Lead Transportation Security Officer Position Available In Calcasieu, Louisiana

Lead Transportion Security Officer Department of Homeland Security Transportion Security Administrion Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH) Summary Securing Travel, Protecting People

• At the Transportion Security Administrion, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life.

In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America’s transportion infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2025 to 05/05/2025 Salary $61,111

• $79,443 per year Salary range listed includes Locality Pay of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade SV F Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lake Charles, LA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

LCH-25-977436-12729304-I

Control number 835810800 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency All current TSA permanent or competitive temporary employees, TSA-Wide and TSA displaced employees. Duties This Lead Transportion Security Officer position is loced Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH), Transportion Security Administrion, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Lead Transportion Security Officer (LTSO), you responsible for leading least three full-performance level Transportion Security Officers (TSOs) and, as assigned, trainee and apprentice level TSOs. As an LTSO, you will identify, distribute, and balance workloads and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow and skill level. You will make adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities. Duties include but are not limited to: Providing input to supervisors and managers concerning a variety of human resources mters including, but not limited to, employee performance, promotions, reassignments, awards, etc. Implementing security screening procedures in accordance with TSA objectives and directives. Assisting with investigions of incidents, and preparing incident reports or other documents th convey required informion. Responding to breaches of security and emergency situions. Training team members, monitoring and reporting on the stus and progress of work, and representing the team in communicions with the supervisor or manager for the purpose of obtaining resources (e.g., computer hardware and software, etc.).

Emergency Essential Position:

This position is designed as an Emergency Essential (EE) position. This designion requires the employee to remain in a duty stus if an emergency arises.

NOTE:

Employees occupying frontline positions, i.e., individuals performing security screening operions and occupying positions th involve contact with the traveling public on a regular and recurring basis, are required to wear TSA approved and issued personal protective equipment (PPE). This requirement is in place to address the

COVID-19

pandemic and comply with Executive Order 13991 and TSA’s Pandemic and Emerging Infectious Disease and Workforce Protection Plan. PPE includes TSA issued surgical masks, face shields, and nitrile gloves. At TSA, the health and safety of our employees is a top priority. Requirements Conditions of Employment Possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. Nional. Be least 18 years of age the time of applicion. Complete a favorable Background Investigion (BI). Pass pre-employment Drug Screening AND you subject to post-employment random drug and alcohol testing. Selective Service registrion is required. Must be available to work various shifts and overtime, as needed. Must meet and maintain medical requirements for screening work (including a medical examinion and physical abilities assessment) including, but not limited to, the following: Be able to efficiently and thoroughly manipule and lift baggage, containers, and other objects subject to security processing Be able to repeedly lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds Be able to maintain physical agility th would allow you to squ, bend, and lean to inspect individuals and baggage/cargo Be able to maintain the ability to walk up to two miles during a shift and stand for prolonged periods (e.g., 3-4 hours) of time Be able to maintain a measured threshold for sight: Distance vision correctable to 20/30 or better in the best eye and 20/100 or better in worst eye. Near vision correctable to 20/40 or better Snellen binocular Maintain a measured threshold for hearing: Average hearing loss of 25 decibels (ANSI) 500, 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hz in each ear. No greer than 45 decibels 4000 and 6000 Hz in each ear Be able to distinguish principal colors th a part of images displayed on automed screens: Color perception (e.g., red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, brown, black, white, gray).

Note:

Color filters for enhancing color discriminion are prohibited. This position is designed as an Emergency Essential (EE) position . This designion requires the employee to remain in a duty stus if an emergency arises. If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentive offer of employment. Applying to this announcement certifies th you give permission for TSA to share your applicion with others in DHS for similar positions. Qualificions To qualify for the SV-F Pay Band (equivalent to GS-9), you must have: Minimum experience/educion requirements: A high school diploma, or General Educional Development (GED); High School Equivalency Test (HiSET); or Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) high school equivalency certifice; OR At least one year of full-time work experience in security work, aviion screener work, or X-ray technician work. AND One year of specialized experience which has equipped the individual with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position being filled, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the TSO. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to the D pay band level or above.

Such specialized experience would include:

Providing frontline security protection of air travelers, airports and airplanes. Performing p down searches, opering an x-ray machine, screening baggage, and reviewing tickets. Identifying dangerous objects on passengers and/or in baggage or cargo, and preventing these objects from being transported onto aircraft. Using diverse electronic detection and imaging equipment. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time rio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. Nional Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office. Additional informion Eligibility to apply for other Federal positions: TSA is an Excepted Service agency exempt from most of Title 5 United Stes Code, including regulions which apply to displaced Federal employees (CTAP/ICTAP) of other agencies, and employment with TSA does not confer “Competitive Stus” th generally results from selection and service in Competitive Service agencies. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has established an Interchange Agreement, which allows most permanent TSA employees to apply and be considered for vacancies in Competitive Service agencies. Informion from OPM on this or other Interchange Agreements is available : To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigion as a condition of placement into this position. DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United Stes. Learn more about , including your rights and responsibilities. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you required to complete an , and to sign and certify the accuracy of all informion in your applicion, prior to entry on duty. False stements on any part of the applicion may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. TSA employees who are absent for the purpose of performing military duty may apply for any vacancies announced in their absence. More than one position may be filled from this announcement. If you are entering TSA employment on an appointment without time limitions, you must serve a basic trial period unless you have already met the requirement. DHS offers competitive salaries and an tractive benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement; transportion subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more informion, go to the website and select “Benefits.” available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30 percent or more. Employees who transfer to TSA from an agency th allows employees to maintain an annual leave balance higher than the maximum accumulion for the appointed position will have their leave ceiling set to the maximum accumulion for the appointed position (e.g., United Stes duty locion

• 240 hours, foreign duty locion
• 360 hours, or TSES position
• 720 hours).

TSA will not make a monetary payment for any leave forfeited under these circumstances. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or reled educion as reflected in your resume and supporting documention. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documention to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have red yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your cegory placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. All qualified candides invited and required to take the

L-TAB:

Work Personality Index (WPI) soon after the closing de of this announcement. The WPI must be complete within fourteen (14) calendar days of the invition being sent in order to remain under considerion for the position. The score obtained on the WPI will account for 100% of the overall score used to determine those who are best qualified for considerion. If you have failed the L-TAB within the six (6) months preceding the closing de of this JOA, then you deemed ineligible for considerion.

Candides red and ranked using Cegory Grouping procedures. Under Cegory Grouping, candides red and ranked into one of three cegories:

Best Qualified:

Applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position and demonstre high proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis.

Well Qualified:

Applicants possessing experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position and demonstres acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis.

Qualified:

Applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position and demonstre basic proficiency in most of the critical competencies as determined by the job analysis. If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for considerion and may be called for an interview. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies th are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by informion in your resume: Critical Thinking Flexibility Leadership Teamwork You may preview the questions for this vacancy here: Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies.

Resumes must include the following:

Narrive description of duties with start and end des (including the month and year) for work experience. Ste the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, ste the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. In addition to a resume and the assessment questions, you must submit copies of any of the following documents if you are applying based on being a current eligible TSA employee (which includes permanent employees and 5 year temporary employees), or educion or a combinion of educion and experience: SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action

• Current TSA employees are strongly encouraged to submit the most recent non-Award SF-50, the time of applicion, to support eligibility for Stus considerion.

TSA employees who do not submit the SF-50 with the applicion must document their current TSA position in their resume and may be required to provide the SF-50 document during the selection process. TSA employees may obtain a copy of their most recent non-Award SF-50 . If you do not submit required documention described in this job opportunity announcement, your applicion deemed incomplete and you ineligible for further considerion for this vacancy. You must meet the qualificion requirements for this position no ler than the closing de of the vacancy announcement. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All of the following must be received in our office by 11:59 PM EST (Eastern Standard time) on the closing de of this announcement. If we do not receive all required informion by the closing de, your applicion may not be To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

Your applicion must include:

Resume Self-Assessment Questionnaire for this position Applicable supporting documents (see Required Documents Section) To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the . We encourage you to apply online. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, please contact . Agency contact informion HC ServeU Customer Care Address Lake Charles Regional•

LCH DO NOT MAIL

Lake Charles, LA 70607 US Next steps The questionnaire will assess your qualificions for the job, and used to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We will notify you of the outcome of these steps when they have been completed. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended, th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments here: Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents Resumes must include the following: Narrive description of duties with start and end des (including the month and year) for work experience. Ste the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, ste the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. In addition to a resume and the assessment questions, you must submit copies of any of the following documents if you are applying based on being a current eligible TSA employee (which includes permanent employees and 5 year temporary employees), or educion or a combinion of educion and experience: SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action

• Current TSA employees are strongly encouraged to submit the most recent non-Award SF-50, the time of applicion, to support eligibility for Stus considerion.

TSA employees who do not submit the SF-50 with the applicion must document their current TSA position in their resume and may be required to provide the SF-50 document during the selection process. TSA employees may obtain a copy of their most recent non-Award SF-50 . If you do not submit required documention described in this job opportunity announcement, your applicion deemed incomplete and you ineligible for further considerion for this vacancy. You must meet the qualificion requirements for this position no ler than the closing de of the vacancy announcement. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All of the following must be received in our office by 11:59 PM EST (Eastern Standard time) on the closing de of this announcement. If we do not receive all required informion by the closing de, your applicion may not be To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above.

Your applicion must include:

Resume Self-Assessment Questionnaire for this position Applicable supporting documents (see Required Documents Section) To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the . We encourage you to apply online. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, please contact . Agency contact informion HC ServeU Customer Care Address Lake Charles Regional•

LCH DO NOT MAIL

Lake Charles, LA 70607 US Next steps The questionnaire will assess your qualificions for the job, and used to identify the best qualified applicants to be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion and possible interview. We will notify you of the outcome of these steps when they have been completed. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : . Reasonable Accommodion (RA)

Requests:

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended, th would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online applicion. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and approprie supporting documention for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualificions of the position, after notificion of the adjudicion of your request, you will receive an email invition to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodion for Online Assessments here: Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2025 to 05/05/2025 Salary $61,111

• $79,443 per year Salary range listed includes Locality Pay of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade SV F Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lake Charles, LA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

LCH-25-977436-12729304-I

Control number 835810800 ., .