Airport Certification and Safety Inspector

Airport Certificion and Safety Inspector Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Northwest Mountain Region, Airports Division, Safety and Standards Branch, ANM-620 Summary This position serves as the Lead Airport Certificion Safety Inspector (ACSI) responsible for 14 CFR Part 139 compliance for the Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) Office of Airports (ARP) Northwest Mountain Region. Learn more about this agency Summary This position serves as the Lead Airport Certificion Safety Inspector (ACSI) responsible for 14 CFR Part 139 compliance for the Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) Office of Airports (ARP) Northwest Mountain Region. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA 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 $125,635
• $194,772 per year The salary listed above includes locality for Des Moines, WA. Pay scale & grade FV J 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 75% or less
• The job may require up to 75% travel. Appointment type Temporary
• Not to Exceed 2 years, May be Made Permanent Occupions and job series 1801 General Inspection, Investigion, Enforcement, And Compliance Series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes
• This position is represented by

NATCA:

Regional ARP Except AEA. Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number

ANM-ARP-26-1528304-99312

Control number 874146200 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 within ANM Office of Airports (ARP) only. Duties Help Performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager as the Lead Airport Certificion Safety Inspector (ACSI). This position applies experience and a comprehensive technical knowledge to serve as a Regional primary point of contact in the area of airport certificion and safety. Advises airport management on new requirements and developments in the airport certificion program. Conducts periodic and surveillance inspections Part 139 certified airports including medium to large hub airports to ensure compliance with standards for 14 CFR Part 139 in the areas of records, personnel, paved areas, unpaved areas, safety areas, marking signs, and lighting, snow and ice control, aircraft rescue and firefighting, handling and storing of hazardous substances and merials, traffic and wind direction indicors, airport emergency plan, self-inspection program, pedestrians and ground vehicles, obstructions, protection of NAVAIDS, public protection, wildlife hazard management, airport condition reporting, and identifying, marking and lighting construction and other unserviceable areas. Reviews and approves Airport Certificion Manuals and emergency plans required by regulion to ensure current and adeque airport opering procedures. Recommends approval or denial of applicions for Airport Opering Certifices (AOC). Investiges known or alleged violions of the regulions in accordance with current agency directives. Coordines directly with management to initie revocion or suspension of AOC in accordance with agency guidelines. Coordines recommended exemption requests with regional Division Manager and FAA Headquarters. Conducts investigions of vehicle/pedestrian deviions airports and evalue results for closure or enforcement (administrive or legal). Conducts reviews of Construction Safety Phasing Plans and conducts inspections of airports to ensure operional safety during construction meets current standards. Reviews and approves wildlife hazard assessments and wildlife hazard management plans Part 139 airports and works closely with the airports, wildlife biologists, other technical experts and stakeholders to reduce hazardous wildlife and tractants on and in the vicinity of airports. Investiges potential regulory violions and inities administrive or legal enforcement actions, as approprie. Works cooperively with FAA management and legal counsel in processing legal enforcement cases. Collabores with Regional and Local Runway Safety Action Teams by providing 14 CFR Part 139 expertise and assisting in the development of airport runway safety action plans. In coordinion with management ensures the regional Airport Certificion Program is carried out in accordance with the Airport Certificion Program Handbook, and the FAA¿s Compliance and Enforcement Program. Reviews and verifies individual airport layout plans, obstruction charts, safety equipment descriptions, construction drawings and documents reled to certificion requirements. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovive approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may cree new solutions and policy interpretions as the situion requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally. Provides guidance to lower-level staff on how to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or technical support. Coordines the efforts of project teams, which may include contractors and/or vendors, during network upgrades. Work is reviewed rarely, typically though stus reports and project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. 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). Designed or Random Drug Testing required. Please review the Additional Informion Section. Only current Office of Airports (ARP) employees within Northwest Mountain Region A valid drivers license is required. Qualificions To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-I, FG/GS-13

level. This experience is typically reled to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupion in the organizion.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS

Experience with conducting inspections airports to ensure operional safety and/or compliance with FAA standards and regulions. Experience with reviewing and approving Airport Certificion Manuals and emergency plans required by regulion to ensure current and adeque airport opering procedures. Experience in reviewing and verifying individual airport layout plans, obstruction charts, safety equipment descriptions, construction drawings and documents reled to certificion requirements. Experience in conducting reviews and approvals of wildlife hazard assessments and wildlife hazard management plans. Experience with investiging potential regulory violions and initiing administrive or legal enforcement actions, as approprie. Answer all questions to the best of your ability.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE.

You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience ler in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. Applicants who fail to demonstre possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documention will receive no further considerion for this position. Applicants may be asked to verify informion on your applicion for employment with the FAA.

• All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement.

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Work Environment:

This position requires up to 60% travel. A valid driver's license is required.

Physical Requirement:

Candides must successfully complete a Basic Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Training Course which places the candide in a strenuous physical he-controlled environment with fire protection suits and self-contained brehing apparus th could be heavy and awkward. Level 5 (Modere Risk) position requires favorable adjudicion of a Minimum Background Investigion (MBI) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained.

Current FAA employee:

You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50 including 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. Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position. Educion Educion cannot be substituted for experience. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements 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. This position may require the inspector to drive significant distances (100-300 miles) and requires the inspector to walk considerable distances to inspect airfield pavement, safety areas, lighting, markings, signage, and fueling systems. Frequently this requires working around the hazards of moving aircraft (taxiing, landing, and takeoff) and ground vehicles. The candide may also be required to lift and/or carry objects of about 20 to 50 pounds, as well as climb ladders and/or work in unusual environmental/weher conditions. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each Technical Requirement or Leadership and Management Dimension in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your 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. All applicants are encouraged to provide

NARRATIVES

for each " Managerial Selection Factors" and addressed with description and/or level/percentage of experience. Please include specific examples and details which illustre your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Please include applicable de ranges. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Leadership and Management Dimensions listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for considerion. This is a temporary assignment, NTE-2 years; however, it may be extended, termined any time management's discretion or made permanent without further considerion. 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.

IMPORTANT

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 Applicants must apply on-line, through USAJOBS, to receive considerion; 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 veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention and college transcripts can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 or emailed 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. Applicants must submit the following:

• Resume with complete work history; and
• A copy of the most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action) 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 Heher A Noel Phone 1 (206) 231-4044 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 heher.a.noel@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 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 Applicants must apply on-line, through USAJOBS, to receive considerion; 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 veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention and college transcripts can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 or emailed 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. Applicants must submit the following:

• Resume with complete work history; and
• A copy of the most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action) 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 Heher A Noel Phone 1 (206) 231-4044 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 heher.a.noel@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.

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Des Moines, WA 98198 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 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA 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 $125,635
• $194,772 per year The salary listed above includes locality for Des Moines, WA. Pay scale & grade FV J Promotion potential NA Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 75% or less
• The job may require up to 75% travel. Appointment type Temporary
• Not to Exceed 2 years, May be 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

NATCA:

Regional ARP Except AEA. Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number

ANM-ARP-26-1528304-99312

Control number 874146200