental materiel, equipment, and services from commercial sources.
• Research mandatory sources, Prime Vendor (PVM), and Electronic Catalog (ECAT) for requested items and, if found, orders through the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) system from mandatory source.

• Develop a government property plan which specifies specific methods of supply surveillance and inventories.
• Conduct inspection of records to ensure proper accountability is maintained for all government property.
• Conduct inventories and identify excess equipment for transfer or turn-in.
• Identify critical processes for acquisition through disposition of government property.
• Ensure equipment portions of contracts are updated and modified when equipment changes occur.
• Advise higher management and command of any irregularities or misuse of property and recommend appropriate action(s).

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Materials Handler (Motor Vehicle Operator) position, you will perform a full range of warehouse duties that include receiving, unloading, storing, shipping, and maintaining equipment and supplies stored at FEMA Distribution Centers in support of federal disaster operations.

Typical assignments include:

• Driving trucks up to 26,000 lbs. on a regular basis.
• Driving trucks up to 32,000 lbs. (tractor-trailer) on a limited basis.
• Performing a full range of warehouse duties, and receives, unloads, stores, ships, and maintains equipment and supplies.
• Assisting in the efficient storage and arrangement of materials, following Agency procedures and regulations.
• Operating a fork-lift to move material and equipment.
• Operating a computer terminal to record data.
• Verifying the quantity and quality of items received.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Plan, coordinate, supervise, and perform Contracting Officer’s Representative oversight over all activities associated with Transportation Motor Pool operations, personnel, supplies, and equipment for supported organizations and units.
• Approve the terms and conditions of transportation and maintenance contracts/agreements to ensure contractor and government performance are in compliance.
• Direct the Vehicle Operations and Contract Maintenance Branch staff in performing quality assurance evaluations, including monitoring and reporting of contractor performance for transportation and maintenance related contracted services.
• Formulate policies, analyze, and recommend new methods of application or changes to existing policies; and develop transportation operations principles, concepts, techniques, and procedures and participate in related studies.
• Implement transportation management and functional system operating standards for the command to ensure maximum utilization of resources and compliance with higher headquarters policies and directives.
• Plan and assign work to subordinates determining work schedules and priorities.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Reviews existing stock and manufacturers' catalogs, manuals and listings to obtain substitute or interchangeable items to supply in lieu of items requisitioned.
• Communicates with customers and vendors to obtain information regarding availability and functionality of non-expandable equipment and supplies.
• Provides guidance to customers on identification of material through research of original equipment manufacturers part catalog for part numbers, descriptions, and size of parts needed.
• Processes applicable catalog update transactions in accordance with current published procedures.
• Periodically, reviews assigned manufacturers code and part numbers for continued validity and takes necessary action to update, delete, or dispose of in accordance with published guidelines.
• Interacts with clinical and administrative customers to ensure issues and needs are identified and either resolved or escalated to supervisors or Inventory Management Specialists as needed.
• Communicates to the lead or supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures, providing information as needed orally or in writing regarding customer or external stakeholder issues, general telephone inquiries and visitor referrals.
• Coordinates drop-off of new or transferred equipment and pick up of turn in equipment; scanner pick up and drop off for annual Electronic Inventory Listing (EIL) inventory; and delivery times and area with contractors and vendors with other VA activities, contractors or manufacturers through personal transactions.
• Reviews numerous computer output listings in the performance of research and identification of supplies as well as prepares system inquires and interpret the responses.
• Receives non-expendable equipment and material into the VA Health Care System and supported catchment area.
• Unpacks/uncrates supplies from shipping cartons and properly scans, bar codes, and stores supplies and material.
• Stores items in accordance with established guidelines, utilizing a computerized inventory system, to ensure integrity of the supplies and material and the data integrity of the inventory management system.
• Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management system.
• Delivers equipment in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring equipment and material delivered are in operational condition.
• Processes receipt and turn-in transaction to record in the equipment system of record and account for incoming materiel.

• As needed, assists in other functional areas of the Section and performs other duties as assigned.

• Maintains liaison and provides customer service to a wide range of organizations to support customers’ requirements for intermodal transportation and distribution services.
• Conducts Quality Control and validates Export Traffic Release Request (ETRR) for cargo originating within Brigade.
• Reports any known contractor failures to the Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs).
• Provides technical advisory assistance and recommendations on transportation practices and traffic patterns pertaining to freight.
• May represent the Command at planning conferences such as, JCS Exercise Planning conferences.
• Incumbent utilizes a broad knowledge of transportation contracts and laws, procedures, policies, regulations, organizational structures, lines of communication.

This Transportation Security Manager position is located Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be responsible for mitigating threats against civil aviation and other transportation security modes. You will manage one or more programs, including, but not limited to, Checkpoints, Coordination Center, and/or Behavior Detection Officer (BDO) Screening of Passengers by Observational Techniques (SPOT) Program, as assigned by the Federal Security Director (FSD), Deputy FSD, or Assistant FSD. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Fostering a collaborative organization that networks freely with each other to accomplish the mission.
• Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with TSA Stakeholders.
• Supporting a culture that values an exceptional workforce through empowerment, support of risk-based decision making, and coaching/mentoring.
• Utilizing appropriate leadership styles and techniques based on evaluation of the situation, in order to effectively guide and direct staff.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., STSOs, BAOs, BDOs, airlines, etc.) to ensure communication of up-to-date threat information.
• Facilitating and contributing to daily briefing discussions, and using scenarios and examples to clarify appropriate application of Standard Operating Procedures and to engage and empower the workforce.
• Monitoring, encouraging, and continually reinforcing principles of critical thinking, specialized communication tactics, and understanding of the security threat.
• Assessing security operations and managing resources to reduce stress and encourage use of network to maximize mitigation of the threat.
• Responding to and resolving security related incidents, emergency situations, and difficult customer service issues by creating calm, establishing command presence, and using critical thinking and tactical communication.
• Creating and reinforcing a work environment that maintains open, respectful communication, values employees, and encourages the use of cooperative problem solving.