Serve as Branch Manager for Automation/Communications Branch, AMA-920 with overall authority for administration and technical direction of the branch.

Duties

Serves as Branch Manager for Automation/Communications Branch AMA-920, with overall authority for administration and technical direction of the branch. Branch activities include, but are not limited to the maintenance, repair, installation/decommission and modification of NAS/NextGen Systems in support of the FAA Academy. The branch staff carries out the branch programs, maintains, repairs, installs/decommissions and modifies the systems and test beds used by the FAA Academy in their training requirements and primary mission. This position requires application of knowledge, practices, theories, concepts, methods, techniques, and abilities for the discipline to which the position is classified. Responsibilities include inspection/oversight, planning, developing, coordinating, deploying, implementing, maintaining, and replacing systems. Incumbent is required to interact with personnel from the FAA Academy and other organizations internal and external to the FAA. The Branch Manager reports to the NAS Technical Services Division Manager.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
• Successful completion of security investigation may be required.
• A one-year supervisor/managerial probationary period may be required.
• Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-J level, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level. 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:Developing and/or modifying polices, standards, and procedures for the maintenance, repair, installation, decommission, and/or modification of NAS/NextGen systems.Overseeing the planning, development, coordination, and replacement of systems.Preparing workload projections, equipment replacement, and layout plans to support the FAA Academy training requirements and mission.Applying technical procedures like budget, human resource policies, and administrative procedures.Recommending improvements to improve operational efficiency.Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.

Education

Information Regarding KSAs:

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 KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Abilities section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA 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 and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) or Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration AAC Regional HR Services Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 155 AHF-S210 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 US
• Name: Sidney Snider
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-7981
• Email: [email protected]