Aviation Safety Inspector, Flight Oversight, POI (GAO)

Aviion Safety Inspector, Flight Oversight, POI (GAO) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance, General Aviion B, Reno

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Summary The Principal Oversight 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. Learn more about this agency Summary The Principal Oversight 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. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/18/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Reno, NV 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 $106,855 - $164,157 per year The salary listed above includes a locality re of 17.52%. Pay scale & grade

FG 13 - 14

Promotion potential FG14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1825 Aviion Safety Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ASO-AVS-26-A169-98938

Control number 870924300 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 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. Flight Oversight ASIs apply a broad knowledge of the aviion industry, aviion safety, and Federal aviion laws, regulions, and policies. The POI will serve as the primary oversight interface between assigned air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, designees, and the FAA. Has program responsibility to assure th assigned organizions meet 14 CFR with respect to oversight programs. Provides policy assistance to field level ASIs on difficult or complex policy interpretions. The POI will issue certifices to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviion organizion or (2) several 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. Assignments are characterized by one or more of the following: Multiengine turboprop and turbojet aircraft; A variety of flight oversight tasks with diverse types of aircraft which may include turbine powered aircraft or unmanned aircraft; or Novel and complex aviion oversight. The POI will plan and conduct assignments with substantial technical independence and receive administrive and policy guidance from supervisors and policy makers. The POI will obtain technical advice from higher-level inspectors who have overall program responsibility. The POI will 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 POI will apply mastery level knowledge of the approprie specializion and a broad knowledge of the line of business mission and goals to assigned programs and areas of responsibility. The POI will plan and direct the use of time and resources to accomplish organizional objectives and will define, organize, and use resources to accomplish work activities within established schedules. Analyze program requirements and accomplishments and make or direct adjustments as necessary to address organizional needs. Guidelines and precedents are frequently inadeque for dealing with novel or complex oversight. The POI will 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 large aviion organizions. Occasionally issues are controversial, arousing considerable public interest. The ASI will participe extensively in the certificion inspection and surveillance of highly complex air carrier oversight where principal program responsibility is vested in an aviion safety inspector of higher grade. The employee will have broad authority to negotie with carrier management and make technical determinions within the coverage of approved specificions and policy manuals. The POI will provide guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues and will resolves all but unique problems with the intervention of management or a technical specialist. Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current and anticiped problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems. 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). Applicants MUST submit all required certifices (See Required Documents) Selectee must possess a valid second-class FAA medical certifice Qualificions Aviion Safety Series, 1825 General Requirements for

All Positions:

1. Not more than two separe incidents involving Federal aviion regulions violions in the last 5 years; 2. Valid Ste driver's license; 3. Fluency in the English language; 4. No chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance; and 5. High school diploma or equivalent. Medical Requirements for

All Positions:

Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the ASI position in a safe and efficient manner, and must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Have good distance vision in each eye and be able to read printed merials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted); 2. Have the ability to hear the conversional voice (hearing aid permitted); and 3. 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 fly as passengers in a variety of aircraft. In addition, applicants for positions th require participion in the operion of aircraft must: 1. Possess a valid second-class medical certifice in accordance with Federal Aviion Agency (FAA) regulions; and 2. Pass recurrent medical examinions as prescribed by the FAA.

Applicants tentively selected required to:

1. Provide documention from a board-certified physician certifying th they meet the minimal medical requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodion; or 2. Individuals who do not meet the minimum medical requirements but who are otherwise qualified will receive an individualized assessment to determine whether they can perform the essential functions of the position with or without a reasonable accommodion. FG-13. To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to

FG/GS-12

as an Aviion Safety Inspector (GAO). 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:

Work involves monitoring and issuing certifices to a large complex aviion organizion or several smaller organizions th, in total, are comparable in complexity to one large aviion organizion. Work this grade level/pay band is typically reviewed from an overall standpoint for accuracy, consistency, and effectiveness in meeting requirements. FG-14. To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to

GS/FG-13

as an Aviion Safety Inspector (GAO). 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 enforcement activities. When the predominant work involves general aviion operions, applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Operions) positions must meet all of the following requirements. 1. 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. 2. Professional flying skill as demonstred in a flight check to Commercial Pilot Certifice with an instrument ring; 3. Possession of Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. 4. Minimum of 100 flight hours within the last 3 years. 5. Minimum of 1,500 total flight hours. 6. Possession of single and multi-engine land airplane rings. 7. Not more than 2 flying accidents in the last 5 years in which the applicant's pilot error was involved. 8. Possession of a valid second-class FAA medical certifice. 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. This order is loced : https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/3410.26.pdf 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. 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. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. 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 If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. In-grade/downgrade applicions accepted. Advertised with vacancy announcement

ASO-AVS-26-A168-98936.

Only one selection made. 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 All applicants MUST provide a copy of their valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings and Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. 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 Anthony Cherry Phone 1 (404) 305-5376 Fax 1 (404) 305-5401 anthony.g.cherry@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASO Regional HR Services Branch 1701 Columbia Avenue

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College Park, GA 30337 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All applicants MUST provide a copy of their valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certifice with single and multi-engine airplane and instrument airplane rings and Airline Transport Pilot Certifice or Commercial Pilot Certifice with instrument airplane ring. 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 Anthony Cherry Phone 1 (404) 305-5376 Fax 1 (404) 305-5401 anthony.g.cherry@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ASO Regional HR Services Branch 1701 Columbia Avenue

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College Park, GA 30337 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 by 06/18/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Reno, NV 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 $106,855 - $164,157 per year The salary listed above includes a locality re of 17.52%. Pay scale & grade

FG 13 - 14

Promotion potential FG14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ASO-AVS-26-A169-98938

Control number 870924300