Transportation Specialist; Nasa​/White Sands Test Facility

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This position will be located onsite in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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.

• 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.
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