Transportation Officer/ Lieutenant
On-siteEl Paso, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Supervise Transportation Officers during scheduled shifts, overseeing detention, safeguarding, security, and escort of violators of immigration laws. Conduct daily inspections of credentials and uniforms, schedule and assign workloads, and evaluate subordinate performance while maintaining order and discipline. Manage firearms and ammunition accounting, issue weapons, and ensure proper clearance and turn-in procedures. Escort detainees to and from flights, guard them with minimal public contact, and verify departures and arrivals. Ensure driver compliance with Department of Transportation regulations, conduct weekly vehicle inspections, and maintain all required documentation and safety equipment. Submit driver reports, manage mileage logs, and ensure vehicles meet state and federal standards.
Required Qualifications
- United States Citizen
- High School diploma or General Equivalency Diploma
- 21 years of age or older
- at least one year of experience as a law enforcement officer or, military policeman, or six (6) months experience as security officer engaged in functions related to detaining civil or administrative detainees
- at least two years' experience as a detention supervisor; or two years' experience as a Corrections Transport Supervisor
- Clear criminal history; no felonies or Class A misdemeanors
- current/valid Class B Commercial Driver's License with passenger and air brake endorsements
- Class A Commercial Driver's License with passenger endorsement is acceptable
- safe driving record
- valid Texas State Level 3, Armed Guard permit
- pass a background investigation and obtain a security clearance
- Write clearly and concisely using acceptable grammar, punctuation and spelling; write organized, complete, accurate and factual reports
- Communicate in English using complex sentences using normal word order with present and past tenses
- Express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities where they must convey details or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly
- Understand and apply written and verbal orders, rules and regulations
- Perceive the nature of sounds with no less than 40 dB loss at Hz, 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction
- Receive detailed information through oral communication
- Maintain a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction enabling the employee to complete clerical tasks and observe detainees
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of an object such as size, shape, and temperature
- Move wrists, hands and/or fingers frequently and regularly
- Occasionally exert up to 100 pounds of force. This may include, but is not limited, to all use of force and restraint techniques
- Adapt to temperature changes (including extreme heat)
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