Job Description
Aviion Safety Inspector (AC-Flight Oversight) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion AFS, Safety Standards Branch, Internional Programs and Policy, Miami
IFO, FS054-MIA
Summary The Internional Principal Aviion Safety Inspector (Air Carrier - Flight Oversight) functions as the primary interface between assigned foreign operors, agencies, organizions, airmen, designees, and the Federal Aviion Administrion. Incumbent has program responsibility to assure th assigned entities meet federal aviion regulions 14 Code of Federal Regulions (CFR) and reled direction with respect to operions programs. Learn more about this agency Summary The Internional Principal Aviion Safety Inspector (Air Carrier - Flight Oversight) functions as the primary interface between assigned foreign operors, agencies, organizions, airmen, designees, and the Federal Aviion Administrion. Incumbent has program responsibility to assure th assigned entities meet federal aviion regulions 14 Code of Federal Regulions (CFR) and reled direction with respect to operions programs. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Miramar, FL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $133,953 - $174,144 per year The salary listed above includes base pay and Locality of 24.67% 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 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% 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 Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number AWP-AVS-26-BAR9593-98690
Control number 870164200 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 AVS and AMA-200 employees Duties Help •NOTE:
Flight Oversight ASIs do not conduct certificion (pilot evaluing, testing, and checking) job functions as a required crewmember, including safety pilot. The incumbent will not, in any scenario, act as a required crewmember or safety pilot of an aircraft. The Internional Principal Aviion Safety Inspector (ASI) receives administrive direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The ASI independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The ASI provides policy assistance to ASIs on difficult or complex policy interpretions. The work is normally accepted without change. Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance th project requirements have been fulfilled. Applies expert knowledge of flight operions for an advanced multiengine turbojet aircraft. Such employees are concerned with all aspects of the operional capabilities and limitions of the aircraft. Assignments this level are of gre scope and unusual complexity and the organizions monitored are major factors in the industry. As the principal representive in regulory oversight of foreign air carrier activities, exercises authority over foreign air operors with very extensive and complex operions. Analyzes flight operions involving large fleets of turbojet aircraft engaged in large-scale passenger and freight service, or evalues maintenance activities and complete aircraft overhaul facilities which are equipped and staffed to handle the lest and most sophisticed turbojet aircraft and associed systems. This level includes the responsibility for nionally and internionally prominent carriers who operor the largest, most advanced fleets of turbojet aircraft in the industry. Exercises regulory authority and safety responsibility over a complex of broad and varied general aviion organizions such as air taxis, executive and/or industrial operors, and agency¿s when the activities monitored eque collectively to a major air carrier in terms of size and complexity of aircraft fleet employed, scope and technical complexity of operions, management sophisticion, industry leadership, and public impact. Develops and evalues flight operion programs for organizions which utilize the newest, most complex aircraft, systems, and equipment. Because of organizional complexity or the advanced technology incorpored in the aircraft, systems, and equipment, employee must exercise originality to resolve unique problems. They frequently rely on engineers and designers for specific technical guidance although much of their work is carried out under very broad policy guidelines. Employee has wide leeway for independent action. Provides advice to other inspectors on problems reling to aircraft and their operion. Because of the precedent-setting nure or substantial effect on the aviion industry or public safety, the decisions made may be reviewed and approved a higher policy- setting level. The ASI will have critically important and frequently controversial contacts with key officials of major manufacturers, major carriers, and general aviion organizions. Contacts are made to resolve issues which affect the initial certificion and major modificions of aircraft, maintenance or operions programs, and their effect on safety and compliance with regulions. The ASI is expected to follow established laws, orders, policies, and regulions th provide general guidance for completing work objectives but is allowed considerable discretion to develop new or innovive approaches. The ASI uses resourcefulness, initiive, and judgement based on experience to develop and implement evaluion procedures to address problems where precedents are not applicable. Methods, practices, or decisions may be used as guidance in similar problem areas. Performs other duties as 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). Designed or Random Drug Testing required. Ingrade/downgrade bids accepted. Applicants MUST submit all required certifices (See Required Documents) If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. Qualificions General Requirements for All 1825 Positions:
Not more than two separe incidents involving Federal Aviion regulions violions in the last 5 years Valid Ste driver's license Fluency in the English language No chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance, and High School diploma or equivalent. Medical Requirements for All Positions:
Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviion Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, with or without a reasonable accommodion . The minimum medical requirements include the following requirements: Have good distance 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 conditions th would cause them to be a hazard to themselves or others or th would interfere with their ability to opere/occupy a flight deck observer's se (jumpse) or a cabin passenger se in a variety of aircraft To qualify for this position, you must meet the Office of Personnel Management Qualificion Standards for the 1825 series in the Air Carrier - Flight Oversight specialty which requires the following: At least one year of pilot experience in multi-engine aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds maximum certificed takeoff weight. Three years of experience working in an organizion with an air carrier, commercial operor, or air agency certifice, an organizion whose work led to the certificion of individual airmen, or an organizion th opered aircraft. At least one year of this experience must be with an organizion th opered multiengine aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds maximum takeoff weight. Minimum 1,500 total flight hours. Must hold a valid Airline Transport Pilot Certifice. Not more than two flying accidents during the last five years in which the applicant's pilot error was involved. In addition , applicants must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I/FG-13
level. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is:
Assisting, conducting or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion and compliance recommendion of operional activities for FAR Part 121 air carriers, Part 129 air carrier/air operors, or part 135 air operors. The recency of specialized experience is waived for current FAA employees in the 1825 series. Certifice and Rings:
This position requires a certifice and rings for minimum qualificion in the following specialty: Air Carrier Flight Oversight; a copy of the certifice and rings are required for ALL candides newly appointed to the FAA in the 1825 specialty of Air Carrier Flight Oversight. Certifice and rings are not required from applicants who are currently occupying (or previously held) Air Carrier Flight Oversight or Air Carrier Operions 1825 series position. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Security Requirements:
Non-critical sensitive (2): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Tier 3 (T3) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained and approved. Educion Educion is not qualifying this grade level for this position and may not 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. 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, 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 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. In-grade/Downgrade applicions accepted Current FAA employee: You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, or equivalent document th verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position. Interview Policy:
If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. 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 Applicants must apply online, through USAJOBS, to receive considerion. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention and college transcripts can also be faxed to (424) 405-7365 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth accepted in combinion with your online applicion and can be faxed to (424) 405-7365 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 Annika Ramon Phone 1 (424) 405-7335 Fax 1 (424) 405-7365 Annika.
S.Ramon@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AWP Regional HR Services Branch 777 S. Aviion Blvd. - Suite 150 AHF-S110 El Segundo, CA 90245 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 Applicants must apply online, through USAJOBS, to receive considerion. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention and college transcripts can also be faxed to (424) 405-7365 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth accepted in combinion with your online applicion and can be faxed to (424) 405-7365 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 Annika Ramon Phone 1 (424) 405-7335 Fax 1 (424) 405-7365 Annika.
S.Ramon@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AWP Regional HR Services Branch 777 S. Aviion Blvd. - Suite 150 AHF-S110 El Segundo, CA 90245 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 in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Miramar, FL No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $133,953 - $174,144 per year The salary listed above includes base pay and Locality of 24.67% Pay scale & grade FG 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% 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 Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement number AWP-AVS-26-BAR9593-98690
Control number 870164200