Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (Coordinator)

About the role

The Airway Transportation Systems Specialists (ATSS) at this level is recognized as the subject matter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient operating capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigation system.

ATSS personnel install, evaluate, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment that support the National Airspace System (NAS).

What you will do

• Serves as an ATSS (SSC Coordinator), responsible for performing a variety of functions directly related to the operation of the NAS.
• Performs work of broad scope and complexity with a high degree of independence.
• Incumbent provides the highest organizational level of technical support associated with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricating, maintaining, modifying, or evaluating the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible.
• Incumbent is recognized as the technical expert on legacy and newly developed systems within a large facility or multiple facilities over a large geographical area.
• Work requires maintaining technical expertise on complex systems and/or emerging technology, systems interrelationships and management of the NAS.
• Responsibilities include the integration, restoration, testing and evaluation of new advanced service or service components, hardware/software systems and processes.
• Performs a variety of functions directly relating to the operation of the NAS.
• Focus is on availability and reliability of the services and products provided to the users of the NAS.
• Serves as the principal technical specialist, a project manager, on the major projects and/or program areas, resolving unique technical problems without managerial intervention, providing coordination and suggesting solutions.
• Works within established policies and procedures to select the most effective and efficient approach or to develop new solutions.
• Carries out work in accordance with overall plans and objectives of the organization, resolving problems as they arise and making adjustments as necessary to deal with unanticipated situations and organizational needs.
• This work includes responsibility for evaluating diagnostic data from multiple systems that are integrated to support a network of services or service products.
• Can be called upon to assist with repair and/or restore service or systems, providing guidance on the availability of backup systems, and to upward report the status of critical events.
• Evaluation of this data is used for correcting deficiencies on Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI) or Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI), FPIP, FSEP, Redline Drawings, Peabody and DMT reports dealing with LCMs. LADs, LEMs, and resolving event-based certification issues necessary for the timely restoration of equipment, systems/services with the NAS.
• Monitors other employees as a project or team leader.
• Responsible for all aspects of SSC projects from initial planning, drawing and specifications review, implementation, Joint Acceptance Inspection, and disposition of assets.
• Acts as SSC point of contact for all projects completed locally or by outside contractors.
• Identifies requirements (staffing funds, materials, and equipment) to accomplish projects and tracks the use of project resources.
• Provides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to FAA employees, contractors, and other organizations as needed.
• Uses technical expertise and understanding of user and stakeholder needs to prioritize SSC workload.
• Integrates Operational Risk Management (ORM) into all planned activities ensuring that all customers and users of services are included and involved in implementation.
• Maintains situational awareness of the SSC's preventative maintenance program and assignments, acts to remove barriers to timely completion, and ensures SSC manager is aware of resources needed to accomplish the SSC's assigned workload.
• Position requires emphasis on customer service and organizational skills, and a clear understanding of FAA orders and how the orders apply to their position.
• Utilizes software such as Excel, Power Point, and Word.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

See Qualifications Required. KSA INFORMATION As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, 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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities section, 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) 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.

How you will be evaluated

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.

Documents you must provide

• Narratives for Demonstrated Abilities identified under Qualifications are mandatory.
• Failure to submit Demonstrated Abilities statements will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
• If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion, then a supervisory statement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing date of this announcement.
• The endorsement must include the announcement number.
• Failure to submit will result in loss of consideration.
• Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candidates.
• Only supplemental documentation (Supervisory Endorsement, SF-50) will be accepted in combination with your on-line application.
• These documents must be uploaded to your application on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
• 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 ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty.

FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** This position is covered by the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

Any applicant tentatively selected for this position will be subject to pre-employment or pre-appointment drug screening. Persons occupying a "testing designated position (TDP)" will be subject to random drug and/or alcohol testing.

Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement.

Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications cannot be considered. Interviews will be conducted IAW PASS-ATO Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. Equal or lower pay band/level applications will be accepted.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan.

Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: *** Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA