Total 8 job vacancies by Transportation Security Administration

This Supervisory Federal Air Marshal (SFAM) position is located in the Chicago Field Office, Field Operations Division, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Additional duties include but are not limited to:

• Directs the work of subordinate FAMs and performs supervisory duties including assigning tasks, setting priorities, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching, and developing employee capabilities, approving leave, and taking and recommending corrective/disciplinary action.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with other federal, state and local law enforcement at all levels, including those from private industry.
• Articulates the LE/FAMS goals and objectives to local, state and federal law enforcement partners, as well as a myriad of transportation security stakeholders.

This Supervisory Federal Air Marshal (SFAM) position is located in the Chicago Field Office, Field Operations Division, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Additional duties include but are not limited to:

• Directs the work of subordinate FAMs and performs supervisory duties including assigning tasks, setting priorities, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching, and developing employee capabilities, approving leave, and taking and recommending corrective/disciplinary action.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with other federal, state and local law enforcement at all levels, including those from private industry.
• Articulates the LE/FAMS goals and objectives to local, state and federal law enforcement partners, as well as a myriad of transportation security stakeholders.

This Program Assistant position is located in the Chicago Field Office, Field Operations Division, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as a Program Assistant and Point of Contact (POC) responsible for providing overall operational support on general administrative and program issues regarding policies, procedures, and requirements governing office operations. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides general support to the Administrative Unit.
• Performs data entry where appropriate with a high level of accuracy, and little or no supervision. Initiating personnel actions for employee awards, promotions, reassignments, demotions, etc.
• Maintains a purchase card for supplies, materials, professional development classes, etc. Assisting with the budget by running reports from financial system and updating a record keeping workbook.
• Processes time and attendance for the field office by entering leave and payroll data into the time and attendance database.
• Serves as a custodian for the field office government vehicles; tracks information, log-in books, and vehicle maintenance; tracks/managing government fleet credit card.
• Serves as Workers Compensation Coordinator (WCC); uploads and maintains claim records, etc. with the Department of Labor/Office of Workers Compensation.
• Serves as the travel regulations and policies POC; verifies and certifies all travel authorizations and vouchers in the government travel system, ensures that all travelers get reimbursed; and handles all travel arrangements for the Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (SAC).
• Maintains files, records, schedules and calendars for assigned squads within the field office such as Employee Performance Files (EPFs), administrative files, and physical/stress exams, recording TSA Online Learning Center training courses, etc.
• Updates specific squad rosters, and other FAM contact information.

This Program Assistant position is located in the Chicago Field Office, Field Operations Division, Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as a Program Assistant and Point of Contact (POC) responsible for providing overall operational support on general administrative and program issues regarding policies, procedures, and requirements governing office operations. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides general support to the Administrative Unit.
• Performs data entry where appropriate with a high level of accuracy, and little or no supervision. Initiating personnel actions for employee awards, promotions, reassignments, demotions, etc.
• Maintains a purchase card for supplies, materials, professional development classes, etc. Assisting with the budget by running reports from financial system and updating a record keeping workbook.
• Processes time and attendance for the field office by entering leave and payroll data into the time and attendance database.
• Serves as a custodian for the field office government vehicles; tracks information, log-in books, and vehicle maintenance; tracks/managing government fleet credit card.
• Serves as Workers Compensation Coordinator (WCC); uploads and maintains claim records, etc. with the Department of Labor/Office of Workers Compensation.
• Serves as the travel regulations and policies POC; verifies and certifies all travel authorizations and vouchers in the government travel system, ensures that all travelers get reimbursed; and handles all travel arrangements for the Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (SAC).
• Maintains files, records, schedules and calendars for assigned squads within the field office such as Employee Performance Files (EPFs), administrative files, and physical/stress exams, recording TSA Online Learning Center training courses, etc.
• Updates specific squad rosters, and other FAM contact information.

This Transportation Security Specialist - Explosives (TSS-E) position is located Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serving as a key component of a multi-layered security approach.
• Applying experience and technical knowledge of explosives to assess threats.
• Educating the screening workforce in the detection of threats.
• Supporting explosive vulnerability assessments in all modes of transportation.
• Responding to and assessing all unresolved checkpoint and checked baggage alarms involving possible explosives, IED components or actual IEDs, rendering a final decision on alarm resolution.
• Assessing the interrelationships between initiators, power supplies, and chemicals. Determining if devices are improvised explosives, commercial explosives, or mixed explosives (fuel mixtures).
• Deploying in support of risk mitigation efforts to deter, detect, and prevent the introduction of IEDs, IED components or other deadly or dangerous items into the airport environment.
• Participating with evaluation teams in conducting covert drills to determine effectiveness of the training programs, recommending individuals remediation, and identifying potential security vulnerabilities.
• Mentoring and training the front line screening workforce to increase their operational knowledge of explosives and IED components.

This Transportation Security Specialist - Explosives (TSS-E) position is located Chicago Midway Airport (MDW), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serving as a key component of a multi-layered security approach.
• Applying experience and technical knowledge of explosives to assess threats.
• Educating the screening workforce in the detection of threats.
• Supporting explosive vulnerability assessments in all modes of transportation.
• Responding to and assessing all unresolved checkpoint and checked baggage alarms involving possible explosives, IED components or actual IEDs, rendering a final decision on alarm resolution.
• Assessing the interrelationships between initiators, power supplies, and chemicals. Determining if devices are improvised explosives, commercial explosives, or mixed explosives (fuel mixtures).
• Deploying in support of risk mitigation efforts to deter, detect, and prevent the introduction of IEDs, IED components or other deadly or dangerous items into the airport environment.
• Participating with evaluation teams in conducting covert drills to determine effectiveness of the training programs, recommending individuals remediation, and identifying potential security vulnerabilities.
• Mentoring and training the front line screening workforce to increase their operational knowledge of explosives and IED components.

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Salary Information: The salary range for Chicago, IL (ORD - Chicago O'Hare International Airport) is $44,180 to $61,657 or $21.17 to $29.54 per hour and includes locality pay of 30.41%.

This Transportation Security Officer position is located in Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Transportation Security Officer (TSOs) within Security Operations (SO), you will provide security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional manner. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Operating various screening equipment and technology to identify dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers, and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.
• Performing searches and screening, which may include physical interaction with passengers (e.g., pat-downs, search of property, etc.), conducting bag searches and lifting/carrying bags, bins, and property weighing up to 50lbs.
• Controlling terminal entry and exit points.
• Interacting with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries.
• Maintaining focus and awareness while working in a stressful environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations.
• Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches. This may include application of risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on program requirements.
• Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or unexpected obstacles.

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Salary Information: The salary range for Chicago, IL (ORD - Chicago O'Hare International Airport) is $44,180 to $61,657 or $21.17 to $29.54 per hour and includes locality pay of 30.41%.

This Transportation Security Officer position is located in Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Transportation Security Officer (TSOs) within Security Operations (SO), you will provide security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional manner. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Operating various screening equipment and technology to identify dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers, and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.
• Performing searches and screening, which may include physical interaction with passengers (e.g., pat-downs, search of property, etc.), conducting bag searches and lifting/carrying bags, bins, and property weighing up to 50lbs.
• Controlling terminal entry and exit points.
• Interacting with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries.
• Maintaining focus and awareness while working in a stressful environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations.
• Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches. This may include application of risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on program requirements.
• Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or unexpected obstacles.