Border Protection Officer — Federal Law Enforcement with Overtime

U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Concrete (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Sick leave

Thrift Savings Plan

Job summary

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPO) to secure the nation’s borders. Officers enforce customs, immigration, and agriculture laws, inspect individuals and conveyances, and ensure the flow of legitimate travel and trade.

Offering federal benefits, training, and potential overtime, CBPOs perform risk assessments and interviews to determine appropriate actions at entry points and ports of entry across the United States.

Qualifications

• A conferred bachelor's degree or successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in any field leading to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.
• A conferred bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement (SAA)... This will be calculated using your resume and official or unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.
• A conferred master's (or higher) degree, or two or more years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.A combination of specialized experience AND successfully completed graduate level education beyond the first 18 semester hours.

Responsibilities

• Enforcing customs, immigration, and agriculture law and regulations.
• Enforcing the flow of legitimate trade and travel.
• Conducting inspections of individuals and conveyances.
• Performing inspections of persons, documents or goods for criminal activity, fraud, and/or illegal operations.
• Detaining suspected violators of Federal, State, or local laws and/or arresting violators using proper law enforcement methods.
• Enforcing the laws and regulations relating to importing, exporting, and/or international shipping to and from the United States.

Skills

Law enforcement

Interviews

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Conferred bachelor's degree or 4-year degree

Job description

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPO) to secure the nation’s borders. Officers enforce customs, immigration, and agriculture laws, inspect individuals and conveyances, and ensure the flow of legitimate travel and trade.

Offering federal benefits, training, and potential overtime, CBPOs perform risk assessments and interviews to determine appropriate actions at entry points and ports of entry across the United States.