Aviation Safety Inspector

Aviion Safety Inspector (AW General Aviion Avionics) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Division H, Albuquerque

FSDO, SWSD03A

Summary The duty locion for this position is loced in Albuquerque New Mexico. Learn more about this agency Summary The duty locion for this position is loced in Albuquerque New Mexico. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/15/2026 to 05/05/2026 Salary $107,592 - $139,871 per year Salary range includes 18.33% locality pay. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Locion Albuquerque, NM 3 vacancies Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 1825 Aviion Safety Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ASW-FS-26-DC129-98149

Control number 865105800 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 AVS-wide to include AMA-200 Duties Help The PAI receives administrive direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The PAI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The PAI provides policy assistance to field level Aviion Safety Inspectors (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. ASIs the FG-13 level issue certifices to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviion organizion or (2) a number of smaller organizions th, together, are comparable in complexity to one large one. They are the primary contact point with the aviion organizion(s). They may decide on issuance of the original certifices. They evalue and decide upon proposals to change the authorized programs of the organizions. They continuously monitor the activities of organizions to determine whether they are following their authorized program, Federal regulions, and good safety practices FG-13 assignments are characterized by one or more of the following: Commercially opered aircraft or and the complex avionics equipment associed with such A variety of maintenance operions with diverse types of aircraft; or Novel and complex aviion operions. FG-13 employees plan and conduct their assignments with substantial technical independence. They receive administrive and policy guidance from their supervisors and policy makers. They also obtain technical advice from higher-level inspectors who are experts on a particular type of aircraft or who have overall program responsibility. They independently plan and carry out a work program to meet the needs and monitor the activities of the organizions for which they have certificion responsibility. The scope and complexity of the work program may be such as to require the occasional assistance of other employees to conduct inspections and evalue operions. The PAI applies a mastery knowledge level of the approprie specializion and a broad knowledge of the mission and goals to assigned programs and areas of responsibility. The PAI plans and directs the use of time and resources to accomplish organizional objectives. He or she defines, organizes, and uses resources to accomplish work activities within established schedules, analyzes program requirements and accomplishments, and makes or directs adjustments as necessary to address organizional needs. Guidelines and precedents are frequently inadeque for dealing with novel or complex operions. incumbent understand and apply the basic principles of aviion safety and interpret the intent of the regulions. Contacts are frequently with owners and top managers of aviion corporions and involve negotiing and resolving the full range of issues and problems th confront aviion organizions. Occasionally issues are controversial, arousing considerable public interest. ASIs the FG-13 level participe extensively in the certificion inspection and surveillance of highly complex air carrier operions where principal program responsibility is vested in an aviion safety inspector of higher grade. Employees have broad authority to negotie with carrier management and make technical determinions within the coverage of approved specificions and policy manuals. The PAI provides guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique problems, with the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current and anticiped problems and issues. The PAI is expected to follow established laws, order, policies and regulions th provide general guidance for completing work adjectives but is allowed discretion to develop new or innovive approaches. 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). Position is designed as Modere Risk; a background investigion may be required. 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 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 not requiring valid second-class medical certifices who are tentively selected required to: Provide documention from a board-certified physician certifying th they meet the minimal medical requirements; 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. When the predominant work involves general aviion avionics , applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Airworthiness) positions must meet all of the following requirements. Aircraft avionics experience involving the maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of installed avionics systems on aircraft. Aircraft avionics work experience (which could include supervision or auditing) in a repair stion; air carrier repair facility; military repair facility; or local, ste, or Federal governmental agency within the last 3 years. In addition , applicants must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-H/FG-12

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 defined as:

Experience assisting, conducting or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion and compliance recommendion of avionics systems on FAR Part 135 air carriers/air operors. The recency of specialized experience is waived for current and former 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. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Educion Educion is not qualifying 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 The FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives 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 or Leadership and Management Dimension. In lieu of providing a response, please include

WORK HISTORY IN YOUR RESUME THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH SECTION.

Please include specific examples and details which illustre your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Please include applicable de ranges. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion placed in alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for considerion. In-grade/Downgrade applicions accepted. 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.

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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 If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 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. 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 Darin Campbell Phone 1 (817) 222-5804 Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 darin.s.campbell@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: 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 If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 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. 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 Darin Campbell Phone 1 (817) 222-5804 Fax 1 (817) 222-5852 darin.s.campbell@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASW Regional HR Services Branch 10101 Hillwood Parkway

AHF-S410

Fort Worth, TX 76177 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: 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 Open & closing des 04/15/2026 to 05/05/2026 Salary $107,592 - $139,871 per year Salary range includes 18.33% locality pay. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Locion Albuquerque, NM 3 vacancies Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ASW-FS-26-DC129-98149

Control number 865105800