Broadening Your Postal Horizons

Are you looking to broaden your horizons?  If so, Senior Plant Manager Juan Gonzalez is seeking an EAS employee who is interested in a detail assignment as Lead Senior Manager Distribution Operations at the Royal Palm Processing and Distribution Center, 5500 NW 142 St, Opa-locka, FL. Due to level and nature of the detail, work hours and non-scheduled days will vary. 

   

Duties and Requirements:

1. Leads the management of all three tours of a very complex mail processing operation through a medium size group of subordinate managers and supervisors; manages a very large size group of employees.

2. Monitors operational performance of all tours; makes adjustments between operations to accommodate workload fluctuations and to optimize mail flow; corrects inefficient procedures and resolves operational problems.

3. Determines staffing and equipment needs for assigned tour; reviews staffing and equipment needs for other tours; makes changes if necessary; schedules work assignments and determines the need for overtime.

4. Meets with customers and major mailers to coordinate schedules of mail shipments and resolves problems.

5. Ensures that any mail affected by service interruptions or flight cancellations receives the most expeditious dispatch.

6. Manages the on-the-job training program for mail processing employees.

7. Observes mail processing operations for hazards to employees; ensures compliance with established safety policy and procedures.

8. Provides input for the facility’s operating budget.

9. Meets with union representatives to resolve disagreements.

HOW TO APPLY: Applicants must complete Pages 1 and 2 of their eCareer Profile. Applicants must complete a separate “Statement of Qualifications” page for each of the General Requirements below:

1. Knowledge of mail processing and distribution operations, policies, and procedures.

2. Ability to determine staffing and equipment needs, including determining priorities and assessing the need for overtime.

3. Ability to monitor operational performance and make appropriate adjustments to optimize mail flow.

4. Ability to communicate orally in order to coordinate work activities with other managers, consult with customers, and meet with union representatives.

5. Ability to manage the work of others to achieve organizational goals and objectives, including planning and organizing the work, facilitating the flow of work-related information, and providing technical guidance.

6.  Ability to manage an on-the-job training program.

7. Ability to monitor mail processing operations for compliance with established safety policy and procedures.

Completed applications must be mailed to and received by Close of Business Friday, January 17, 2020. Send applications to USPS Senior Plant Manager, Royal Palm P&DC, 5500 NW 142 St, Opa-locka, FL 33054-9997.