Global Freight & Logistics Specialist

Defense Logistics Agency; New Cumberland (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency is seeking a Transportation Assistant to support worldwide freight shipments to aerial ports or CONUS. The role handles MRO paperwork, emergency requisitions, and documentation for surface, air, and vessel shipments of hazardous materials.

Responsibilities include routing, cost optimization, and responding to customer inquiries about shipment status. Requires ability to obtain required licenses and security clearances, with a set tour of duty and non-exempt status.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes determining efficient rates and routes for domestic inbound and export shipments; knowledge of hazardous material handling and routing.
• Education substitution rules indicate graduate education may be credited only in few instances where related to the work.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an assistant performing freight shipment, transportation, and supply support for worldwide movements to aerial ports or CONUS.
• Prepares and issues Material Release Order paperwork, processes exception data requisitions, and handles emergency requisitions with accelerated delivery requirements.
• Initiates, releases, completes, verifies, and processes all documentation for surface, air, and vessel shipment of hazardous freight.
• Provides enroute instructions with shipment size, shape, weight, and packing requirements; arranges urgent routings and selects shipment mode.
• Obtains efficient transportation services at the lowest cost and recommends routing or mode changes for economical rates to meet delivery dates.
• Arranges and expedites material release orders for emergency shipments; responds to inquiries about shipment status; researches open lines and late shipments.

Job description

Defense Logistics Agency is seeking a Transportation Assistant to support worldwide freight shipments to aerial ports or CONUS. The role handles MRO paperwork, emergency requisitions, and documentation for surface, air, and vessel shipments of hazardous materials.

Responsibilities include routing, cost optimization, and responding to customer inquiries about shipment status. Requires ability to obtain required licenses and security clearances, with a set tour of duty and non-exempt status.