Freight Rate Assistant

Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:30am-5:00pmPay: $74,642.88Essential Functions:


* Complies with all Agency policies and procedures and follows contract specifications


* Knowledge, skill, and ability to assist SFLC ALD with transportation services to include, but not limited to:
+ Review electronic data interchange between the commercial carrier package services online booking system, such as FEDEX.com, and the Coast Guard's supply and financial management system, currently NESSS.
+ Transactions that do not electronically transfer will be manually inputted from FEDEX.com system into NESSS.
+ Respond to customer shipment status inquiries using a variety of automated systems including NESSS, FEDEX.com, and the SFLC Web Application Portal (SWAP) Warehouse Shipping (Traffic) Database.
+ Maintain tariff files, special quotations, publications, billing guides, or similar freight classification, rating, and routing guides; codes, classifies, cross-references, files and locates, and refile this material.
+ Compile data concerning carload, truckload, LCL's (less than carload) and LTL's (less than truckload), classification ratings, size and use of carriers' equipment ordered, etc.
+ Assemble and organize material for billing and shipping guides to be issued by their office.
+ Prepare bills of lading, reviews the rates and routes, using easily accessible information.
+ Perform elementary rating, routing and classification duties.
+ Pre-audit freight bills for correctness.
+ Experience working with shipping logistics infrastructures, Government Bills of Lading, Commercial Bills of Lading, or other shipping manifests.
+ Experience working with commercial carrier package services online booking systems, such as FEDEX.com and UPS.com.
+ Minimum two years of experience with transportation and inventory management processes and procedures.
+ Minimum two years of experience with transportation and inventory management software.


* Provides work timely and accurately in accordance with contract and policies


* Ensures customer satisfaction


* Uses technology for the completion of specified job duties


* Attends work regularly according to assigned work schedule


* Wears ID badge(s) at all times while performing work under this contract


* Follows instructions


* Attends and participates in meetings and activities to facilitate professional development


* Works cooperatively with others in a positive, enthusiastic, respectful, and courteous manner


* Passes and complies with rules for the site, security and safety guidelines and Chimes District of Columbia Rules for the Workplace, and ensures others do the same


* Complies with dress code and personal hygiene standards


* Passes and complies with CPR/First Aid training

Secondary Functions:


* Ability to determine appropriate classifi...