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DIRECT HIRE - Aviation Safety Inspector

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Federal Aviation Administration

Des Moines, WA (In Person)

$107,881 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 3 weeks ago (Updated 1 day ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/13/2026

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DIRECT HIRE
  • Aviion Safety Inspector (Manufacturing) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion
DOT, FAA
  • Aircraft Certificion (AIR) 500 Summary Join the Federal Aviion Administrion as an Aviion Safety Inspector
  • Manufacturing .
The FAA work environment is rich in opportunity, diversity, teamwork and worklife balance. Enjoy benefits such as weekends off, paid holidays, steady work hours, sick/annual leave, health insurance and more! Begin a rewarding career with the FAA and be part of a select group of individual whose mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. Learn more about this agency Summary Join the Federal Aviion Administrion as an Aviion Safety Inspector
  • Manufacturing .
The FAA work environment is rich in opportunity, diversity, teamwork and worklife balance. Enjoy benefits such as weekends off, paid holidays, steady work hours, sick/annual leave, health insurance and more! Begin a rewarding career with the FAA and be part of a select group of individual whose mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month
  • Apply today Due by 11:59 p.
m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion Des Moines, WA 4 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Telework may be authorized for an eligible position(s)/employee(s) as determined by agency policy. Until such determinion is made, the employee must report to the FAA official duty stion as stipuled in the firm offer. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $84,610
  • $131,153 per year Min/Max salary include Setle/Tacoma, WA locality re of $31.57%. Pay scale & grade FV H Promotion potential I Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
  • The job may require up to 50% 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 Aircraft Certificion.
Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number
FAA-AHF-26-AIRM-98783
Control number 870040200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency US Citizens only Duties Help This position loced the Renton Boeing plant. The Aviion Safety Inspector (ASI) has certifice management responsibility for one or more aerospace organizions. The inspector is involved in the planning and implemention of a full range of manufacturing inspection, type, production, and airworthiness certificion programs one or more aerospace organizions within a Certifice Management Sections (CM), geographic area of responsibility. Duties the FV-H grade level include but are not limited to the following: Verifies assigned aerospace organizions comply with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulions (14CFR) with respect to production, original airworthiness, and certificion programs. Determines certifice management actions for audits of assigned aerospace organizions within personnel and budget limitions. Establishes certifice management actions in terms of kind and areas of audit, locion, and frequency th most productive to assure adherence to the aerospace organizion's quality system and conducts audits in accordance with FAA Orders 8120.22 Production Approval Procedures, 8120.23 Certifice Management of Production Approval Holders, and other established policies. Serves as manufacturing expert in the investigion of violions, accidents, incidents, and malfunctions/defects th may be tributable to items manufactured in assigned organizions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Employee will report to an FAA facility Qualificions All applicants must meet the following requirements: Not more than 2 separe incidents involving Federal Aviion Regulions violions in the last 5 years; Have a valid ste driver's license; Be fluent in the English language; Have no chemical dependencies or drug abuse th could interfere with job performance; and Be a high school gradue 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. Applicants for Aviion Safety Inspector (Manufacturing) positions must meet one of the following requirements: A. Experience in the area of quality systems, methods, and techniques in the manufacture of products and/or articles th demonstres the ability to determine whether aircraft and reled products meet the approved design criteria, or the design criteria on which approval is being sought and is in condition for safe operions; or Acceptable specialized experience for paragraph A includes actual experience in a majority of the following areas th is clearly reflected in your resume: First article, in process and final assembly inspection; Quality assurance provisions of special processes (e.g. he treing, brazing, welding, carburizing, pling, CAD-CAM, robotics, software quality control, etc.,) Destructive and non-destructive inspection; Manufacturing processes; Airworthiness assurance; Developing and implementing quality systems and procedures; Testing procedures; and Use of improved design da. B. Experience involving either the actual issuance of airworthiness certifices or having responsibility for managing programs leading to the issuance of original airworthiness certifices or original export airworthiness approvals for products and/or articles; or C. Experience involving a combinion of paragraph A and paragraph B. The experience in paragraph A or B is typically acquired in such positions as: Quality engineer; Quality systems supervisor/manager; Quality systems auditor; Service representive with technical quality experience; FAA designee such as a designed manufacturing inspection representive (DMIR); or Designed airworthiness representive (DAR) authorized to perform manufacturing inspection functions on behalf of the FAA. To qualify for this position the FV-H level
  • All candides must demonstre one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
Specialized experience is defined as knowledge and experience of aerospace quality assurance systems in a position of leadership, or having the ability to make decisions independently, as it reles to an aerospace manufacturing environment in the areas of assembly, test and final inspection, and airworthiness determinion as evidenced by practical experience working in this environment
  • such as work as a Supervisory Quality Inspector, Organizion Designion Authorizion Unit Member, or Manager of an aircraft or aerospace article manufacturing facility.
THE FULL PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL TO THE FV-I GRADE LEVEL
Identificion of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligion on the part of management to promote the employee selected some future de. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting all training, qualificion requirements, and recommendion by the supervisor. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Educion No educion substitution for qualificions for this position. Must be high school gradue or equivalent. 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 Applicions accepted from any U.S. citizen. On-the-Spot used to fill this position. The 'Rule of Three', Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy.
Incomplete Applicions :
Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Requirement for
Security Clearance:
Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of sisfactory security requirements. For Modere Risk (Level 5), this position requires completion and favorable adjudicion of a Nional Agency Check with Inquiry (NACI) background investigion prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. These positions are represented by
Bargaining Unit:
8163
  • Aircraft Certificion 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 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.
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 Aviion Careers Phone 1 (405) 954-4657 asi-ss-hiring@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion Aviion Careers Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 139 AHF-S300 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 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 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.
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 Aviion Careers Phone 1 (405) 954-4657 asi-ss-hiring@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion Aviion Careers Branch 6500 S. Macarthur Blvd, HQ Room 139 AHF-S300 Oklahoma City, OK 73169 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 June 10, 2026 Locion Des Moines, WA 4 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Telework may be authorized for an eligible position(s)/employee(s) as determined by agency policy. Until such determinion is made, the employee must report to the FAA official duty stion as stipuled in the firm offer. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $84,610
  • $131,153 per year Min/Max salary include Setle/Tacoma, WA locality re of $31.57%. Pay scale & grade FV H Promotion potential I Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
  • The job may require up to 50% 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 Aircraft Certificion.
Drug test No Security clearance Other Announcement number
FAA-AHF-26-AIRM-98783
Control number 870040200