Airport Security Supervisor: Lead TSOs & Ops

TSA Careers Center; Los Ojos (NM); On-site; USD 34,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Transportation Security Administration in Los Ojos, NM, is inviting qualified applicants for Supervisory Transportation Security Officer opportunities. You will oversee screening operations, supervise officers, assign work, and coordinate responses to incidents and emergencies while ensuring adherence to TSA procedures and policies.

The role requires leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to manage shifts, training, and performance in a dynamic security environment at a federal facility.

Qualifications

• Applicants generally need at least one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the knowledge and judgment required to supervise transportation-security operations.
• Qualifying experience is typically related to work performed by a Transportation Security Officer or Lead Transportation Security Officer and must meet the pay-band level specified in the vacancy announcement.
• Candidates must also generally have at least six months of experience as a work leader, team leader, or supervisor.
• This experience should demonstrate the ability to distribute workloads, train employees, maintain work records, monitor performance, and resolve routine workplace concerns.

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 Los Ojos, NM, is inviting qualified applicants for Supervisory Transportation Security Officer opportunities. You will oversee screening operations, supervise officers, assign work, and coordinate responses to incidents and emergencies while ensuring adherence to TSA procedures and policies.

The role requires leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to manage shifts, training, and performance in a dynamic security environment at a federal facility.