Transportation Specialist - DIRECT HIRE

These positions are in the Office of Registration, in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The mission of the office is to deliver high-quality customer service to companies required to register with FMCSA to receive a USDOT, operating authority, or other FMCSA registration. Ensuring motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers comply with FMCSA regulations including registration, financial responsibility filings, process agent designation, and fraud prevention requirements.

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the specialized experience requirements. To qualify for the Grade 12, you must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11 it must include: Experience reviewing and processing business registration applications, proof of insurance, or legal agent agent filings to ensure transportation companies comply with federal regulations. Experience conducting filling reviews or investigations that require cross-referencing corporate registration files against commercial business registries, financials databases, or state-issued operating licenses, and submitting final recommendations to management. Experience interpreting and applying transportation rules or government policies to finalize registration decisions or resolve compliance disputes for shipping companies, cargo handlers, or freight brokers as the final point of review prior to supervisor approval. OR Experience tracking and writing down technical needs for a software system, testing new software features against design specifications to confirm they work correctly, and providing technical support to public users of a web-based regulatory database or tracking system. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated a knowledge of the transportation function(s) of the position to be filled. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Information Management: Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information; organizes and maintains information or information management systems. Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy and communicates it by a variety of methods. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. For all types of consideration, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.