TSA Supervisor: Lead Airport Security Operations

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

Job summary

The Transportation Security Administration in Bowmanstown, PA seeks a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer to lead passenger screening operations and supervise a team of officers, ensuring procedures are carried out accurately and consistently.

This is a full-time role requiring sound judgment, clear communication, and the ability to coordinate staffing, respond to incidents, and work varied shifts including weekends, federal holidays, and potential overtime.

Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience supervising transportation-security operations.
• Ability to distribute workloads, train employees, and monitor performance.

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

Team leadership

Decision making

Operational coordination

Job description

The Transportation Security Administration in Bowmanstown, PA seeks a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer to lead passenger screening operations and supervise a team of officers, ensuring procedures are carried out accurately and consistently.

This is a full-time role requiring sound judgment, clear communication, and the ability to coordinate staffing, respond to incidents, and work varied shifts including weekends, federal holidays, and potential overtime.