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Transportation Specialist (Team Lead) - SME
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Posted 76 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Washington, DC $144K – $187K Apply by Jul 14, 2026 Transportation Specialist ENTJESTJISTJISTP
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This position is the technical lead over the Transportation Specialists who work on applications for special permits (new special permits, modification to existing special permits, party-status to existing special licenses, renewals of existing special permits, and emergency special permits) and approvals (IMDG/ICAO competent authority approvals, HMR General Approvals, and Third-Party Package Certification Agencies).
What You'll Do
- →As a Transportation Specialist (Team Lead), you will: Plan, Coordinate, Manage, and Monitor all actions and functions of the special permits program for the safe and secure transportation of hazardous materials throughout the United States.
- →Lead the team responsible for the evaluation of thousands of applications and petitions for special permits from shippers, carriers, chemical and container manufacturers, industries, public entities, and government agencies for special licenses to waive compliance with one or more requirements of the provisions of the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
- →Advise industry and government agencies through direct contacts and correspondence on the standards and requirements to qualify for special permits.
- →Coordinate and directs the uniform application of special permit procedures by DOT agencies, such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and other Federal agencies, where applicable.
- →Represent OHMS, PHMSA, and DOT at national conferences and meetings of professional societies and industry associations.
- →The Ideal Candidate for this position is an individual who has demonstrated leadership ability, strong technical writing skills, and professional and persuasive oral communication skills.
- →This position will provide the selected individual with the opportunity to lead a team on multiple projects resulting in the issuance or denial of an application for special permit, research international and domestic regulatory issues, make recommendations to leadership, represent PHMSA at conferences and meetings, and affect the safe transportation of hazardous materials.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- ✓A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- ✓DRUG TEST: This position has been determined to be a critical safety/security position as defined in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Order, DOT 3910.1D entitled "Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace." Therefore, if selected for the position you will be required to submit to a pre-employment/pre-appointment drug test, you will also be subject to Random Drug Testing.
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- ✓Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓PCS/RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT: Permanent Change of Station (PCS), Relocation, and Recruitment Incentive authorization varies by position/selection and a service agreement may be required.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- ✓Individual Occupatiional Requirements (IOR) Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a087d95a-2785-464b-b869-582ccbfa8f12
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