Aviation Safety Technician, (Internal), Portland FSDO, NMSD64

Aviion Safety Technician, (Internal), Portland

FSDO, NMSD64

Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion FAA, Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance, Portland

FSDO, NMSD64

Summary Serves as Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASl's) and the public. Learn more about this agency Summary Serves as Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASl's) and the public. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 1, 2026 Locion Hillsboro, OR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $60,212 - $86,461 per year The salary listed above includes 26.13% locality pay for Hillsboro, OR duty locion. Pay scale & grade

FG 8 - 9

Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time 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. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1802 Compliance Inspection And Support Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

ACE-FS-26-KJCNM63-98629

Control number 868841300 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent FAA employees FAA wide Help This job is also open in another announcement to: The public Veterans Individuals with disabilities Special authorities Duties Help Technical Administrion Provides technical knowledge and support to aviion safety inspectors, the general public, stakeholders, and airmen regarding a wide variety of aviion-reled topics. Extracts safety da and informion from FAA records to identify trends for items th affect aviion safety and enters technical findings in agency approved dabases. This individual will provide technical assistance and/or support with certificion, surveillance, investigion, and/or enforcement, examples include, but are not limited to: Certificion Support ¿ Provides technical support to ASl's during certificion of operors and air agencies. ¿ Reviews airmen certificion files, submitted by designees for accuracy. ¿ Reviews inspection authorizion files for renewal eligibility. ¿ Conducts Operional Color Vision Tests. ¿ Reviews designee management system to determine renewal eligibility. ¿ Compiles da for technical reports. Surveillance Support ¿ Assists ASI's with surveillance of aviion events. ¿ Assists in drafting and issuing waivers and authorizions. Investigion Support ¿ Drafts Enforcement Investigive Reports (EIR) for review and final approval by an ASI ¿ Acts as the Point of Contact (POC) for safety assets (PPE) reled to accident investigions. Enforcement Support Incumbent responsible for enforcement functions including: conducting violions, voluntary disclosure, suspect illegal charters, incidents, navigion and altitude deviion investigions. Other ¿ Provides technical support for special inspections, including a variety of the functions described in the previous paragraphs. ¿ May conduct meetings or portions of meetings in support of technical work functions. ¿ Prepares technical correspondence in support of assigned work functions. ¿ Provides administrive support and project tracking utilizing required computer software. Requirements Help 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). (See Required Documents) Successful completion of a security investigion may be required. Position is designed as Modere Risk; a background investigion may be required. Selectee required to report to an FAA/AVS facility. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Qualificions FG -08, To qualify for this position the FG-8 level , you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FG/GS-7 level.

Specialized experience is:

demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions, computer skills and knowledge of common software applicions, analytical skill, interpersonal skills, and communicion skills. Typically preferred candides will show technical training and/or certificion experience applicable to a regulory aviion environment. FG -09, To qualify for this position the FG-9 level , you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FG/GS-8 level.

Specialized experience is:

demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions; computer skills and knowledge of common software applicions; analytical skill; interpersonal skills; and communicion skills: experience ghering and compiling aviion safety da; experience analyzing aviion safety informion for the purpose of identifying trends; experience preparing technical reports and documents; and experience assisting in aviion investigions such as complaints, occurrences, incidents, accidents and/or violions. Typically preferred candides will show technical training and/or certificion experience applicable to a regulory aviion environment. Refer to OPM's Opering Manual Qualificion Standard http://www.opm.gov/qualificions/standards/group-stds/gs-cler.asp . Qualificions must be met by the closing de of the announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility or considerion for employment. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. 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 Not applicable. Ingrade/Downgrade applicions accepted.

Interviews:

All or none of the candides may be interviewed. Selectee must report to the advertised facility.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS

: 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. Your applicion/resume must have your official title, grade, series and employment des in your work history. 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)/Leadership and Management Dimension (LMD)

NARRATIVES

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

NARRATIVE

response in the text box listed below each KSA/LMD. In lieu of providing a

KSA NARRATIVE

response in the text box listed below each KSA/LMD, in your work history on your resume/applicion, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA/LMD. 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. Please also 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. Determining length of Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible due to an incomplete applicion. 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. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. 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. Applicants must apply online 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, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Full promotion potential to the FG-9

Level:

Identificion of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligion on the part of management to promote the employee selected some future de. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training, qualificion requirements, and recommendion by the supervisor. Preview job questionnaire 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. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements Links to

Important Informion:

Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 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 Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help All Applicants MUST provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) which verifies current position, title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record as shown below. 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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. 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.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. 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. Agency contact informion

KARLA J CANADA

Phone 1 (816) 329-2672 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 karla.canada@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 1100 Main Street

AHF-N400

Kansas City, MO 64106 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: USAJOBS Help Guide . 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 Office of Civil Rights (ACR) 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. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All Applicants MUST provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) which verifies current position, title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record as shown below. 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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. 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.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion

KARLA J CANADA

Phone 1 (816) 329-2672 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 karla.canada@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 1100 Main Street

AHF-N400

Kansas City, MO 64106 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: USAJOBS Help Guide . 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 Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/01/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 1, 2026 Locion Hillsboro, OR No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $60,212 - $86,461 per year The salary listed above includes 26.13% locality pay for Hillsboro, OR duty locion. Pay scale & grade

FG 8 - 9

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time 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. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number

ACE-FS-26-KJCNM63-98629

Control number 868841300