Senior Global Transportation Specialist

LMI; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 141,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI seeks a Transportation Operations Specialist to plan and execute domestic and international movement of autonomous systems, support equipment, batteries, hazardous materials, and other mission-critical cargo. The specialist coordinates global transportation, storage, customs, export control, and forward-deployment requirements across government and commercial networks.

This on-site role in Tampa, FL requires TS/SCI clearance and periodic travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience.
• 4+ years of experience in military transportation, deployment and distribution, freight operations, or related field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Knowledge of DoD transportation processes, multimodal shipment planning, in-transit visibility, customs, and cargo documentation.
• Experience coordinating movement of sensitive, high-value, hazardous, or mission-critical equipment.
• Knowledge of hazardous material packaging, labeling, handling, documentation, and carrier requirements, and ability to obtain required certifications.
• Working knowledge of ITAR/Export Administration Regulations or other export/import compliance requirements.
• Experience coordinating across government transportation organizations, units, vendors, carriers, and receiving activities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate multimodal movement of autonomous platforms, payloads, batteries, and related cargo by air, sea, rail, and ground.
• Develop transportation plans, movement schedules, routing options, load plans, documentation, and delivery milestones for domestic and international missions.
• Coordinate with US Transportation Command, Military Services, combatant commands, installation transportation offices, freight carriers, vendors, customs officials, and receiving units.
• Move hazardous materials, lithium batteries, energetic systems, and other regulated cargo in compliance with DoD, federal, international, carrier, and host-nation requirements.
• Support export authorization and compliance activities related to ITAR and Export Administration Regulations.
• Track shipments from origin through delivery, maintain in-transit visibility, resolve exceptions, and provide timely status to stakeholders.
• Coordinate staging, secure storage, handling, loading, unloading, and final handoff at locations.
• Develop contingency movement options for denied or disrupted timelines.
• Maintain transportation records, shipping documentation, customs information, hazardous material certifications, and audit-ready files.
• Assess transportation capacity, lead times, cost drivers, regulatory constraints, and risk to mission schedules.
• Support exercises, demonstrations, deployments, and recovery operations requiring synchronized movement.
• Prepare movement briefs, transportation estimates, risk assessments, and recommended actions for leadership.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Multimodal transport planning

Hazardous material handling

In-transit visibility

Regulatory compliance

Records management

Cross-agency coordination

Briefing and communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in transportation/logistics/related field

4+ years military transportation experience

Job description

LMI seeks a Transportation Operations Specialist to plan and execute domestic and international movement of autonomous systems, support equipment, batteries, hazardous materials, and other mission-critical cargo. The specialist coordinates global transportation, storage, customs, export control, and forward-deployment requirements across government and commercial networks.

This on-site role in Tampa, FL requires TS/SCI clearance and periodic travel.