Senior Cargo Person - Antarctic Logistics

About the role

The Senior Cargo Person manages the daily operations at USAP Cargo, overseeing the packaging, marking, labeling, documenting and movement of all USAP material from McMurdo Station to outlying field locations, the United States and other international destinations. The role is physically demanding and involves frequent weekend and extra-hour work.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure safety is the highest priority in the workplace and attend daily and weekly safety meetings, occasionally giving safety lectures.
• Supervise and lead USAP Cargo warehouse personnel and train them on material handling equipment (pallet jacks, forklifts 4,000-15,000 lbs), passenger vans and pick-up trucks.
• Oversee receiving and delivery of science and technical event cargo, and process outgoing shipments accurately, meeting packaging, marking, labeling and documentation requirements.
• Identify and safely handle dangerous goods, and track intracontinental and international shipments using Maximo and commercial carrier sites.
• Ensure accurate import, export and customs compliance documentation, and coordinate with Grantees, ASC Workcenters, other USAP agencies and the U.S. Military to move mission-critical material on time.
• Assist in packing temperature-sensitive samples for transport to the United States and international institutions, and run quality assurance audits of cargo preparation, movement and container loading.
• Manage warehouse supply inventory, handle confidential personnel matters according to management policy, and complete monthly work center safety inspections.

Required profile

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 3 years of diversified experience in cargo shipping, warehouse operations, heavy equipment or equivalent.
• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods, with successful medical, dental, drug screening, background checks and facility credentials.
• Able to lift and move items up to safety regulation limits, climb in and out of equipment, crawl, work outdoors in extreme cold and perform strenuous physical work.
• Valid U.S. driver's license; U.S. citizenship is required for facility credentials at this location.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MAXIMO, the cargo-tracking database.
• Customer service, customer resolution, organizational and verbal/written communication skills.
• Preferred: knowledge of remote/polar logistics, USAP Cargo or Supply experience, dangerous goods regulations (49 CFR, AFMAN, IATA, IMDG) and temperature-controlled cargo shipping.