Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist

Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist (Support Manager

• MSS-3) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO
• Central Service Area
• Gre Lakes Region
• Chicago District
• Chicago (C90) TRACON Summary Serves as a Support Manager in an ATC-12 level TRACON facility, responsible for planning and directing the operions in the facility; or planning and directing multiple support activities for the facility such as training, quality assurance, traffic management, airspace and procedures, plans and programs, and other facility program areas.

Learn more about this agency Summary Serves as a Support Manager in an ATC-12 level TRACON facility, responsible for planning and directing the operions in the facility; or planning and directing multiple support activities for the facility such as training, quality assurance, traffic management, airspace and procedures, plans and programs, and other facility program areas. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $199,281

• $228,000 per year Salary listed above includes a locality pay adjustment of 30.86%. Pay scale & grade AT LK Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Elgin, IL Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis.

The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 2152 Air Traffic Control Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Other Drug test No Announcement number

AGL-AT-26-0058-98593

Control number 868288700 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 ATO-Wide

• Open to current permanent FAA employees assigned to the ATO and AMA-500 Lines of Business Duties Help Directs a highly technical workforce th provides either air traffic control services and/or tactical and stregic support.

The work impacts the effectiveness and efficiency of the day-to day operions of the facility. Work typically impacts the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of aircraft as well as the efficient operion of segments of the aviion industry. Provides training, coaching and guidance to subordines and facilites team building throughout area(s) of responsibility. Integres support resources with operional needs to maintain effective air traffic control service, and may work other than administrive shifts to meet this requirement. Using measures of organizional performance, continuously reviews work processes to assure th results meet the agency's mission and the customer's needs, adds value to facility services, and are efficiently achieved. Assigns and reviews work. Plans work and sets priorities and schedules. Approves leave; prepares schedules for completion of work; assigns work to subordines based on priorities; evalues work performance of subordines ensuring equity of performance standards and rings; gives advice on work and on administrive mters; Identifies and arranges for developmental and other training needs of subordines. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordines; hears and resolves group grievances and serious employee complaints; effects disciplinary actions; recommends/approves selections and transfers; recommends/approves awards. Deals with labor representives concerning workforce issues. Adjusts staffing levels and work procedures to accommode resource decisions made higher levels. Provides input to and contributes to the accomplishment of facility goals and objectives. Serves as a member of the management team to improve organizional performance and to meet stregic goals. Meets and has frequent contacts with both internal and external customers including subordines, other peer management representives, union representives, administrive support staff within the facility, higher ranking managers and supervisors, members of the general public, and representives of the aviion industry. The Support Manager reports to the Air Traffic Manager. Performance is evalued upon the effectiveness with which assigned program objectives are achieved. 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). A one-year supervisory/managerial probionary period may be required. Qualificions Applicants must demonstre they possess required specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1. Must have held an

FAA 2152

FV-J/FG-14 or above regional or headquarters positions for least 1 year (52 weeks); OR 2. Must have been facility red or area certified for least 1 year (52 weeks) an Air Traffic Services (ATS) facility.

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An employee who has been facility red or area certified for least 1 year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility th is upgraded is considered to meet the qualificion requirements of the upgraded position; OR 3. Must have held an MSS position for least 1 year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility. In addition to the qualificion requirements above, applicants must have held an MSS-2 position or above in an ATS facility OR a 2152 FG-14 position or above for least 1 year (52 weeks) in order to qualify for this position. Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. 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 1. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Managerial Selection Factors (MSF) 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 MSF. In lieu of providing a MSF narrive response in the text box listed below each MSF, in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each MSF. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your MSF 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. 2. In accordance with

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1.29/1.29a, this position may be a Career Enhancement Assignment/Career Progression. The selectee(s) may be eligible for pay retention. Career Diversity is not enhanced when an employee is assigned to a staff or supervisory position in which they previously held on a permanent basis. CEP/CP selectees required to certify eligibility. 3. Interviews conducted IAW applicable Agency Policy. This is not a bargaining unit position. 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 Applicants must apply online in order to receive considerion. Hard copy applicions cannot be accepted. In addition to uploading a resume and all other required applicion forms, applicants must complete and submit the first page of FAA Form 3330-43, Ring of Air Traffic Experience with their bid. The form must include from and to des of experience, position title, series and grade/level of all positions held. The form must be uploaded through USAJOBS by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants considered ineligible if the form and SF-50 are not received by the closing de of this announcement.

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Applicants are reminded th FAA Form 3330-43 is required and NOT FAA Form 3330-43-1. 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/ .

Forms:

FAA-3330-43

: Ring of Air Traffic Experience 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 Eve Kuo Phone 1 (202) 267-3038 Fax 1 (847) 294-7858 eve.i.kuo@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AGL Regional HR Services Branch 2300 E. Devon Ave., Room 250 AHF-N310 Des Plaines, IL 60018 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 online in order to receive considerion. Hard copy applicions cannot be accepted. In addition to uploading a resume and all other required applicion forms, applicants must complete and submit the first page of FAA Form 3330-43, Ring of Air Traffic Experience with their bid. The form must include from and to des of experience, position title, series and grade/level of all positions held. The form must be uploaded through USAJOBS by the closing de of this announcement. Applicants considered ineligible if the form and SF-50 are not received by the closing de of this announcement.

NOTE:

Applicants are reminded th FAA Form 3330-43 is required and NOT FAA Form 3330-43-1. 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/ .

Forms:

FAA-3330-43

: Ring of Air Traffic Experience 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 Eve Kuo Phone 1 (202) 267-3038 Fax 1 (847) 294-7858 eve.i.kuo@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AGL Regional HR Services Branch 2300 E. Devon Ave., Room 250 AHF-N310 Des Plaines, IL 60018 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 Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $199,281

• $228,000 per year Salary listed above includes a locality pay adjustment of 30.86%. Pay scale & grade AT LK Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Elgin, IL Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel
• The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis.

The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Announcement number

AGL-AT-26-0058-98593

Control number 868288700