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Federal Aviation Administration

Airport Certification and Safety Inspector

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An Aviation or Aircraft Inspector performs safety inspections on airplanes and works with aircraft mechanics.

$119,856 / year median in Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)

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Airport Certificion and Safety Inspector Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Office of Airports Safety and Standards, Airports Safety and Operions Division (AAS-300) Summary This position serves as an Airport Certificion and Safety Inspector (Airport Safety & Operions Specialist) within the Office of Airports (ARP), Airports Safety and Standards (AAS), Airports Safety and Operions Division (AAS-300) providing technical support and expertise to FAA's nional airport certificion and safety program. Learn more about this agency Summary This position serves as an Airport Certificion and Safety Inspector (Airport Safety & Operions Specialist) within the Office of Airports (ARP), Airports Safety and Standards (AAS), Airports Safety and Operions Division (AAS-300) providing technical support and expertise to FAA's nional airport certificion and safety program. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—
  • Fixed Re PCS
  • Permanent Change of Stion (Current Federal Employee)
  • In accordance with applicable FAA Travel regulions, a fixed relocion payment of $25,000 paid. Relocion expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes. Salary $127,898
  • $198,281 per year The salary listed above includes a 33.94% locality payment for the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Pay scale & grade FV J Promotion potential NA 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 1801 General Inspection, Investigion, Enforcement, And Compliance Series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes
  • This position is represented by AFSCME Local 1653.
Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
AWA-ARP-26-1914BR-100101
Control number 880718600 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 only Duties Help Performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager or more experienced technical operions specialist for large work activities. Provides technical support and expertise to FAA¿s nional airport certificion and safety program. Assists in the development, review and revision of rules, regulions, polices and guidance concerning 14 CFR Part 139, Certificion of Airports, and FAA airport safety initiives. Supports FAA Headquarters and Regional staff in the nional implemention of 14 CFR Part 139, including the evaluion and standardizion of FAA Part 139 airport inspections. As a credentialed FAA Airport Certificion and Safety Inspector, conducts airport certificion and safety inspections throughout the US and American territories, as required. Utilizes policy, federal laws and regulions to provide guidance and technical support for airport safety, operional programs and issues for: (1) various program areas of oversight and interest within the Office of Airports; (2) internal/external stakeholders, including FAA Lines of Businesses/Staff Offices (LOBs/SOs) such as Air Traffic, Flight Standards, Runway Safety Program Office, and the Office of Accident Investigion; and (3) FAA Regional staff to ensure adherence to FAA's Compliance and Enforcement Program in accordance with Federal stutes and FAA orders and processes. Applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge applicable to airport certificion and safety as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Considers the objectives of the division and LOB/SO when developing, integring, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems. Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizional lines. Typical assignments may include complex system design and integrion; extensive research and analyses; investigion and inspection activities; compliance and enforcement actions; and direct responsibility for project/program management. Supports FAA Regions with their submittals for petitions from airport operors requesting exemptions to any Part 139 requirement. Coordines with regional FAA personnel on safety issues and incidents occurring on or near airports. Tracks regional Part 139 enforcement actions. Maintains records for ACSI credentialing and currency requirements. Conducts regional program audits for the part 139 program and other program requirements supporting airport safety and operions. Briefs FAA, Department of Transportion, NTSB and Congressional staff on mters involving airport certificion and safety. Works in collaborion with other FAA LOBs/SOs, and external stakeholders to improve surface safety airports. This includes participing in various surface safety work groups, assignments, and initiives. Provides technical support on various Safety Management System (SMS) initiives and programs, including SMS Panels. Supports the Airports Safety and Operions Division in the tracking and recordkeeping for Nional Transportion Safety Board Safety (NTSB) recommendions, Office of Inspector General (OIG), General Accounting Office (GAO) audits, and any other program auditing functions. Provides technical advice and guidance on new entrant to the Nional Airspace System and to the Office of Airports (ARP) Emergency Planning in coordining support required during emergency situions. Supports various educional outreach efforts both domestically and internionally. Participes in the development of Internional Civil Aviion Organizion (ICAO) standards in support of the FAA's global aviion safety program. 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). Designed or Random Drug Testing required. 25% domestic and/or internional travel required. Qualificions To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the
FV-I, FG/GS-13
level. This experience is typically reled to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS
  • Experience conducting safety inspections and ensuring 14 CFR Part 139 Medium or Large Hub Part 139 Airports.
AND; Experience analyzing, developing and interpreting rules, policies and regulions regarding airport operions. AND; Experience evaluing and analyzing the effectiveness of nional programs. AND; Experience effectively communicing the agency's positions on aviion programs, projects, policies and regulions through reports, briefings, presentions, meetings, etc.
  • You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history.
Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being Answer all questions to the best of your ability.
DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE.
You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience ler in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion.
  • Applicants who fail to demonstre possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documention will receive no further considerion for this position.
  • Applicants may be asked to verify informion on your applicion for employment with the FAA.
  • All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement.
  • Educion Educion cannot be substituted for experience.
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 This position is covered by the Department of Transportion's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program. Any applicant tentively selected for this position subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designed position (TDP)" subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about Core Compension is available : https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits . As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant, 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. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: (1) score order; (2) cegory grouping; (3) alphabetical; or (4) priority grouping, and referred to the selecting official for selection considerion. This Level 5 (Modere Risk; Public Trust) position requires favorable adjudicion of a Minimum Background Investigion (MBI) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained.
AFSCME Interview Criteria:
Article 42, Section 13 stes: If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under considerion for the position th point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparive process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. If it is determined th interviews are required and telephone interviews are not utilized, travel expenses incidental to these interviews paid in accordance with the Agency's travel regulions and this Agreement. 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 Only supplemental documention (e.g. transcript, certificions, SF-50, and/or veterans' documention) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion or faxed to 202-267-7032. These documents must be uploaded on faxed or before the closing de of the announcement. All submitted documents must reference the announcement number. ALL applicants MUST submit the following: (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action). For guidance on how to cree a Federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf . Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. 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 Benigno Ruiz Phone 1 (202) 267-4452 Fax 1 (202) 267-7032 benigno.m.ruiz@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion Employment Services Division 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 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 Only supplemental documention (e.g. transcript, certificions, SF-50, and/or veterans' documention) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion or faxed to 202-267-7032. These documents must be uploaded on faxed or before the closing de of the announcement. All submitted documents must reference the announcement number. ALL applicants MUST submit the following: (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action). For guidance on how to cree a Federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf . Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive considerion. 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 Benigno Ruiz Phone 1 (202) 267-4452 Fax 1 (202) 267-7032 benigno.m.ruiz@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion Employment Services Division 800 Independence Ave, SW, Room 523 AHF-110 Washington, DC 20591 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 Locion 3 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—
  • Fixed Re PCS
  • Permanent Change of Stion (Current Federal Employee)
  • In accordance with applicable FAA Travel regulions, a fixed relocion payment of $25,000 paid. Relocion expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes. Salary $127,898
  • $198,281 per year The salary listed above includes a 33.94% locality payment for the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Pay scale & grade FV J Promotion potential NA 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 AFSCME Local 1653.
Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
AWA-ARP-26-1914BR-100101
Control number 880718600