Aviion Safety Inspector(GAM) ( Principal Maintenance Inspector) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance Division D, West Columbia FSDO (SOSD13) Summary The Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI) is responsible for applying substantial knowledge of and experience with 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 maintenance safety issues. Learn more about this agency Summary The Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI) is responsible for applying substantial knowledge of and experience with 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 maintenance safety issues. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: West Columbia, SC 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 $125,776

• $163,514 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 17.06% Pay scale & grade FG 14 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 Temporary
• 2 years (may be termined sooner, extended or made 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 No Security clearance Other Announcement number

AWP-FS-26-BMA3118-100177

Control number 881526500 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 The PMI receives administrive direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The PMI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The PMI 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. Some FG-14 assignments involve Service wide responsibility for applicion of expert knowledge of general aviion maintenance. Other FG-14 inspectors establish technical procedures and performance yardsticks and review maintenance programs, or who have problems of comparable scope and complexity, or a uniquely complex group of general aviion organizions. Assignments this level are of gre scope and unusual complexity and the organizions monitored are major factors in the industry. ASIs the FG-14 level establish technical procedures and performance indexes and review complete maintenance programs for general aviion organizions who are leaders in the aviion industry, or who have problems of comparable scope and complexity, or a uniquely complex group of general aviion organizions. Assignments this level are of gre scope and unusual complexity.

The following assignments are illustrive:

1. As a Service wide expert on a particular type of aircraft:

• Advises other inspectors of major changes;
• Evalues new training methods and equipment;
• Serves on boards th evalue incidents, accidents, complaints, and other serious problems reling to the aircraft.

2. As the principal representive in regulory surveillance of general aviion activities, exercises certifice authority; or evalues maintenance activities and complete aircraft overhaul facilities (By comparison, FG-13 employees exercise certifice authority over less complex air carriers or perform major portions of the certificion, inspection, and surveillance for major carriers under the direction of FG-14 inspectors.) 3. Exercises certifice authority and safety responsibility over a complex of broad and varied general aviion organizions such as air taxis, executive and/or industrial operors, repair stions, and flight and mechanic schools 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. The magnitude, intensity, and scope of program responsibility are typically such as to require significant and regular assistance of lower graded inspectors. FG-14 employees evalue maintenance programs for organizions which utilize complex aircraft, systems, and equipment. They frequently rely on engineers and designers for specific technical guidance. Supervisors give FG-14 employees a wide leeway for independent action. Other inspectors seek their advice on problems reling to aircraft and their operion and maintenance. Because of the precedent-setting nure or substantial effect on the aviion industry or public safety, their decisions may be reviewed and approved a higher policy-setting level. The PMI 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. Provides guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Contacts are internal and external to the agency. Occasionally represents the agency as a point of contact for policy development, inspection activities or as a technical trainer/instructor delivering formal. Performs other duties as required. 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). Ingrade/Downgrade Applicions accepted

Security Requirement:

Modere Risk (5). This position requires completion and favorable adjudicion of background investigion prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained. (Subject to a five-year period of reinvestigion). If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. This is a temporary position NTE two-years; may be termined sooner, extended or made permanent without further competition. Qualificions OPM General Schedule Qualificion Standards for Aviion Safety Series, 1825 General Requirements for

All 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, and must meet all of 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. When the predominant work involves general aviion maintenance , applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Airworthiness) positions must meet all of the following requirements. Experience involving the maintenance and repair of airframes, power plants, and aircraft systems with responsibility for certifying airworthiness. Maintenance experience with aircraft 12,500 pounds or less maximum certificed takeoff weight. Aircraft maintenance experience in a repair stion; air carrier or airline repair facility; military repair facility; or local, ste or Federal governmental agency. Aircraft maintenance work experience within the last 3 years. FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings.

Note:

Recency of specialized experience is waived for current and former FAA employees in the 1825 series.

Certifice and Rings:

This position requires a certifice and rings for minimum qualificion in the following specialty: General Aviion Maintenance. A copy of the certifice and rings are required for ALL candides newly appointed to the FAA in the 1825 specialty of General Aviion Maintenance. Therefore, applicants must submit a copy of their certifice and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Maintenance) 1825 Series Position.

Specialized Experience:

To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the (FV-I, FG/GS-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 and is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized Experience includes:

ex perience assisting, conducting, or performing various technical functions reled to certificion, surveillance, investigion, and enforcement activities. Additional experience in investiging and reporting on accidents, incidents, and violions.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSA): 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. 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. Educion N/A 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 U.S. Department of Transportion strives to ensure th equity, transparency, accountability, collaborion, and communicion permee all th we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nion. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirions, please consider joining the DOT family. Applicants must apply online to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line 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 (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. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the 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

WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH KSA.

Security Requirements:

Modere (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Tier 2 (T2) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained and approved. This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services 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 FAA applicants must provide their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). Please see further details below. Required Document for General Aviion (Maintenance): FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings. Applicants must submit a copy of their certifice and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Maintenance) 1825 Series Position. Form(s) may be uploaded to your on-line applicion or submitted by mail or fax. If you choose to submit the form via fax, we cannot guarantee timely receipt or assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of the form. Mailed or faxed forms should be addressed to the agency point of contact listed in this vacancy announcement. Current or Former Federal employee (including a 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. 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 Marilyn Alvarez Phone 1 (424) 405-7324 Fax 1 (424) 405-7365 marilyn.alvarez@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 All FAA applicants must provide their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). Please see further details below. Required Document for General Aviion (Maintenance): FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings. Applicants must submit a copy of their certifice and rings unless they are currently occupying (or previously held) General Aviion (Maintenance) 1825 Series Position. Form(s) may be uploaded to your on-line applicion or submitted by mail or fax. If you choose to submit the form via fax, we cannot guarantee timely receipt or assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of the form. Mailed or faxed forms should be addressed to the agency point of contact listed in this vacancy announcement. Current or Former Federal employee (including a 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. 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 Marilyn Alvarez Phone 1 (424) 405-7324 Fax 1 (424) 405-7365 marilyn.alvarez@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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: West Columbia, SC 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 $125,776

• $163,514 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 17.06% Pay scale & grade FG 14 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 Temporary
• 2 years (may be termined sooner, extended or made 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 Other Announcement number

AWP-FS-26-BMA3118-100177

Control number 881526500