Aviation Safety Inspector - Air Carrier Maintenance

Aviion Safety Inspector - Air Carrier Maintenance (APPM, B - 777) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion FAA, Flight Standards Services, Office of Air Carrier Safety Assurance, Fedex CMO Summary The Assistant Partial Program Manager (Maintenance) Part 121 serves as a full assistant to a Partial Program Manager (Maintenance) Part 121 who is assigned a portion of the airworthiness program performing inspections, surveillance, and certificion duties for air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, and designees. Learn more about this agency Summary The Assistant Partial Program Manager (Maintenance) Part 121 serves as a full assistant to a Partial Program Manager (Maintenance) Part 121 who is assigned a portion of the airworthiness program performing inspections, surveillance, and certificion duties for air carriers, air operors, air agencies, airmen, and designees. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100%telework or remote position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the office. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,925 - $118,204 per year The salary range above is basic pay. Locality re added based on locion. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Promotion potential 13 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 No Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ACE-AFS-26-DLS-99120

Control number 872708500 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 AVS wide to include AMA-200 Duties Help Under the general direction of the Front Line Manager, assists the Partial Program Manager (Maintenance), in accomplishing the following duties: A. Technical Administrion Within assigned technical program, assures on a continuing basis th organizions are properly and adequely organized, staffed, and equipped; have and conduct an adeque training program, including an acceptable record keeping system; and have facilities and procedures th meet all regulory requirements. Regularly s the organizion's stions and other offices to maintain contact with their management officials; coordines with the principal inspector for correction of any deficiencies/discrepancies. Develops maintenance program requirements through participion on Maintenance Review Boards. Coordines Minimum Equipment List (MEL) approvals with the principal operions inspector. Takes enforcement action in instances of noncompliance with the MEL. Conducts enforcement investigions and prepares final reports and recommendions on disposition. Performs 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 with geographic inspectors for the accomplishment of nonroutine air carrier surveillance. B. Certificion The inspector is responsible for initial and ongoing certificion of air carriers, aircraft, airmen, and air agencies. Makes recommendions on the appointment of designees. Evalues requests to opere under conditions not previously specified in the maintenance portion of the operions specificions and approves or disapproves requests and provides additional conditions and limitions as needed. Provides guidance to the assigned air carrier in the development of required maintenance manuals and record keeping systems. Reviews and determines adequacy of manuals associed with the air carrier's maintenance programs and revisions thereto. Assures th manuals and revisions comply with regulory requirements, prescribe safe practices, and furnish clear and specific instructions governing maintenance programs. Approves operions specificions and amendments thereto. Determines if the maintenance facilities being established or contract arrangements entered into by air carriers for the purpose of overhaul work, major repairs, alterions, and other maintenance are sisfactory. Reviews changes and negoties with air carrier management to resolve problems. Determines if overhaul and inspection time limitions warrant revision. Evalues an operor's proposed reliability programs for compliance with nional policies. Advises operor of deficiencies and required changes. Approves/disapproves reliability programs. Determines if the air carrier's training program meets the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulions (CFR), is compible with the maintenance program, is properly organized and effectively conducted, and results in trained and competent personnel. Directs or participes in proving flight evaluions to determine compliance with the CFRs. Recommends changes th required prior to approval. C. Surveillance Directs and/or performs the inspection and surveillance of the air carrier's continuous airworthiness maintenance program. Monitors all phases of the air carrier's maintenance operion, including the following: maintenance, engineering, quality control, production control, training, and reliability programs. Analyzes trends to detect a deteriorion in the maintenance program. 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). Selectee required to report to an AVS/FAA Flight Standards Facility Qualificions General Requirements for

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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 :

Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Aviion Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, and must meet all of the following requirements: Have good distant vision in each eye and be able to read printed merials the size of typewritten characters (glasses and contact lenses permitted) without strain; Have the ability to hear the conversional voice (hearing aid permitted); Not have any physical condition 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: Possess a valid second-class medical certifice in accordance with Federal Aviion Agency (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 air carrier 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 systems of multi-engine aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds maximum certificed takeoff weight maintained under an airworthiness maintenance and inspection program. Aircraft maintenance experience in a repair stion; air carrier or airline repair facility; military repair facility; or local, ste, or Federal governmental agency. Experience involving the maintenance and repair of airframes, power plants, and aircraft systems with responsibility for certifying airworthiness. Aircraft maintenance work experience within the last 3 years. FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings. To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to

FV-H, FG/GS-12

grade level as an Aviion Safety Inspector. 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, but is not limited to: 1) Evalues and decides upon proposals to change the authorized programs of organizions; 2) Monitors, plans or conducts inspection programs; 3) Assures th assigned organizions are properly and adequely organized, staffed, and equipped; have and conduct an adeque training program, including an acceptable record keeping system; and have facilities and procedures th meet all regulory requirements; 4) Conducts enforcement of investigions and preparion of final reports and recommendions on disposition. For more informion regarding the minimum eligibility requirements for Aviion Safety Inspector's please the following website: https://www.opm.gov/qualificions/Standards/IORs/gs1800/1825.htm 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 .

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Recency of specialized experience and the need for a valid second-class FAA medical certifice is waived for employees in the 1825 series. 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 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. 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. Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of sisfactory security requirements. Work history must ste job titles including specialty, series and grade level held. No references made from your Official Personnel File, so informion must be current and up to de. All or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Ingrade/downgrade applicions accepted. 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 All Applicants MUST provide a copy of their FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings. Applicants must apply on-line 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 (718) 995-5688 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 Devin Slimmer Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 Kansas City, MO 64106 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 FAA Mechanic Certifice with airframe and power plant rings. Applicants must apply on-line 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 (718) 995-5688 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 Devin Slimmer Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 Kansas City, MO 64106 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 today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Memphis, TN No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100%telework or remote position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the office. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $90,925 - $118,204 per year The salary range above is basic pay. Locality re added based on locion. Pay scale & grade FG 13 Promotion potential 13 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

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

ACE-AFS-26-DLS-99120

Control number 872708500