Supervisory Trade Specialist (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)

Department of Transportation

This position is in the Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift (OCCS), Office of the Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Sealift, Office of the Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift, Maritime Administration (MARAD).The OCCS coordinates and implements programs and projects pursuant to laws and regulations to increase the overall U. S. flag Merchant Marine participation in the carriage of U. S. waterborne foreign and domestic trade.

• As a Supervisory Trade Specialist, you will: Administer the cargo preference laws and regulations, and their application to agencies' current programs as well as future and modified programs, including addressing federal agencies and public inquiries regarding operational and logistical issues with international ocean transportation. Establish and maintain monitoring systems that ensure each shipper reports bill of lading information for each ocean shipment subject to cargo preference laws and cargo preference cargo reports detailing these ocean shipments. Determine compliance of cargo preference programs and promotes the use of U.S. flag vessels beyond the legal minimum. Exercise delegated responsibility for position management; selection and assignment of team members; performance evaluation. Employee training and development; management-employee communications; employee accountability; leave administration; and safety. Establish continuous communication with government agencies and vendors generating preference cargo and shippers through training and outreach to ensure agency instructions and regulations. The ideal candidate for this position has commercial maritime industry employment experience with a U.S.-flag carrier, vessel broker, freight forwarder or other Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTI), that involves complying with cargo preference laws and regulations. The candidate will have knowledge of and experience with cargo preference laws, regulations, and other relevant policy determinations to include Comptroller General and judicial decisions. Previous supervisory experience is preferred, but not required.

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