Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist, District Manager

Job Description:

Serves as a District Manager (DM) with line authority for overseeing and directing technical operations within an Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Technical Operations (AJW) District. Functions as the principal advisor for respective District operations and reports to the respective Service Area Deputy Director of Technical Operations. Collaborates with all lines of business and service units to address corporate level initiatives.

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Incumbent will exercise executive oversight and operational authority to ensure safety of NAS maintenance and operations at ARTCCs, Combined TRACONs, OEP airports, and large geographical areas consisting of approximately two or more states.

Directs a highly technical and diverse workforce consisting of 150-300 federal employees who are Airway Transportation Specialists, Engineering Technicians, Program Managers/Analysts and Computer Specialists. Incumbent will have day-to-day direction over 3-5 subordinate managers including subordinate facility managers as well as functionally integrated teams of operational and support personnel. Interfaces with management across multiple subordinate organizational units and integrates projects/programs across multiple functions. Provides coaching, mentoring, and development of staff and organizational capabilities and is responsible for team-building throughout the facilities in the District. Sets priorities, assigns tasks and responsibilities, monitors and evaluates performance of organizational units, managers, and employees, approves leave; takes and/or approves corrective /disciplinary actions as appropriate.

Provide direct support to the Director of Technical Operations to establish, monitor, and sustain Technical Operations initiatives and activities that cross service units within the Air Traffic Organization and the FAA lines of business. Develop new methodologies and techniques to solve organizational challenges and procedures. Conceive. plan, and conduct studies involving complex operational issues and that support the overall Technical Operations Business Plans activities under the core business measure of ensuring safety and security of the NAS.

Provide senior level policy guidance, direction and interpretation of technical operations related areas of NAS programs.

Provide engineering and technical guidance regarding relationships between current and future NAS to be acquired, developed, and integrated via numerous acquisition programs in support of the activities within the AJW Business Plans core business measure--Acquisition Workforce Plan.

Provides expert collaborative analysis of technical information submitted for review of complex and challenging projects and programs that cross technical and operational disciplines and organizational lines of business impacting multiple internal and external organizations. Identify, assess, and analyze significant issues, opportunities, and trends that require senior leadership attention.

Identify and apply operational expertise and authority to ensure the success of the Air Traffic Safety Action and Technical Operations Safety Action programs by overseeing the implementing voluntary safety reporting corrective actions. This is done through tracking and collaborating with operational experts within internal directorates, across organization lines and throughout the ATO in addition to aligning program objectives with organizational goals to achieve safety excellence impacting the FAA and the safety of the flying public.

Serve as the internal and external point of contact for information, and concerns that impact large segments of Technical Operations, ATO and the FAA. Responsible for managing information appropriately to ensure concerns arc addressed and issues are resolved. Predicts potential issues and proposes recommendations for preventative action. Ensures consistent responses from the operations functions to internal and external organizations.

Applies knowledge of the Vice Presidents and Directors broad goals and objectives and those of the ATO and corporate FAA to identify, define and organize work for multiple work activities.

Responsible for quality assurance and reporting for District-wide Technical Operations. Oversees a comprehensive system of metrics reporting and performance evaluations for all technical operations activities associated with NAS operations.

Performs other duties as assigned.

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Conditions of employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
A one-year supervisor/managerial probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-K, FG/GS-15 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience includes: Leading an effective workforce that achieves organizational wide goals.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

Interview Policy: Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed.

Security Clearance: Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of satisfactory security requirement for a noncritical-sensitive clearance.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension and Technical Requirements.

In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension and Technical Requirement, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a human resource specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements may be further evaluated on the Leadership and Management Dimensions and Technical Requirements listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Unless previously completed, the incumbent must satisfactorily complete a 1-year probationary period to remain in this supervisory or managerial position.

This is not a bargaining unit position.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

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Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee):You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.

Applicants must apply on-line, through USAJOBS, to receive consideration; Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation and college transcripts can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth, will be accepted in combination with your online application and can be faxed to (206) 231-4150.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Job Ident #: 8674926000

Company Details

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs

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Job Info

Location

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Type

Contractor

Salary Range

$175,051 - $228,000

Company Details

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 USA
www.faa.gov/jobs