Serves as a principal liaison between flight operations and maintenance operations. Provides the highest organizational level of technical support associated with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricating, maintaining, modifying, or evaluating the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible.

Duties

Provides on call Maintenance Control services to Flight Program Operations aircraft and crews. Coordinates flight schedules with maintenance requirements to ensure aircraft availability and is the focal point for coordination of Flight Program Operations aircraft maintenance planning, aircraft status information, and location. Ensures timely accomplishment of aircraft maintenance with a minimum impact on flight inspection services, worldwide. Is considered a technical expert within the organization for the assigned system or specialty area and provides airworthiness release authority to maintenance bases and personnel engaged in maintaining Flight Program Operations aircraft. Makes on time decision for schedule to resolve conflicts among maintenance and daily operations schedule. This position requires a FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
• One year probationary period may be required.
• Applicant must possess an FAA Airframe and Powerplant certificate.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• A physical may be required.
• Please review Required Documents & Additional Information.

Qualifications

To qualify for this FV-I (FG/GS-13) position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (FG/GS-12) 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: experience in an Maintenance Control Center coordinating flight schedules with maintenance requirements, providing CFR 14 135 airworthiness releases, initiating, overseeing and coordinating maintenance events ensuring a timely return to service, authorizing deferrals using minimum equipment list, assist in troubleshooting aircraft flight discrepancies, authorize third party maintenance providers in accordance with the GMM for a 14 CFR Part 121 Air Carrier and/or a 14 CFR Part 135 Air Carrier in a maintenance environment.In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): Applicants must possess a valid FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate AND document experience in an Operational Control Center serving a 14 CFR Part 121 Air Carrier in a maintenance environment with scheduled service and a fleet size greater than 50 OR experience in a 14 CFR Part 135 Air Carrier in a maintenance environment with a fleet size greater than 25 or more.ALSOQUALITY RANKING FACTOR (QRF):Well-qualified applicants must possess and document experience on at least one of the following aircraft: Beechcraft King Air 90 or 300 series, Bombardier CL-600 series, or Learjet model 60.Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

See qualifications required.

Information Regarding KSA’s:

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 (KSAs), 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 KSAs and 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: Jeff Westlake
• Phone: 1 (405) 954-7947
• Email: [email protected]