Aviation Safety Inspector (GA Operations)

Aviion Safety Inspector (GA Operions) (Principal Operions Inspector Flight Program) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion AVS, Flight Standards, General Aviion Division H, Albuquerque NM FSDO Summary The Principal Operions Inspector (POI) is responsible for applying knowledge of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulions (14 CFR) for the development and implemention of standards, programs, and procedures for Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) field personnel and the public governing all mters to general aviion operions safety issues. The incumbent serves as the primary interface between assigned air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, designees, and the FAA. Learn more about this agency Summary The Principal Operions Inspector (POI) is responsible for applying knowledge of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulions (14 CFR) for the development and implemention of standards, programs, and procedures for Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) field personnel and the public governing all mters to general aviion operions safety issues. The incumbent serves as the primary interface between assigned air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, designees, and the FAA. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday

• Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM 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 $27,000 paid. Relocion expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes. Salary $107,592
• $139,871 per year Salary includes 18.33% locality re for Albuquerque Pay scale & grade FG 13 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 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

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Flight Standards Services. Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number

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Control number 872388000 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 Duties Help Under the general direction of the Principal Inspector (Operions) accomplishes the following duties. A. Technical Administrion Assures on a continuing basis th assigned organizions are properly and adequely organized, staffed, equipped and have an adeque training program, including an acceptable record keeping system; and have facilities and procedures th meet regulory requirements. Chairs joint FAA-industry meetings; maintains regular contact with organizions assigned; and coordines with top management officials. Requires or directs correction of any deficiencies/discrepancies and refuses or withdraws approval if they cannot be resolved. Responsible for the conduct of enforcement investigions and preparion of final reports and recommendions on disposition. Performs or supervises the emergency suspension of certifices or cancellions of operions specificions. Conducts or directs the reexaminion of certificed airmen or recertificion of an operor or agency. Conducts investigions of public complaints, congressional inquiries, and aircraft incidents and accidents. Provides verbal and/or written technical assistance to legal counsel, testifies court trials and formal hearings, and gives depositions. Coordines Minimum Equipment List (MEL) approvals with the principal airworthiness inspectors. Takes enforcement action in instances of noncompliance with the MEL. Coordines with geographic inspectors for the accomplishment of nonroutine air carrier surveillance. B. Certificion Approves/accepts or disapproves/rejects manuals, school curriculum, and revisions to such. May require amendments to previously approved documents 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 they meet requirements of the Federal Aviion Regulions. Approves or disapproves training programs including flight simulors, training devices, or other equipment used in these programs. Approves/disapproves designion of check airmen and makes recommendions on the appointment of designees. Evalues operions and facilities by on-site inspections and review of reports by geographic inspectors. Negoties changes essential or desirable in their policies and procedures. Determines approprie methods and/or plans for securing corrective action and determines through on-site inspection or inspector reports the effectiveness of any action. Evalues and approves/disapproves requests to opere under conditions not previously authorized and may prescribe additional conditions and limitions as approprie. Approves original issuance of operions specificions and issues original opering certifices. Approves amendments to operions specificions. Evalues the safety of proposed changes in route or airport authorizions; prescribes changes required before approval. Directs or participes in proving flight evaluions to determine compliance with FARs. Recommends changes th required prior to approval. C. Surveillance Responsible for monitoring all phases of operions including training programs and records; base and stion facilities; and route systems. Coordines with and reviews reports from geographic inspectors and others to identify trends which indice deteriorion in the safety of operions. Directs or suggests changes required to correct such trends. Responsible for monitoring the activities of designed examiners, check airmen, and instructors. May be assigned other duties and responsibilities which are non-grade controlling. Will be required to participe in the flight program as an aircrew member and, as such, must meet the medical and flight currency requirements as set forth in agency orders governing the operion of aircraft. 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.

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Modere Risk (5). This position requires completion and favorable adjudicion of a background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Subject to a 5 year period reinvestigion. 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

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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. To qualify for this position, you must meet the Office of Personnel Management Qualificion Standards for the 1825 series in the General Aviion Operion specialty which requires the following: 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. In addition , applicants must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

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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 includes:

experience Assisting, conducting or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion and compliance recommendion of operional activities for FAR Part 135 air carriers/air operors. For Leral Movements Between 1825

Specialties:

To assist in determining qualificion requirements, applicants transferring between specialties the same grade level are strongly encouraged to complete the approprie Qualificions Assessment Tool (QAT) check sheet and upload it along with their resume. Check sheets are contained in Order 3410.26, Flight Standards Service Air Carrier and General Aviion Qualificions Assessment Tool for AFS Aviion Safety Inspectors. 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. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Educion Educion is not qualifying and cannot be substituted for experience. 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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 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 selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) or Other Factors 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. 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. Applicants must apply online to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applicions cannot be accepted. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Sidney Heifetz sidney.r.heifetz@faa.gov Links to

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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 For Leral Transition between specialties, please submit approprie Qualificion Assessment Tool (QAT).Documention, i.e., Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50), accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be uploaded to your profile or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. 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

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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 For Leral Transition between specialties, please submit approprie Qualificion Assessment Tool (QAT).Documention, i.e., Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50), accepted in combinion with your online applicion. These documents must be uploaded to your profile or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. 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

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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 Posted yesterday

• Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albuquerque, NM 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 $27,000 paid. Relocion expenses paid are subject to applicable taxes. Salary $107,592
• $139,871 per year Salary includes 18.33% locality re for Albuquerque Pay scale & grade FG 13 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

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number

ASW-FS-26-DC211-99102

Control number 872388000