Transportation Officer​/Lieutenant

Job Summary

Supervise Transportation Officers during a scheduled shift. May perform Transportation Officer duties to include:
Perform various duties related to detention, safeguarding, security and escort of violators of immigration laws, exercise surveillance over detainees, and maintain order and discipline, attend to sheltering, feeding, and physical well‑being of detainees, and counseling of alien detainees on personal matters; guard detainees at deportation or exclusion hearings, recognize potentially hazardous health, safety, security, or discipline problems, supervise voluntary work details, and encourage participation in organized recreational activities.

• Observe, supervise, instruct and coordinate Transportation Officers in detention and transportation activities.
• Conduct beginning of shift inspection of Transportation Officers to ensure they meet Company dress and appearance standards.
• Conduct daily inspection of officers credentials at beginning of work shift.
• Schedule, prioritize and assign work on a daily basis. Make team assignments and match teams to workload.
• Supervise, evaluate and participate in the work of subordinate Transportation Officers.
• Ensure Transportation Officers are properly dispatched, perform vehicle and equipment checks, and meet tasked assignments.
• Evaluate procedures and personnel and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Assist in the development of more efficient and effective methods and procedures for Transportation Officer operations.
• Provide muster pass daily to staff.

• Immediately report incidents to the Transportation Coordinator and Program Manager; follow up with supplemental reports as necessary; assist Program Manager and Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement with investigation as necessary.
• Conduct and provide written post check for all posts on shift.
• Prepare employee disciplinary reports and forward to Program Manager via Transportation Coordinator for adjudication.
• Required to wear approved duty uniform with shoes or boots and uniform web gear (i.e., duty belt, holster, handcuffs, cuff case, and magazine pouch).

• Issue weapons and ammunition to Transportation Officers.
• Ensure weapon and ammunition are safeguarded at all times.
• Verify on each shift the accounting of all firearms and ammunition.
• Ensure Transportation Officers properly clear and secure weapons and ammunition for turn‑in at the end of each shift.

• Escort detainee(s) to/from inbound/outbound flights and arrival/departure gates at the designated location specified by the acting Shift Supervisor or higher authority.
• Constantly guard detainee(s) with a minimum of public contact during the time prior to boarding the aircraft.
• Ascertain there are no unobservable exits possibly allowing detainee(s) to escape.
• Remain at the gate until the carrier gate attendant verbally verifies the aircraft departure.
• Verify departure of detainee(s) in writing to the Shift Supervisor and Department of Homeland Security/ Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
• Remain at the gate until the arriving alien has been taken into custody, unless the flight has been canceled or the acting Shift Supervisor has given verification other arrangements have been made.

• Ensure driver and motor carrier compliance with Department of Transportation regulations for the bus/van drivers.
• Submit driver reports per the Transport Manual and state and federal regulations in a timely manner.
• Report transportation and administrative mileage by vehicle to Program Manager.
• Attend and ensure full compliance with safety audits and inspections from state and federal authorities.
• Provide compliance auditing, record maintenance, and provide additional driver instruction/counseling to ensure records are completed properly and executed by all drivers for vehicle trip mileage logs, daily driver logs, pre‑trip and post‑trip inspection reports, and hours of service documentation.
• Ensure compliance with random/annual drug and alcohol screening requirements.
• Provide driver history information…