Chicago Participating Employers

About The Company:

At the Transportation Security Administration, we serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, we secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and public transit systems. We protect our transportation infrastructure from terrorist attack and ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.

At TSA, we act swiftly and with integrity to:
• Discover and stop emerging transportation security threats, utilizing state of the art technology
• Educate and provide friendly customer service to travelers
• Screen passengers and gather intelligence
• Coordinate security involving aviation, rail, and other surface and maritime transportation
• Oversee most transportation-related responsibilities of the federal government during a national emergency

Positions Available:

As a TSO (Transportation Security Officer) You will perform a variety of duties related to providing security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft. As a TSO, you may be required to perform passenger screening, baggage screening or both. You are expected to perform all of these duties in a courteous and professional manner. The principle duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Performing security screening of persons, including tasks such as: hand-wanding (which includes the requirement to reach and wand the individual from the floor to over head), pat-down searches, and monitoring walk-through metal detector screening equipment;

• Performing security screening of property, including the operation of x-ray machines to identify dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers; and preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.

Applications for this position should be completed online at http://tsajobs.com/

If you need assistance or are unable to complete this application online, you may call the TSA Recruitment Center at 1-800-887-1895 or TTY 1-800-887-5506.

Company Website URL:

http://tsajobs.com