Senior Transportation Security Supervisor — Airport Operations

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

Job summary

Transportation Security Administration in Ida, LA is hiring Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead screening teams and manage checkpoint operations. You will supervise Transportation Security Officers and Lead Officers, coordinate staffing, and ensure procedures meet security standards across shifts and duties.

Qualifications include at least one year in supervising transportation-security operations and six months in a leadership role.

Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience supervising transportation-security operations.
• At least six months experience as a work leader, team leader, or supervisor.

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

Supervision

Staff coordination

Communication

Decision making

Job description

Transportation Security Administration in Ida, LA is hiring Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead screening teams and manage checkpoint operations. You will supervise Transportation Security Officers and Lead Officers, coordinate staffing, and ensure procedures meet security standards across shifts and duties.

Qualifications include at least one year in supervising transportation-security operations and six months in a leadership role.