Aviation Safety Inspector (Air Carrier Flight Oversight (APOI))

About the role

The Assistant Principal Oversight Inspector (APOI) serves as a full assistant to a Principal Inspector performing the full range of certification, surveillance, and inspection duties for assigned air carriers, air operators, air agencies, airmen, and designees.

Has program responsibility to assure that assigned organizations meet 14 CFR with respect to flight operations programs. Assists in the establishment of work programs for inspection and surveillance.

What you will do

• Flight Oversight ASIs do not conduct certification (pilot evaluating, testing, and checking) job functions as a required crewmember, including safety pilot.
• The incumbent will not, in any scenario, act as a required crewmember or safety pilot of an aircraft.
• Flight Oversight ASIs apply a broad knowledge of the aviation industry, aviation safety, and Federal aviation laws, regulations, and policies.
• Under the general direction of the Principal Inspector or Supervisory Principal Inspector accomplishes the following duties: Technical Administration On a continuing basis, ensures assigned organizations are properly and adequately organized, staffed and equipped; establishes and conducts adequate training programs; maintains record keeping systems; and ensures procedures meet regulatory requirements.
• Chairs joint FAA and industry meetings.
• Maintains regular contact with organizations assigned and coordinates with management officials.
• Requires or directs correction of deficiencies/discrepancies and refuses or withdraws approval if they cannot be resolved.
• Responsible for conducting enforcement investigations and preparation of final reports and recommendations on disposition.
• Performs or supervises the emergency suspension of certificates or cancellation of operations specifications.
• Conducts or directs the reexamination of certificated airmen or recertification of an operator or agency.
• Conducts investigations of public complaints, congressional inquiries, and aircraft incidents and accidents.
• Provides verbal and/or written technical assistance to legal counsel, testifies at court trials and formal hearings, and gives dispositions.
• Coordinates minimum equipment list (MEL) approvals with the POI.
• Takes enforcement action in instances of noncompliance with the MEL.
• Coordinates with geographic inspectors for the accomplishment of non-routine air carrier surveillance Certification Approves/accepts or disapproves/rejects manuals and revisions to such manuals.
• May require amendments to previously approved manuals to correct any conflict with regulatory requirements; eliminate unsafe practices, and/or improve the specificity of instruction.
• Evaluates training programs to ensure that they meet the requirements of 14 CFR.
• Approves or disapproves these training programs including flight simulators, training devices, or other such equipment used in these programs.
• Approves/disapproves designation of check airmen and makes recommendations on the appointment of designees.
• Evaluates operations and facilities by on-site inspections and review of reports by geographic inspectors or others.
• Negotiates changes essential or desirable in their policies and procedures.
• Determines the appropriate methods and/or plans for securing corrective action and determines through on-site inspection or inspector reports the effectiveness of any action.
• Evaluates and approves/disapproves requests to operate under conditions not previously authorized and may prescribe additional conditions and limitations as appropriate.
• Approves the original issuance of operations specifications and issues original operating certificates.
• Approves amendments to operations specifications.
• Evaluates the safety of proposed changes in route or airport authorizations; prescribes any changes required before approval.
• Directs or participates in flight evaluations to determine compliance with 14 CFR.
• Recommends changes that will be required prior to approval.
• Surveillance Responsible for monitoring all phases of operations including training programs and records, base and station facilities, and route systems.
• Coordinates with and reviews reports from geographic inspectors and others to identify trends which indicate deterioration in the safety of operations.
• Directs or suggests changes required to correct such trends.
• Responsible for monitoring the activities of designated examiners, check airmen, and instructors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Education is not qualifying and may not be substituted for experience.

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

• Applicants must apply on-line, through USAJOBS, to receive consideration; Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications cannot be accepted.
• If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS.
• Supplemental documentation and college transcripts can also be faxed to *** on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.
• 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. *** 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 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 KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. In-grade/downgrade applications will be accepted.

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