Transportation Security Officer
- Location
- Springfield, Missouri, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Part-time
- Category
- Security Services
- Industry
- Security Services
- Salary
- $46,105 – $56,844 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Apply by
- 19 Nov 2026
About the role
The Transportation Security Administration is hiring Transportation Security Officers for Springfield/Branson National Airport in Missouri, with many vacancies available. You will operate screening equipment and technology, search and screen passengers and baggage and cargo, including physical interaction such as pat-downs, control terminal entry and exit points, give directions and answer travellers' questions, and stay focused in a stressful, noisy airport environment. The role is front-line public service: calm, alert and professional under pressure. Applicants must be 18 or older, hold U.S. citizenship or national status, and have either one year of full-time security, aviation-screening or related work experience or a high school diploma, GED or equivalent, plus passing a structured interview, drug screening, medical evaluation and background investigation. Part-time shifts generally run 16 to 32 hours a week. Note that this announcement may close before its published date if enough applications arrive.
Requirements
Applicants must be 18 or older, hold U.S. citizenship or national status, and have either one year of full-time security, aviation-screening or related work experience or a high school diploma, GED or equivalent, plus passing a structured interview, drug screening, medical evaluation and background investigation.
How to apply
- Select Apply now.
- You are taken to U.S. Department of Homeland Security — Transportation Security Administration (Springfield/Branson National Airport)’s own application page to send your application.
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