Senior Aviation Safety Inspector Position Available In Charleston, South Carolina

Tallo's Job Summary: The Senior Aviation Safety Inspector position with the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration involves leading the integration of production compliance into oversight strategies for aerospace organizations. The role requires independent work, collaboration, risk assessment, and oversight of system processes to ensure compliance, safety, and performance assurance. The salary ranges from $94,544 to $146,571 per year, with three vacancies available in North Charleston, SC, and Everett, WA. The job may entail up to 25% travel, is full-time, and offers situational telework eligibility. This is a permanent position with no promotion potential. Applicants must meet specific qualifications, including specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. US citizenship, selective service registration, and a valid driver's license are required. Additional requirements include English language fluency, no chemical dependencies, and a high school diploma or equivalent. Physical requirements must also be met, such as good distant vision and hearing. Interviews may be conducted, and incomplete applications may impact consideration. The job is not part of a bargaining unit, and security clearance and drug testing are not required. Applicants must apply online, and specific documents, including SF-50 forms, may be necessary. The closing date for applications is May 6, 2025.

Company:
United States Department of Transportation
Salary:
$120557
JobFull-timeOnsite

Job Description

Senior Aviion Safety Inspector Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Aircraft Certificion Service (AIR) Summary Serves as a Senior Aviion Safety Inspector (SASI) th leads the integrion of production compliance into branch oversight stregies and performs systems oversight duties aerospace organizions. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2025 to 05/06/2025 Salary $94,544 – $146,571 per year Salary does not include Locality. Locality based on duty locion. See Additional Informion for duty locions. Pay scale & grade FV J Locions 3 vacancies in the following locions: North Charleston, SC Everett, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less – The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential No Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number

ASW-AIR-25-CR206-94972

Control number 835792900 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 Open to current permanent employees AIR Wide & AMA-200 Duties The SASI works independently and uses sound judgment to determine the best methods for cross-organizional collaborion to address oversight needs, uses safety da and risk assessment tools to target oversight resources on priority concerns, and develops standardized processes th result in consistent, da generion. In addition, the incumbent evalues the adequacy and effectiveness of system processes and procedures to determine if the resulting outcomes are compliant, safe, and achieve design and performance assurance. The Managers provide administrive direction in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The incumbent is involved in the planning and implemention of a full range of oversight activities aerospace organizions. The SASI assesses assigned aerospace organizions (both the certifice holder, as well as organizion designion authorizion (ODA) functions, if applicable) compliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulions (14 CFR) with respect to system, process, production, airworthiness, and type certificion programs. Leads stregic plan development of oversight actions for audits, supervision, and inspection activities (as applicable) of assigned aerospace organizions within personnel and budget limitions. Determines team needs for risk-targeted oversight actions in terms of areas and depth, locion, and frequency th most productive to assure adherence to the aerospace organizions deleged certificion functions as applicable, safety management, and/or quality system. The SASI works with cross-organizional groups to assure on a continuing basis th the quality systems, organizion, ODA (as applicable), production facilities, and aeronautical products of assigned aerospace organizions are in compliance with FAA approvals and 14CFRs. The ASI conducts oversight and/or audits in accordance with FAA Orders 8100.15, 8120.22 Production Approval Procedures, 8120.23 Certifice Management of Production Approval Holders, and other established policies. The SASI serves as a design and manufacturing expert in the FAA Compliance Program including investigion of violions, accidents, incidents, and malfunctions/defects th may be tributable to assigned organizions. The SASI coaches/mentors and reviews the work of lower grade inspectors, and lower/equivalent/or higher-grade employees (relive to oversight reled duties) and performs other duties as assigned. The incumbent reports to the manager on performance progress, training of employees, and disciplinary problems. Makes recommendions to the manager regarding promotions, reassignments, recognition, and personnel needs. Resolves simple complaints of employees and refers others to the manager. As instructed by the manager, the SASI is authorized to direct and assign work of office personnel and may serve as an approver for actions routinely performed by the manager as permitted by policy. The SASI applies experience and comprehensive knowledge to mentor others in risk management techniques, planning, and decision making regarding targeted oversight and management of organizional delegions and/or individual designees; certificion projects (production, airworthiness, and type), safety management, and continued operional safety decisions. Incumbent applies systems thinking principles to the above responsibilities in order to achieve comprehensive, integred solutions. The SASI integres multiple da analysis outcomes to determine oversight needs for large/complex deleged organizions, incorpores the agency’s compliance philosophy, and leads multi-discipline teams to efficiently and effectively oversee these entities based upon risk to operion within the aviion system. Performs other duties as assigned. 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). Employee will report to FAA Duty locion This is not a remote position, duty locion must be selected. Qualificions All applicants must meet the following requirements: 1. Not more than 2 separe incidents involving Federal Aviion Regulions violions in the last 5 years. 2. Have a valid ste driver’s license. 3. Be fluent in the English language. 4. Have no chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance; and 5. Be a high school gradue or equivalent.

MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviion Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, and must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Have good distant vision in each eye and be able to read printed merials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted) without strain. 2. Have the ability to hear the conversional voice (hearing aid permitted). 3. Not have any physical condition th would cause them to be a hazard to themselves or others or th would interfere with their ability to fly as passengers in a variety of aircraft.

Specialized Experience:

To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-I, FG/GS-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 and is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. At least one year of specialized experience, the next lower level, includes : – Experience in the issuance of production approvals. – Experience directing and assigning work to technical personnel. Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSAs): As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion 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. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include informion th 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 evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as approprie. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. Educion Educion not applicable. 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. This position(s) is loced in AIR-582, however, this vacancy announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in any of the other AIR Division Offices. Only the following duty locion is available. North Charleston, SC – 17.06% Everette Washington, WA- 31.57%

Security Requirement :

Modere Risk (5). This position requires completion and favorable adjudicion of a background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5-year period reinvestigion.

Interview Stement:

The Agency may choose to interview one, some, none, or all candides from the selection certifice or any other valid recruitment/referral list submitted.

Incomplete Applicions:

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. This is not a bargaining unit position. 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. Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion (e.g. SF-50 &/or veterans’ documention) you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Applicants are reminded th Form SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) is required and NOT Form SF-52 (Request for Personnel Action). 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 Chrystal Robinson Phone Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 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 Applicants must apply on-line to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion (e.g. SF-50 &/or veterans’ documention) you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Applicants are reminded th Form SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) is required and NOT Form SF-52 (Request for Personnel Action). 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 Chrystal Robinson Phone Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 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 04/24/2025 to 05/06/2025 Salary $94,544 – $146,571 per year Salary does not include Locality. Locality based on duty locion. See Additional Informion for duty locions. Pay scale & grade FV J Locions 3 vacancies in the following locions: North Charleston, SC Everett, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less – The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential No Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number

ASW-AIR-25-CR206-94972

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