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Air Transportation Specialist 3

Job Title: Air Transportation Specialist III

Assigned Work Site: South Pole Station, Antarctica

Reports to: Logistics Supervisor

Department: Antarctic Terminal Operations (ATO)

Employment Type: Seasonal Contract (Summer)

Summary:

GENERAL DUTIES (not all inclusive):

Maintains a safe workplace and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.
Conducts daily safety meetings and provides attendance and subject documentation.
Maintains productive and respectful relations with all aircrews and personnel at all times.

Provides information on schedules, routes, air movement requirements, baggage limitations, and local facilities for passengers.
Supervises and executes procedures for handling sensitive or high-profile cargo / passengers, i.e.; cryogenic dewar transports, medical evacuations and distinguished visitors.

Reviews passenger travel authorizations for validity and accuracy.
Performs and manages air transportation activities.
Plans, schedules, and processes eligible air cargo, passengers, and mail.
Prepares and maintains air movement records and reports, ensures all documentation and packaging requirements have been met.
Coordinates all cargo operations at airfields operated by the USAP, including safe loading and off-loading of all aircraft.
Ensures all cargo documentation, packaging, labeling and marking requirements, and all border clearance requirements have been met.
Selects, assembles, palletizes, and transports aircraft cargo loads to and from aircraft and storage areas.
Checks cargo against manifests, and annotates overage, shortage, or damage.
Follows necessary safety and security precautions for handling and storing dangerous materials, special cargo, mail, and baggage.

Supervises functions such as loading and unloading aircraft, operating automated and manual materials handling equipment.

Conducts quality control of practices throughout the cargo movement and pallet building process; reports all incurred damage to cargo and equipment immediately to Logistics Supervisor for further documentation.

Provides departmental training and completes safety/accident reports.

Operates, and conducts daily maintenance checks of, automated or manual materials handling and other loading equipment (pallet jacks, forklifts 4,000-15,000 lb. capacities), cargo loading sleds, Pisten Bullys, and snowmobiles.
Maintains and performs required preventative maintenance and inventory of Tie-Down Equipment.
Selects, assembles, palletizes, and transports aircraft cargo loads to and from aircraft and storage areas.

Keeps airfield cargo inventories current reflecting all pallets, loose cargo, and passenger survival equipment.
Coordinates the building of all oversized material onto married pallets, using the current priority list, and oversees that proper restraint is used, and Center of Balance is calculated/marked correctly.

Identifies, prepares and labels damaged aircraft pallets and tie-down equipment for shipment.
Frequently performs strenuous physical work - constantly moves 20 lb. objects; frequently lifts/pushes 50 lb. objects, occasionally lifts/pushes 75 lb. objects with assistance of a co-worker.
Frequently climbs vertical ladders and platforms into and out of equipment.
Performs other duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

High school graduate or equivalent is required.
Valid Driver's license required. Class “A” is preferred.
Minimum 3 years’ experience is required in freight movement including documenting, expediting, tracking, and hazardous material transportation.
Six months airfield operations experience is required.
Must be knowledgeable of passengers and cargo movement functions to include transport aircraft types, capabilities, and configurations; weight and balance factors; airlift transportation directives and documentation; cargo securing techniques; border clearance requirements; operation of material handling and other types of loading equipment or devices, fleet service functions; automated data processing equipment and its application in airlift activities; passenger service functions, and customer relations principles; interpreting and following aircraft load plans.
Understands proper loading and compatibility of hazardous material according to military regulations.
One year of supervisory or leadership experience is required.
Familiarity with automated cargo tracking programs such as MAXIMO, ICODES, and Microsoft Office 2000 software within the Microsoft Windows Operating System is preferred.
Working knowledge of US Air Force loading regulations (dash 9) is preferred.
Previous experience with remote Polar Logistics operations is preferred.
Must be willing to work flexible hours in an extreme environment while following all safety guidelines.

Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods is required.
Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors.
Must successfully complete the physical and dental examinations as required by the NSF for deploying to Antarctica.
Must participate in community chores commonly referred to as “house mousing” and “daisy picking.”
Must be legally able to work in the United States without sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

PAE is a drug free workplace.

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