Antarctic Terminal Operations - Shift Supervisor

Position Responsibilities:

• Contributes to andgenerally supportsefforts relating to Amentum’sSafeUp® Program.

• Serves as a liaison with variousAntarctica Support Contract (ASC)workcenters and agenciesand Antarctica New Zealand (AntNZ) personnelto ensureaccurateand efficient cargo/passenger operations for both day and night shifts. 

• Coordinates transportation assets, personnel support, and equipment necessary to successfully conduct Antarctic Terminal Operations (ATO)functionsat multiple airfields.

• Maintains operational control over the Movement Control Center (MCC) cargo yards, cargo bay, airfields, andequipment.

• Provides operational direction to ATO cargo and airfield personnel, and indirect operational direction for passenger services and shuttlespersonnel.

• Supervises Airfield Shift Supervisor, Load Planner, and Air Transportation Specialist II positions.

• Evaluates employees' performance throughout theseason andprovidesend-of-season evaluations.

• Responsible for training LoadPlanners andoverseeingtrainingforallothercargo personnel.

• Responsible for thequalityassurance ofaircraftpallets,including hazardous segregationandproper restraint,aircraftload plans, and hazardous material documentation.

• Implements standard operating procedures andassistsin thereview andrevision of operating procedures,asrequired.

• Interfaces with USAP Cargo staff,Cargo Coordinators, FixedWing personnel, and/orgrantees to coordinate cargo priorities for all outgoing flights.

• Ensuresestablished priorities for passenger and cargo movementsare adhered to for each outgoing flight.

• Assistswith the proper handling and monitoring ofcallforwardor priority passenger/cargo requests.

• Serves as the ATOpointofcontact (POC) for passenger and cargo issues in the absence of the Passenger ServicesSupervisor, Vehicle Operations Supervisor, MCC Supervisor and/or USAP Cargo Supervisor.

• Helps field and troubleshoot cargo queriesregardingaircraftloading issues, cargo/passenger priorities, and any other ATO-related discrepancies that may arise.

• Assists the MCC Supervisor with completing safety/accident/incident reports.

• Interacts with the National Science Foundation(NSF),military personnel, and other agency officials in a professional and tactful manner.

• Plansand conductsdaily/weekly safety meetings andmaintainsattendance and subjectmatterdocumentation.

• Responsible for implementing andmaintaininga safe workplace program and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.

• Performs other duties asrequired.

Required Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:

• Bachelor’s Degree andat leasttwo years’experiencein aviation/transportation includingmanaging staff schedules, datamanagementand resource tracking.Anadditionalfour years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree. 

• AirliftMobilityCommand (AMC)Load Planner Certification must beattainedprior to deployment; trainingisprovided if current certificationis notalreadyheld.

• Aminimum of two years of supervisoryor leadershipexperience.

Expected Skills and Competencies:

• Intermediate skills working within Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook,Excel,Wordand PowerPoint) 

• Strong multi-tasking, organization, interpersonal, and customer service skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Preferred:

• Previousexperience withremote sitelogistics, preferably with the USAP.

• Knowledge of passenger and cargo movement functions, including transportaircrafttypes, capabilities, and configurations; weight and balance factors; airlift transportation directives and documentation; cargo securing techniques; and interpreting and followingaircraftload plans.Familiarity with automated data processing programs such as MAXIMO and ICODES.

Physical and/or Other Requirements:

• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods 

• Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica

• Successful completion of drug screening and background check required by employer

• Successful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF

• Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum as required by the position. 

• Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold as required by the position. 

• Mustparticipatein community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “daisy-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safetyobjectives. 

• Valid Driver’s License issued in the United States

• No clearance requirement but the contract and/or the site requires US Citizenship to be approved for access. (includes NACI / T1, MRPT, CAC):  Must be able to obtain andmaintainfacility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship isrequiredfor facility credentials/authorization at this work location.

Safety- Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing andmaintaininga safe work environment. Asappropriate, each employeeis responsible forcompleting all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddyaid responsibilities,participatingin emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality- Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations.Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance- Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policiespertaining tojob.