TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST (NASA/WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY)
14 days ago
Las Cruces
Job Description Overview When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture. The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more! If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you! Responsibilities The Transportation Specialist will serve as the transportation technical support point of contact (POC) to the White Sands Test facility (WSTF). The Specialist will perform a variety of duties requiring an advanced understanding of the governing transportation/fleet systems, programs, policies, work methods, or other established guidelines. Qualifications Essential Duties & Job Functions: Provides transportation service support to NASA/WSTF site and the logistics team to include but not limited to: • Overseeing the operational aspects on ongoing transportation/shipping projects and serves as liaison between Government Project Management and Planning, Project Team, and Line Supervision., • Category official for both Initial and Recurrent DOT Hazardous Materials training for locations such as (NASA WSTF, NASA JSC, NASA -MSFC, NASA-HQ, federal employees, contractors, subcontractors, and other offsite personnel). Maintain NASA WSTF specific DOT hazardous materials training regimen unique to specific departmental requirements to comply with federal requirements., • Reviewing and verifying shipments of hazardous and dangerous goods for air and surface movement accordance with dangerous/hazardous Article Tariffs and International Air Transportation Association publications. Oversee and assist in the shipment of hazardous material shipments by communication to NASA WSTF requestors the need for SDS, spec sheets and other support data used to classify the hazmat shipment., • Manage, maintain, and submit various, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Research, analyze, and submit reports utilizing excel spreadsheets, to upper management and government entities based on noted criteria., • Provide oversight to the Transportation Analyst in generating, managing, and maintaining preventative maintenance schedules for WSTF and GSA Vehicles, and material handling equipment., • Interceding on behalf of the NASA WSTF Propulsion and NASA WSTF Laboratory Departments on all inbound and outbound hypergolic shipments. Interreacting with the DLA and VSFB with verification of the hypergolic documentation and maintain a unique hard copy file for the NASA WSTF Propulsion and NASA WSTF Laboratory Departments on all inbound and outbound hypergolic shipments., • Procure transportation services (i.e., ground and or air freight) for unique highly hazardous materials, overweight and/or over dimensional inbound and/or outbound NASA WSTF shipments by obtaining rate quotes then communicate the pertinent rate quotes to aid in the selection of the proper freight forwarder., • Reviewing all NASA WSTF shipping forms for accuracy and communicating with NASA WSTF customers on the NASA WSTF shipping process and the pertinent shipping forms required for their shipments. Assist is assigning unique WSTF voucher numbers for every shipment that leaves NASA WSTF., • Interacting and ascertain the pertinent packaging requirements and/or customer requirements regarding outbound shipments considering the possible flight hardware, hazmat, NASA Property control and/or international shipping requirements that may affect packaging, labeling and/or documentation., • Oversee international shipping and assist NASA WSTF requestors with the rigors of exports which may include showing how to gain access to the JSC Export database and acting as a liaison with the NASA WSTF Export Control rep and the NASA WSTF requestors., • Assist with the import of materials that will be tested at NASA WSTF which may lead to asking for JSC personnel to clear NASA WSTF shipments through US Customs., • Maintain the supplies for the sealed air packaging system used for flight hardware and flight like shipments. Includes maintaining supplies of the A and B chemical used in the sealed air packaging system. Maintain the service agreement with the local El paso vendor who periodically works on the sealed air packaging system., • Interface with the Business Office to assist with timely payment of freight bills., • Assisting the Logistics Supervisor in developing key performance indicators (KPI) for metrics for each department to monitor and improve departmental performance., • Communicating effectively orally and in writing., • Completing all mandated training requirements per government and management directives., • Timely and cost-effective performance of duties., • Dealing with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations., • Adherence to established company operating policies, procedures and accepted industrial practices., • Compliance with company Standard Operating Procedures and Personnel policies and procedures., • Embraces and contributes to the parent company’s safety culture., • Dress must be appropriate for the position and not pose a safety risk or hazard to the employee or others in accordance with NASA and Company policies., • Having the ability to work well under pressure.