Airport Security Operations Lead

TSA Careers Center; Stafford (CT); On-site; USD 34,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Transportation Security Administration in Stafford, OH is seeking a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STS0) to lead screening operations and a team of officers at one or more checkpoints.

You will assign work, oversee passenger and baggage screening, coordinate staffing, and respond to incidents with professional judgment in fast-moving security environments. This federal role offers full-time employment and a comprehensive set of benefits.

Qualifications

• Applicants generally need at least one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the knowledge and judgment required to supervise transportation-security operations.
• The experience should show ability to distribute workloads, train employees, maintain work records, monitor performance, and resolve routine workplace concerns.
• Many Supervisory TSO vacancies are limited to current permanent or eligible TSA employees.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Transportation Security Officers and Lead Transportation Security Officers.
• Oversee passenger, carry-on baggage, checked baggage, or cargo-screening operations.
• Assign work, establish priorities, and coordinate employee rotations and coverage.
• Make security-based decisions using TSA procedures, operational information, observation, and professional judgment.
• Review employee performance and provide coaching, instruction, and developmental feedback.
• Approve leave and address routine employee or workplace concerns.
• Respond to security incidents, checkpoint disruptions, and emergency situations.
• Prepare operational briefings, checkpoint logs, incident reports, and management communications.
• Coordinate with airport stakeholders, law-enforcement personnel, and TSA leadership when required.
• Recommend improvements to screening procedures, staffing plans, and airport operations.

Job description

Transportation Security Administration in Stafford, OH is seeking a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (STS0) to lead screening operations and a team of officers at one or more checkpoints.

You will assign work, oversee passenger and baggage screening, coordinate staffing, and respond to incidents with professional judgment in fast-moving security environments. This federal role offers full-time employment and a comprehensive set of benefits.