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AIR CARGO WORKER

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NE 155 LRS

Lincoln, NE (In Person)

$63,086 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 weeks ago (Updated 21 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/12/2026

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AIR CARGO WORKER
Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary This Nional Guard position is for a
AIR CARGO
WORKER, Position Description Number D1966000and is part of 155 ARW/LRS, Nebraska Air Nional Guard.
INDEFINITE EMPLOYMENT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE AND WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR BUT NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS. BENEFITS ARE THE SAME AS A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. THIS POSTION MAY CONVERT TO PERMANENT WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.
Learn more about this agency Summary This Nional Guard position is for a
AIR CARGO
WORKER, Position Description Number D1966000and is part of 155 ARW/LRS, Nebraska Air Nional Guard.
INDEFINITE EMPLOYMENT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE AND WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR BUT NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS. BENEFITS ARE THE SAME AS A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. THIS POSTION MAY CONVERT TO PERMANENT WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.
Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 09/26/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 26, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lincoln, NE 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $28 - $32.66 per hour Announcement is Open until Filled; First review 10 JUN 2026, with a review every 7 days thereafter if needed. Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - INDEF Occupions and job series 5201 Miscellaneous Occupions Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
NE-12971358-AF-26-021
Control number 870694900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency
Nebraska Air Nional Guard:
Areas of Considerion:
1, 2 and 3 Duties Help As a
AIR CARGO
WORKER, WG-5201-8, duties include: (1) Formules, implements, and documents programs to train Wing augmention in support of Wing air transportion deployment functions to ensure effective and efficient operions of installion deployment processes. As a minimum, develops deployment lesson plans for the following areas: Merial Handling Equipment (MHE) such as K-Loaders and forklifts, Load Planning Overview, Cargo Preparion/Pallet Build Up, Ramp Coordinor, Cargo Deployment Function work-centers (i.e., In-Check, Cargo Marshalling Yard, Joint Inspection, Hazardous Cargo Handlers, Explosives Safety, Quality Control, and Load Teams) and the transportion portion of the Passenger Deployment Function. Coordines with Traffic Management and deploying units requiring hazardous merial technical specialist training. (2) Provides sound advice and technical expertise on air transportion issues to the Installion Deployment Officer, all Squadron, Group, and Wing commanders. Makes approprie recommendions and implements changes within the element and associed processes. Provides hands-on training and classroom instruction for other service components in the area of load planning different airframes for unit deployments. Conducts briefings on explosive, ground, and flight line safety. Wing focal point for requesting Opportune Airlift/Special Assignment Airlift Missions (SAAM) and identifying limiting factors to higher headquarters. (3) Ensures items offered for transport by air meet proper specificions to maximize safety and security of the aircraft by means of a prescribe inspection processes. Plans, schedules, and trains Air Transportion Operions Element Drill Stus Guardsmen on the inspection and operions of aircraft loading equipment; mobility/contingency functions (i.e., load planning, pallet buildup, cargo courier responsibility and hazardous cargo preparion); and all core Career Field Educion and Training Plan tasks. (4) Monitors and administres da systems, within the technical and functional parameters and standards established by USTRANSCOM and in coordinion with the Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Transportion Policy, to integre DOD transportion informion worldwide and provide transportion and In-Transit Visibility (ITV) da for commanders all levels. Utilizes automed systems, such as the Global Transportion Network (GTN), Cargo Movement Operion System (CMOS), Global Air Transportion Execution System (GATES), Global Decision Support System (GDSS), and Single Mobility System (SMS) for In-Transit Visibility. (5) Analyzes operional plans, policies, and procedures for air terminal activities and facilities essential to air passenger and cargo movement processes. Serves as the Wing Commander's focal point for orchestring daily and long-range utilizion of the air terminal to ensure accomplishment of assigned missions as well as maximum support for deployment operions. Develops policies concerned with the establishment and improvement of air terminal operions. Develops goals and objectives th integre organizion and readiness flight objectives. Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies DOD, Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA), Internional Civil Aeronautical Organizion (ICAO), and Transportion Security Administrion (TSA) rules and directives. Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organizion design for air terminal management and services activities, ensuring th flying missions and/or flight safety is not compromised. Develops procedures to notify proper agencies when an aircraft carrying hazardous cargo is arriving or departing from the base. Coordines with explosive safety and other approprie agencies on areas designed for parking, loading, and servicing of aircraft with explosive/hazardous cargo. Interprets higher headquarters policies and implements actions of the air terminal management function within the readiness flight. Coordines on development and applicion of base-wide air terminal operion plans supporting wartime operions, contingencies, nural disasters, and incidents on/off base. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Military membership in the Nebraska Nional Guard Membership is required. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Obtain/maintain the level of security clearance/background check required. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Direct Deposit is mandory. Individuals with military incentive bonuses may be subject to recoupment. Qualificions
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED
: This is a Title 32 excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nional Guard. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN THE NEBRASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD PLEASE CONTACT THE LOCAL RECRUITING OFFICE AT 402-309-1172. OPEN AREAS OF CONSIDERATION
AREA 1, 2 and 3 DEFINITION OF AREA(S)
OF CONSIDERATION
AREA 1: Current permanent and indefinite technicians of the Nebraska Army or Air Nional Guard; and current Title 5 employees of the Nebraska Military Department who are military members of the Nebraska Nional Guard. AREA 2: All Drill Stus/M-Day members and temporary technicians of the Nebraska Air or Army Nional Guard. AREA 3: Current military service members who are willing and eligible to become members of the Nebraska Air or Army Nional Guard. AREA 4: All qualified candides eligible and willing to become a member of the Nebraska Nional Air or Army Nional Guard prior to the effective de of hire.
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
Compible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective de of placement. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Nebraska Air Nional Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
Military Grades:
Maximum:
E6;
Minimum:
E1; Military Grade inversion within the full time work forces is not permitted. The military grade of the full time supervisor must equal or exceed the military grade of the personnel supervised.
Compible Military Assignments:
2T2X1 Individual does not have to be currently assigned to one of these career fields to be considered for this position; however compibility requirements must be met prior to appointment to the position. Selectee has 12 months to become qualified in a compible military assignment.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
: Experience or training which demonstres the ability to follow instructions and safely opere the type of equipment required to accomplish the duties of the position.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE WG-08 - 18
months Experience or training performing a variety of Air Transportion functions which involve wing deployment training, passenger and cargo manifesting, Joint Inspection, load planning, determining cargo/passenger eligibility, establishing, and maintaining air terminal security, Fleet Servicing, directly responsible for safe and efficient loading/offloading of all DOD-owned and controlled aircraft and ensuring In-transit Visibility (ITV). Candides must have a valid ste driver's license for the ste in which they live or are principally employed.
Educion Educion:
No substitution of educion for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ).
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES
The incumbent must maintain proficiency in all Air Transportion Operions of the Air Nional Guard. Maintains Joint Inspection (JI) and/or Joint Inspection Instructor Qualified (JIIQ) qualificions/currency to identify or instruct, through prescribed inspection processes, to ensure items offered for transport by air meet proper specificions to maximize safety and security of the aircraft, aircrew, cargo and passengers. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. Your answers to the assessment questionnaire verified against informion provided in your resume and other supporting documention. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all the questions addressing experience and educion relevant to this position. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific, we will not make assumptions regarding your experience. If, after reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experiences, your ring adjusted or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. Your qualificions evalued against general and specialized experience under the "Qualificions" section and against the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): To preview the assessment questionnaire, please use the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12971358 Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (form should include Month and Year) of employment and duties performed. Use this link for Resume Tips . 2. Other supporting documents (optional) Cover Letter DD-214 Other SF-50 Transcript 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. 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 resume 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. 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, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Jon Sronce Phone 402-309-8173 jon.c.sronce.civ@army.mil Address
NE 155 LRS 2420 W
Butler Ave Lincoln, NE 68524 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the selecting official in the following order: 1. Fully qualified Area 1 applicants 2. Fully qualified Area 2 applicants 3. Fully qualified Area 3 applicants
INDEFINITE EMPLOYMENT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE AND WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR BUT NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS. BENEFITS ARE THE SAME AS A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. THIS POSTION MAY CONVERT TO PERMANENT WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.
The initial cut-off de for first considerion is 11:59 pm, CST, 10 JUN 2026; applicions received by this de will have the first opportunity for review. Applicions received after this de given considerion only if there is a need for further review. If further reviews are required, they will occur weekly or until a certifice of eligibles is exhausted. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (form should include Month and Year) of employment and duties performed. Use this link for Resume Tips . 2. Other supporting documents (optional) Cover Letter DD-214 Other SF-50 Transcript 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (Eastern) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. 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 resume 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. 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, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Jon Sronce Phone 402-309-8173 jon.c.sronce.civ@army.mil Address
NE 155 LRS 2420 W
Butler Ave Lincoln, NE 68524 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Qualified candides referred to the selecting official in the following order: 1. Fully qualified Area 1 applicants 2. Fully qualified Area 2 applicants 3. Fully qualified Area 3 applicants
INDEFINITE EMPLOYMENT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE AND WILL LAST MORE THAN ONE YEAR BUT NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS. BENEFITS ARE THE SAME AS A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT. THIS POSTION MAY CONVERT TO PERMANENT WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.
The initial cut-off de for first considerion is 11:59 pm, CST, 10 JUN 2026; applicions received by this de will have the first opportunity for review. Applicions received after this de given considerion only if there is a need for further review. If further reviews are required, they will occur weekly or until a certifice of eligibles is exhausted. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 09/26/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 26, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lincoln, NE 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $28 - $32.66 per hour Announcement is Open until Filled; First review 10 JUN 2026, with a review every 7 days thereafter if needed. Pay scale & grade WG 8 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - INDEF Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
NE-12971358-AF-26-021
Control number 870694900