
Joint Theater Distribution Center (JTDC) Transportation and Distribution Operations Manager
Required skills
- JTDC
- Transportation
- Distribution
- Operations Manager
- Indo-Pacific Logistics Integration
- cargo movement
- staging
- vehicle dispatch
- passenger transportation
- specialized distribution
Nice to have
- DoD deployment
- DoD distribution
- movement-control experience
- military ports
- aerial ports
- airfields
Role summary
Leidos is seeking a Joint Theater Distribution Center (JTDC) Transportation and Distribution Operations Manager in Santa Rita, Guam. This role leads transportation, staging, and distribution operations, overseeing cargo movement, vehicle dispatch, and specialized distribution. The manager will ensure transportation visibility and responsiveness to mission priorities, coordinate logistics, identify and resolve bottlenecks, and integrate with other operational teams. The position requires supervising subordinate team leads and involves a challenging, fast-paced environment focused on mission success. A Bachelor's degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or a Master's with 6-10 years is required, along with experience in transportation, logistics, and personnel supervision. A Top Secret–SCI clearance is mandatory.
Leidos is seeking a Joint Theater Distribution Center (JTDC) Transportation and Distribution Operations Manager, Indo-Pacific Logistics Integration in Santa Rita, Guam. This position serves as the Team Lead for Transportation, Staging, and Distribution, overseeing cargo movement, staging, vehicle dispatch, passenger transportation, and specialized distribution activities.
This challenging and rewarding position involves leading JTDC cargo movement, movement control, staging, marshaling, vehicle dispatch, passenger transportation, and specialized distribution operations while maintaining transportation visibility and responsiveness to mission priorities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage inbound and outbound cargo transportation and distribution activities.
- Establish and control staging and marshaling areas.
- Sequence cargo movements based on mission priorities.
- Coordinate vehicle and driver scheduling, dispatch, and availability.
- Manage routes, pickup points, delivery locations, ports, airfields, warehouses, and customer movements.
- Maintain cargo and shipment visibility.
- Coordinate special lifts, rigging, and specialized transportation requirements.
- Respond to priority changes, emergency movements, and rerouting requirements.
- Identify transportation bottlenecks and implement corrective actions.
- Integrate transportation requirements with warehouse, maintenance, and mission-operations personnel.
- Supervise three subordinate functional or sub-team leads.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Relevant experience in transportation, deployment, distribution, movement control, or logistics operations.
- Experience supervising transportation or logistics personnel.
- Experience coordinating cargo movement and staging activities.
- Ability to plan and execute concurrent transportation requirements involving multiple customers and priorities.
- Top Secret–SCI clearance required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior DoD deployment and distribution or movement-control experience.
- Experience supporting military ports, aerial ports, airfields, or distribution centers.
- Strong understanding of DoD transportation and deployment processes.
- Experience in overseas or forward-deployed logistics operations.
- Transportation, deployment/distribution, or logistics certification.
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Original Posting:
August 18, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $82,550.00 - $149,225.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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