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Aviion Safety Inspector (AC - Flight Oversight AQPM) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Aviion Safety (AVS) Flight Standards Service, Air Carrier Safety Assurance, Alaska CMO Summary The Advanced Qualificion Program Manager (AQPM) is responsible for the adequacy of the advanced qualificion flight program including indoctrinion, qualificion, and continuing qualificion curricula, and the flight operions program performing inspections, surveillance, and certificion duties for carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, and designees. Learn more about this agency Summary The Advanced Qualificion Program Manager (AQPM) is responsible for the adequacy of the advanced qualificion flight program including indoctrinion, qualificion, and continuing qualificion curricula, and the flight operions program performing inspections, surveillance, and certificion duties for carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, and designees. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/18/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Phoenix, AZ Long Beach, CA San Francisco, CA Hillsboro, OR Des Moines, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100% telework or remote position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $107,446 - $139,684 per year Salary shown includes base pay only. Locality added based on final duty locion. Pay scale & grade FG 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1825 Aviion Safety 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-AFS-26-DLS-98822
Control number 870866700 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 CURRENT FAA
employees only AVS wide including AMA-200 employees Duties Help Under the general direction of the Principal Inspector or Supervisory Principal Inspector, accomplishes the following duties: A. Technical Administrion Within the Advanced Qualificion Program(s), assures on a continuing basis th certifice holders are properly and adequely organized, staffed, and equipped; have and conduct an adeque AQP including an acceptable record keeping system; and facilities and procedures th meet all regulory requirements. Regularly s the certifice holder¿s training facilities and other offices to maintain contact with their approprie management officials; coordines with the principal inspector for correction of any deficiencies/discrepancies. Coordines with AFS-280 on AQP applicion, development, approval, and continued operion as a member of the Extended Review Team (ERT). This includes decision-making on movement through the phases of AQP. Coordines with the certifice holder on da development, collection, and analysis of AQP. Coordines communicion between certifice holder and Certifice-Holding District Office (CHDO) on all issues of AQP. Coordines with certifice holder on instructor/evaluor calibrion. Participes in annual review of AQPs and associed da analysis. Coordines with the Principal Inspector and Aircrew Program Managers on management of Aircrew Designed Examiner (ADE) programs. Participes in quarterly or annual Instructor/Evaluor meetings for all fleets to ensure consistency, standardizion and applicable AQP regulions and guidance merial is observed and adequely applied. Chairs joint FAA-industry meetings; maintains regular contact with organizions assigned;
and coordines with top management officials. Maintains expert knowledge of the assigned carriers' Indoctrinion, Qualificion, and
Continuing Qualificion programs to ensure effective regulory oversight. Serves as the technical
point of contact for approval of specialty curriculums and/or flight operions specificion
approvals. Provides verbal and/or written technical assistance to legal counsel, testifies court trials and formal hearings, and gives depositions. Responsible for the conduct of enforcement investigions and preparion of final reports
and recommendions on disposition. Responsible for coordining with Extended Review Team members and approprie Headquarters' AQP personnel reling to program approvals and general questions. Primary point of contact between the carrier and the CHDO for AQP issues and to ensure consistency and standardizion between fleets in curriculum approval and da analysis. B. Certificion Coordines with Principal Inspector and AFS-280 on initial applicion for AQP approval. Coordines with Principal Inspector and AFS-280 on review and approval of curriculum development and all subsequent phases of AQP approval. Coordines with the Principal Inspector to approve/accept or disapprove/reject AQP manuals and revisions to such manuals. Obtains amendments to previously approved manuals to accomplish the following: correct any conflict with regulory requirements; elimine unsafe practices; and/or improve the specificity of instruction. Evalues training programs to ensure th they meet requirements of the Federal Aviion Regulions. Approves or disapproves these training programs including flight simulors, training devices, or other such equipment used in these programs. Coordines with the Principal Inspector and Aircrew Program Managers on designion of check airmen and makes recommendions on appointment of designees. Assures standardizion of check airman and designees and recommends to Principal Inspector and Aircrew Program Manager any changes which are considered necessary. Evalues operions and facilities by on-site inspections and review of reports by geographic inspectors or others. Negoties changes essential or desirable in policies and procedures. Performs other duties as assigned. 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). Selectee required to report to an FAA/AVS facility. Qualificions Aviion Safety Series, 1825 General Requirements for All 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 tentively selected required to:
Provide documention from a board-certified physician certifying th they meet the minimal medical requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodion; 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 with or without a reasonable accommodion. To qualify for this position you must meet the Office of Personnel Management Qualificion Standards for the 1825 series, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS/FG-13
as an Aviion Safety Inspector (AC- Flight Oversight). 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:
experience assisting, conducting, or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion, and enforcement activities. In addition, when the predominant work involves Air Carrier Operions , applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Operions) positions must meet all of the following requirements: Valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings. Must have given a minimum of 200 hours of flight instruction in an aircraft. Professional flying skill as demonstred in a flight check to Commercial Pilot Certifice with an instrument ring; Possession of Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. Minimum of 100 flight hours within the last 3 years. Minimum of 1,500 total flight hours. Possession of single and multi-engine land airplane rings. Not more than 2 flying accidents in the last 5 years in which the applicant's pilot error was involved. Possession of a valid second-class FAA medical certifice. 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. 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 valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings and Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. All applicants MUST provide a copy of their valid second-class FAA medical certifice. 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 DEVIN SLIMMER
Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 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 valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings and Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. All applicants MUST provide a copy of their valid second-class FAA medical certifice. 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 DEVIN SLIMMER
Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 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 Additional locions Des Moines, WA Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/18/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Phoenix, AZ Long Beach, CA San Francisco, CA Hillsboro, OR Des Moines, WA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100% telework or remote position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $107,446 - $139,684 per year Salary shown includes base pay only. Locality added based on final duty locion. Pay scale & grade FG 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. 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-AFS-26-DLS-98822
Control number 870866700
