Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV J, FG/GS 14. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist: Specialized experience for this position is defined as direct technical or management-level involvement in processes related to civil airport planning, environmental review of civil airport infrastructure development and /or airport capital financial processes Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in work history. As an applicant for this announcement, you are not required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA); Demonstrated Abilities; Leadership and Management Dimensions; or Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Duties continued: Optional responsibility: Implements and oversees the Regional Safety Management System (SMS) program. This includes working with Regional Airports Division employees and ADOs to implement Office of Airports SMS program guidance as issued by Headquarters; ensuring subject matter experts on SRM panels as appropriate; maintaining regional guidance to include training and national coordination of the SMS process; working with other FAA offices in the implementation of SMS Agency wide. Optional responsibility: Implements and oversees the Airports Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) program. This includes working with Regional Airports Division employees and ADOs to implement Office of Airports Geographic Information System guidance as issued by Headquarters; maintaining regional guidance to include training and national coordination of the Geographic Information System projects; working with other FAA offices in the collection maintenance and dissemination of Airport Geographic Information. Optional Responsibility: Implements and oversees the regional airspace evaluation program for airports. This includes working with regional office employees, ADOs and other airport safety stakeholders such as airport operators, air carriers, FAA offices, airport vendors, and consultants regarding airport design standards relating to the protection of airspace on airports. This also includes the technical review of all standards and guidance developed by Headquarters; regional implementation of those standards and guidance; and providing guidance and support to the ADOs, as needed, to address any airspace issues that come up in the field.
As a supervisor/manager, the selectee for this position will be eligible to receive a Manager Performance Incentive (MPI) provided eligibility requirements noted in agency policy are met. The MPI is an annual lump-sum incentive payment that considers agency performance, the managers individual performance, and available funding. Serves as Manager, Office of Airports, Airport Planning and Programming Branch, WP Region.