Total 5 Transportation / Logistics job vacancies in Augusta, Maine

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performs work involving consult management, scheduling Special Mode and Common Carrier transportation;
• Collects, compiles, and tracks data and statistical information in support of Veteran Transportation Service (VTS);
• Performs a basic analysis of the data and generates a variety of reports;
• Processes mileage reimbursement claims using the Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System;
• Reviews documents, reports and/or applications for omissions and inconsistencies and ensures data entry is complete and accurate;
• Enters pertinent information into an automated tracking system;
• Coordinates service practices that decrease waits and delays for patients in all specialty areas;
• Performs support services e.g., systems management, operations, workload forecasting, review, and reporting of data/statistical results of program/project studies, vehicle maintenance and repair, etc.
• Coordinates the day-to-day operation of VTS program flow, processes, and functions;
• Plans and provides support services in the following types of program areas: electronic records management; driver scheduling setup & management; space utilization services.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:30a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Starting at $44,117 Per Year (GS 6)

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Medical Supply Aide and Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Medical-Supply-Aide-Career-Flyer.pdf

This position serves as a supervisory technician in the Sterile Processing Service (SPS). SPS is the central point within the Medical Center from which patient care medical/surgical supply inventory; instruments and equipment are received, processed, packaged, and distributed. SPS consists of three distinct units: Decontamination; Sterile Preparation and Distributions. Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate all operations, priorities, and procedures daily within the Sterile Processing Department.
• Collaborates with Lead Technician to ensure work is distributed in the most fair and equitable manner.
• Plans and assigns work on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis and adjusts assignments during a workday to alleviate halt points in reprocessing activities.
• Responsible for the direct supervision of day-to-day operations in SPS during the evening tour of duty, including reusable medical devices (RMD) reprocessing for all clinical services including management of the Decontamination Unit, Sterile preparation area, and sterile storage of RMD.
• Directly oversees the work of employees under his/her supervision, orients new employees to their duties, validates competencies of employees, identifies equipment requirements, and recommends methods to improve the quality and productivity of the service.
• Evaluates employee performance and behavior, and if deficient, will initiate appropriate corrective and disciplinary actions.
• Hears and resolves complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager.
• Advises the Chief SPS of problems in the organization's activities, and provides input that may lead to disciplinary actions, such as counseling and formal disciplinary action, within the framework of progressive discipline; recommendation may include termination, especially separation during the probationary period.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 2:30pm - 11:00 pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: F04998
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Notifications:

• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• Due to a critical staffing shortage, 38 U.S.C. § 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans' preference for this job announcement.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is covered by a special rate.
• Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

Starting at $67,830 Per Year (GS 8)

The Transportation Assistant will serve as Agency Organization Program Coordinator A/OPCfor the government charge card program. Incumbent serves as approver and is responsible for monthly reconciliation of their Centrally Billed Account (CBA) in accordance with regulations. A/OPC will review all unmatched transactions to determine if they match the bank transactions to the TMC transactions, traveler's name, obligation numbers, organization codes and organization name. Approver must select the appropriate status code for each transaction and submit the statement for certification. Reconciliation is necessary to guard against fraud, waste and abuse.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the point of contact and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a wide range of travel related matters and VA Financial Policies and Procedures.
• Serve as approver and is responsible for monthly reconciliation of their Centrally Billed Account (CBA) in accordance with regulations.
• Monitor misuse of travel charge card
• Serve as liaison between the TMC and travelers in a permanent change of station (PCS)
• Prepare monthly reports for AFO and PENTAD leadership on past due transactions on a 30, 60, 90 days past due.
• Coordinate travel plans involving a combination of domestic and foreign travel with the contract travel service office and other appropriate offices.
• Arrange airfare, hotel and rental car reservations when applicable; determine general travel and per diem costs, and actual subsistence expenses.
• Receiving invoices for payment of transportation services and submitting documents for payment.
• Assisting fellow team members during peak workload times and when there are staffing shortages.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 08:00am -04:30pm. Work Schedule subject to change based on agency needs.
Telework: Not eligible for telework
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Transportation Assistant/PD01777A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Starting at $49,025 Per Year (GS 7)

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Medical Supply Aide and Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Medical-Supply-Aide-Career-Flyer.pdf

This position provides sterilization, preparation, supply items and reusable medical equipment (RME) decontamination and distribution support for the medical center. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Receives contaminated critical and semi-critical RME in decontamination area.
• Disassembles the RME and determines the correct cleaning method, such as but not limited to: ultrasonic cleaners, mechanical washers, cart washers and chemical cleaning/decontamination agents as determined by manufactures instructions.
• Inspects, prepares, assembles and determines the correct method and packaging for sterilization such as but not limited to: steam, VPRO and high-level disinfecting.
• Prepare operating room case carts daily utilizing surgery schedule.
• Correctly organizes reprocessed items on shelves, insuring that rotation of stock using First In- First Out (FIFO) method.
• Removes soil, blood, tissue fragments, body fluids and other contaminants by wiping, soaking, rinsing and scrubbing.
• Performs segments of work pertaining to the decontamination, sterilization and inspection of reusable medical equipment (RME).
• Operates equipment involved in sterilization processes.
• Prepares, loads, and operates sterilizers such as steam, Steris VPRO and high-level disinfecting.
• Completes segments of work pertaining to the assembly of basic sets and trays for use in the medical center.
• Performs high level disinfection using Cidex OPA, or equivalent according to manufacturer guidelines; documents and validates that chemicals are tested and meet requirements to ensure that disinfection has properly occurred.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 2:30 pm - 11:00 pm, with On-Call Rotation
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: F02697, F02696, F02695, F02694
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Notifications:

• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• Due to a critical staffing shortage, 38 U.S.C. § 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans' preference for this job announcement.
• This position is in an AFGE Bargaining Unit.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

Starting at $39,370 Per Year (GS 00-6)

This Supervisory Transportation Security Officer position is located at Augusta Regional Airport (AGS), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STSO), you will be responsible for mitigating actual and potential threats against civil aviation and other transportation modes. You will also perform and supervise in your area of specialty, which may include Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) and Lead Transportation Security Officers (LTSOs) in the performance of all security functions related to the screening of people, property, and cargo through the use and application of procedures, techniques, and technology. In addition, you will make independent, security-based decisions using intelligence, critical thinking, experience, observation, and passenger engagement. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting and supervising subordinate employees in conducting pre-board security screening of persons, their carry-on and checked baggage/cargo.
• Overseeing screening checkpoint(s) and/or baggage screening operations on a day-to-day basis to include equipment, personnel, and the scheduling and rotation of personnel.
• Participating in the development of new policies and procedures, and recommending changes in policy and procedures based on observation of work, as required.
• Participating in the development of strategic planning initiatives, workforce planning, succession planning initiatives, and other reports and documents for TSA and superiors.
• Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills necessary to mitigate security threats by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches.
• Preparing various types of communications such as morning briefings, checkpoint logs, reports, and documents that are germane to the work performed.
• Developing incident information and reports for Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) and superiors.
• Serving as a member of the National Screening Force.

Supervisory/Managerial duties include serving as a first line supervisor for the organization. This includes, but is not limited to: assigning work, setting priorities, and reviewing and evaluating work and performance of subordinates; approving leave; coaching and developing employees; recommending corrective or disciplinary actions; resolving routine problems that typically impact the objectives of the organizational unit; when required, coordinating with customers outside the immediate organization; supervising employees performing special program work; and serving as the supervisor-in-charge of an assigned airport or other transportation terminal.

NOTE: Employees occupying frontline positions, i.e., individuals performing security screening operations and occupying positions that involve contact with the traveling public on a regular and recurring basis, are required to wear TSA approved and issued personal protective equipment (PPE). This requirement is in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic and comply with Executive Order 13991 and TSA's Pandemic and Emerging Infectious Disease and Workforce Protection Plan. PPE includes TSA issued surgical masks, face shields, and nitrile gloves. At TSA, the health and safety of our employees is a top priority.

Starting at $72,553 Per Year (SV G)