Senior TSA Supervisor: Lead Screening Ops & Team Growth

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave and federal holidays

Participation in a federal retirement,

Flexible spending accounts

Uniform allowance

Wellness programs

Tuition support

Job summary

Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security in Hankins, NY seeks Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead teams and oversee passenger and baggage screening operations. The role requires coordinating staffing, making security-based decisions, and ensuring procedures are followed accurately and consistently.

Ideal candidates will have proven leadership, sound judgment, and clear communication.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.

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

Team supervision

Communication

Judgment

Job description

Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security in Hankins, NY seeks Supervisory Transportation Security Officers to lead teams and oversee passenger and baggage screening operations. The role requires coordinating staffing, making security-based decisions, and ensuring procedures are followed accurately and consistently.

Ideal candidates will have proven leadership, sound judgment, and clear communication.