Aviation Safety Inspector Position Available In East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Aviion Safety Inspector (General Aviion – Avionics) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion AVS, Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance Office, Bon Rouge

FSDO, SWSD62

Summary The Principal Avionics Inspector (PAI) serves as the primary operions interface between assigned air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, designees, and the Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA). Has program responsibility to assure th assigned organizions meet Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulions (14 CFR) with respect to operions programs governing all mters to general aviion avionics safety issues. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/15/2025 to 05/05/2025 Salary $124,531 – $161,889 per year Salary shown includes locality pay of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade FG 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bon Rouge, LA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel – The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary – 180 days: may be extended, made permanent or termined sooner Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus – This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ANM-AFX-25-1225344-94902

Control number 835243200 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to AVS and AMA-200 employees only Duties The PAI receives administrive direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The PAI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The PAI provides policy assistance to ASIs on difficult or complex policy interpretions. The work is normally accepted without change. Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance th project requirements have been fulfilled. Some FG-14 assignments involve service wide responsibility for applicion of expert knowledge of flight avionics for an advanced multiengine turbojet aircraft. Such employees are concerned with all aspects of the operional capabilities and limitions of the aircraft. ASIs the FG-14 level establish technical procedures and performance indexes and review complete flight operions programs for leaders in the aviion industry, or organizions of comparable scope and complexity, or a uniquely complex group of general aviion organizions. Assignments this level are of gre scope and unusual complexity.

The following assignments are illustrive:

1. As a Service wide expert on a particular type of aircraft: Advises other inspectors of major changes; Evalues new training methods and equipment; Serves on boards th evalue incidents, accidents, complaints, and other serious problems reling to the aircraft. 2. As the principal representive in regulory surveillance of general aviion activities, exercises certifice authority; or evalues maintenance activities and complete aircraft overhaul facilities. 3. Exercises certifice authority and safety responsibility over a complex of broad and varied general aviion organizions such as air taxis, executive and/or industrial operors, repair stions, and flight and mechanic schools when the activities monitored eque collectively to a major air carrier in terms of size and complexity of aircraft fleet employed, scope and technical complexity of operions, management sophisticion, industry leadership, and public impact. The magnitude, intensity, and scope of program responsibility are typically such as to require significant and regular assistance of lower graded inspectors. Decisions typically have broad impact on the operion, maintenance of a particular type of advanced aircraft, or a geographic area containing a variety of novel and/or complex aviion operions. Decisions also have a significant effect on the safety of the flying public. FG-14 employees have critically important and frequently controversial contacts with key officials of major manufacturers and general aviion organizions. Contacts are made to resolve issues which affect the initial certificion or operions programs, and their effect on safety and compliance with regulions. The PAI provides guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique problems, with the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current and anticiped problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems. The PAI is expected to follow established laws, orders, policies, and regulions th provide general guidance for completing work objectives but is allowed considerable discretion to develop new or innovive approaches. The PAI uses resourcefulness, initiive, and judgement based on experience to develop and implement evaluion procedures to address problems where precedents are not applicable. Methods, practices, or decisions may be used as guidance in similar problem areas. Performs other duties as required. Requirements Conditions of Employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Ingrade/Downgrade applicions accepted. If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. Position is designed as Modere Risk; Background investigion may be required. Qualificions General Requirements for All 1825

Positions:

Not more than two separe incidents involving Federal Aviion regulions violions in the last 5 years Valid Ste driver’s license Fluency in the English language No chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance, and High School diploma or equivalent. Medical Requirements for

All Positions:

Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviion Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, with or without a reasonable accommodion . The minimum medical requirements include the following requirements: Have good distant vision in each eye and be able to read, without strain, printed merials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted); Have the ability to hear the conversional voice (hearing aid permitted); and Not have any physical condition th would cause them to be a hazard to themselves or others th would interfere with their ability to fly as passengers in a variety of aircraft. In addition, applicants for positions th require participion in the operion of the aircraft must: Possess a valid second – class medical certifice in accordance with FAA regulions; and Pass recurrent medical examinions as prescribed by the FAA. Applicants not requiring valid second-class medical certifices who are tentively selected required to: Provide documention from a board-certified physician certifying th they meet the minimal medical requirements; or Individuals who do not meet the minimum medical requirements but who are otherwise qualified will receive an individualized assessment to determine whether they can perform the essential functions of the position. When the predominant work involves general aviion avionics , applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Airworthiness) positions must meet all of the following requirements. Aircraft avionics experience involving the maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of installed avionics systems on aircraft. Aircraft avionics work experience (which could include supervision or auditing) in a repair stion; air carrier repair facility; military repair facility; or local, ste, or Federal governmental agency within the last 3 years. In addition , applicants must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-I/FG-13

level. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is:

Assisting, conducting or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion and compliance recommendion of avionics systems on FAR Part 135 air carriers/air operors. For Leral Movements Between 1825

Specialties:

To assist in determining qualificion requirements, applicants transferring between specialties the same grade level are strongly encouraged to complete the approprie Qualificions Assessment Tool (QAT) check sheet and upload it along with their resume. Check sheets are contained in Order 3410.26, Flight Standards Service Air Carrier and General Aviion Qualificions Assessment Tool for AFS Aviion Safety Inspectors. The recency of specialized experience is waived for current FAA employees in the 1825 series. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Educion Educion is not qualifying and cannot be substituted for this position. Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. Applicants must apply online to receive considerion. Faxed, mailed or emailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 206-231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. The FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA or Leadership and Management Dimension. In lieu of providing a response, please include

WORK HISTORY IN YOUR RESUME THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH SECTION.

Please include specific examples and details which illustre your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Please include applicable de ranges. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion placed in alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for considerion. This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists (www.passnional.org). Links to

Important Informion:

, Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IMPORTANT

Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee): You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, or equivalent document th verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans’ documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 206-231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer’s name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary (optional) Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, , for more informion on uploading and re-using the documents in your applicions. Agency contact informion Chazden Galloway Phone Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: . Important – If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee): You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, or equivalent document th verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans’ documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 206-231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.

We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creion of resumes. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties) Employer’s name and address Supervisor name and phone number Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary (optional) Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide, , for more informion on uploading and re-using the documents in your applicions. Agency contact informion Chazden Galloway Phone Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: . Important – If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/15/2025 to 05/05/2025 Salary $124,531 – $161,889 per year Salary shown includes locality pay of 17.06%. Pay scale & grade FG 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Bon Rouge, LA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel – The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary – 180 days: may be extended, made permanent or termined sooner Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus – This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ANM-AFX-25-1225344-94902

Control number 835243200 ., .