This position directly supports the Special Activities and Law Enforcement Support Division, AXE-300, providing technical assistance in response to both classified requests to FAA from U.S. Federal, State and local agencies in support of sensitive national, defense, intelligence community and sensitive law enforcement.

Duties

The Aviaton Safety Inspector (Operations) reports to the Manager, Special Activities Support Branch and serves as a principal inspector within assigned area of expertise responsible for assuring that assigned organizations meed Federal Aviaton Regulations. As an authoritative technical expert, he/she provides assistance to U.S. Federal, state, and local agencies, as assigned in coordination with the Special Activities and Law Enforcement Division, AXE, 300. The incumbent is an authoritative technical expert, responsible for providing assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in support of sensitive law enforcement operations. The assistance provided by the incumbent is vital to the enforcement U.S. Laws and achievement of national security policy and objectives. The incumbent is responsible for the initial and ongoing certification of assigned organization and performs the necessary tasks related to such. Assures that assigned organizations (1) are properly and adequately organized, staffed and equipped; (2) have and conduct adequate training, including an acceptable record-keeping system; and (3) have facilities and procedures that meet all regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
• Security Requirement: Special Sensitive (4). This position requires a Top Secret/SCI completion and favorable adjudication of a background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5 year period reinvestigation.

Qualifications

All Applicants must meet Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Standards for the applicable 1825 Aviation Safety Series (Air Carrier/General Aviation Operations specialty); Information can be found on the following websites:Aviation Safety Series: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1800/aviation-safety-series-1825/Note: Recency of specialized experience and the need for a valid second-class FAA medical certificate are waived for current/former 1825 series employees. Certificate and Ratings:This position requires rating(s) and/or certificate(s) for minimum qualification in one of the following specialties: General Aviation Operations,/Air Carrier Operations, A copy of the rating(s) and/or certificate(s) are required for all candidates newly appointed to the FAA for a given 1825 Series specialty.Applicants must submit rating(s) and/or certificate(s) unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) a position in one of the above mentioned 1825 Series specialties.To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) 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: To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) 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 and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes Experience in the ability to coordinate with AEO-300 and provide technical guidance, interpreting policy on own initiative, in terms of established agency, Federal State, and local objectives. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.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 KSA 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. 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.

Education

Not applicable.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway AHF-S410 Fort Worth, TX 76177 US
• Name: Justin R. Perez
• Phone: 1 (817) 222-5260
• Email: [email protected]