Senior Transportation Security Supervisor

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

Job summary

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Farmland, IN, is seeking Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead screening operations and ensure security procedures are carried out accurately and consistently.

Join a team that supervises officers, coordinates staffing, and makes critical decisions under fast-moving security conditions, with opportunities to oversee multiple checkpoints and engage with airport stakeholders.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience supervising transportation-security operations.
• Six months of experience as a work leader or supervisor.
• Review eligibility section of the active vacancy; may be limited to current 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

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Judgment

Security operations

Staff supervision

Job description

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Farmland, IN, is seeking Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead screening operations and ensure security procedures are carried out accurately and consistently.

Join a team that supervises officers, coordinates staffing, and makes critical decisions under fast-moving security conditions, with opportunities to oversee multiple checkpoints and engage with airport stakeholders.