Airway Transportation System Specialist

Federal Aviation Administration •

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

This position is located in the Safety and Technical Training Service Unit, Technical Training Directorate, Technical Operations Training Group (AJI-2300). This Group is responsible for providing technical training programs that meet requirements set by the Technical Operations Service Unit.

Duties

The Airway Transportation System Specialists is responsible for performing work of broad scope and complexity. Provides the highest organizational level of technical support associated with analyzing and evaluating the most complex aviation equipment, and airport traffic systems for which the FAA is responsible. Using broad experience and comprehensive technical knowledge of aviation communication and navigation equipment, and airport traffic systems, analyzes and evaluates new and updates legacy training initiatives, and coursework. This work directly supports AJI objectives and the safe and continual operation of the National Airspace System (NAS) and contributes to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Culture efforts.

As a technical expert, uses experience operating and maintaining NAS communication, navigation and/or surveillance equipment and systems to review and evaluate NAS change proposals for impacts to national training courses. Applies experience providing On-the-Job Training (OJT) in an FAA facility or airport, to analyze current training courses and curricula to determine the need to revise them or to develop new courses related to communication, navigation and/or surveillance equipment. Uses experience troubleshooting various navigation systems, such as the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to plan the scope and development of new courses. Monitors and reports on progress to all stakeholders. Uses experience testing and repairing communication equipment such as the Terminal Voice Switch (TVS) system to prepare objectives, write course material, and to prepare lesson plans and examinations. Resolves highly complex issues and unique problems that significantly effects technical operations training operations and procedures.

Using field experience installing or maintaining surveillance equipment such as Air/Ground Surveillance, the Requirements Specialist researches and analyzes new technologies for contribution to FAAs short- and long-term training development goals. Incorporates existing and new emerging learning technologies into training delivery strategies and provides customers with training products and services required to conduct and support FAA operations. As requested by the operational service units, uses experience working on joint labor/FAA work groups to develop and implement new and recurrent training courses.

Contacts are both internal and external to the ATO, and in some cases to the FAA as a whole. Often represents AJI as a primary technical point of contact for the evaluation of NAS change proposals for impacts to national training courses. Coordinates and implements plans to obtain information and resolve problems. Provides guidance, instructions and advice to representatives of the ATO operational service units to design, coordinates and integrates business approaches to maximize technical operations training. In some cases, oversees and monitors contractor activity.

The Communication/Navigation/Surveillance Requirements Lead identifies work in terms of priorities, overall objectives, and boundaries. The Specialist identifies resources needed to perform assignments and organizes and assigns resources needed to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Independently resolves all but unique technical problems. Completed assignments are considered technically authoritative and are reviewed only for general compliance with organizational objectives.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-H, FG/GS-12. This experience is typically related 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 at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS:

Experience testing and repairing the Terminal Voice Switch (TVS) system to prepare objectives, write course material, and to prepare lesson plans and examinations.

You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered.

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 documentation that you have this type of experience later in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verification through job interviews, or any other information obtained during the application process. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in disqualification.

*Applicants who fail to demonstrate possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documentation will receive no further consideration for this position.*

Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA.

**All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.**

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: (1) score order; (2) category grouping; (3) alphabetical; or (4) priority grouping, and referred to the selecting official for selection consideration.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

ALL applicants MUST submit the following:

(1) resume with complete work history; and

(2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

For guidance on how to create a Federal resume, visit http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf.

Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents.

Please DO NOT email your application documents. We cannot accept documents received via the email system. Documents sent via email will NOT receive consideration.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. 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 education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $75,305 - $116,712

Job Ident #: 808504100

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