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Air Traffic Control Specialist
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What they do
A Transportation Traffic Controller monitors vehicle movement at airports, seaports, rail yards and stations, and large distribution centers. Monitors the takeoff and landing routes and schedules for airplanes at a commercial airport or military airbase. Coordinates the movement of large merchant vessels or cruise ships in and out of port.
$107,286 / year median in Kansas
+0% projected growth
Job Description
Air Traffic Control Specialist (Staff Support Specialist
- MSS-1) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO
- Central Service Area
- Gre Lakes Region
- Kansas City District
- Kansas City (ZKC) ARTCC Summary Serves as a Staff Support Specialist (MSS-1) an ATC-11 level en route facility.
- $201,163 per year Salary listed above includes a locality pay adjustment of 18.97%. Pay scale & grade AT KI Promotion potential NA Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
- The job may require up to 25% travel. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2152 Air Traffic Control 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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Staff Support Specialists. Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Announcement numberAGL-AT-26-0096-100231
Control number 881823400 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 FAA-Wide- Open to current, permanent FAA employees Duties Help The work requires a comprehensive knowledge of the ATC field and familiarizion with the many integral components of the industry which comprise the Nional Airspace System.
Facility/Duty Locion:
Performs daily functions of maintaining and or improving operional merial and or resources within the assigned area(s) of specialty. Communices intra / inter facility as well as among various lines of business and industry. Makes recommendions for new projects/studies, taking into account available resources and the accomplishment of facility goals and objectives. Applies expertise toward the completion of projects/studies and facility reports. Analyzes and evalues the effectiveness of equipment, facilities, and procedures. Conducts investigions, evaluions, and briefs facility personnel. Develops methods to improve customer service and the quality of support provided. Collabores freely among facilities, provides feedback and consults with other Staff Support Specialists regardless of duty locion. May perform duties outside of the facility commensure with grade and experience. Depending upon facility structure, reports to an assigned MSS-2, 3 or 4, who provides administrive direction for facility assignments, in terms of broadly defined missions or functions within areas of specialties. The incumbent is responsible for planning, designing and completing work assignments independently. Results of the work are technically authoritive and are normally accepted without change. Work is evalued in terms of results achieved and effectiveness in assigned program areas. 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. Qualificions Applicants must demonstre they possess required specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: 1. Must have held anFAA 2152
FV-J/FG-14 or above regional or headquarters position 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.NOTE:
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. 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 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. 1. Applicants must submit an FAA Form 3330-43-1. (see Required Documents for additional informion) 2. This position is NOT covered by the Public Law for Air Traffic Early Retirement (Good Time) purposes. 3. A current medical is required if selectee maintains Operional Currency. 4. Interviews conducted IAW applicable Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement and/or Agency Policy. Links toImportant 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 online in order to receive considerion. Hard copy applicions cannot be accepted. In addition to uploading a resume and completing the online applicion, applicants must complete and submit FAA Form 3330-43-1, Ring of Air Traffic Experience for AT Movement. Applicant signure is no longer required. TheFAA 3330-43-1
form no longer requires Applicant or Ring Official signure. All supplemental documents (FAA Form 3330-43-1, SF-50) must be uploaded by the closing de of the announcement in order to receive considerion. Applicants considered ineligible if the form and SF-50 are not received by the closing de of this announcement. 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-3330-43-1
: Ring of Air Traffic Experience For AT Movement 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.
FAA 3330-43-1
form no longer requires Applicant or Ring Official signure. All supplemental documents (FAA Form 3330-43-1, SF-50) must be uploaded by the closing de of the announcement in order to receive considerion. Applicants considered ineligible if the form and SF-50 are not received by the closing de of this announcement. 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-3330-43-1
: Ring of Air Traffic Experience For AT Movement 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.
- $201,163 per year Salary listed above includes a locality pay adjustment of 18.97%. Pay scale & grade AT KI Promotion potential NA Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
- The job may require up to 25% travel. Appointment type 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