Aviation Safety Inspector (Operations) (Fleet Training Program Manager)

About the role

The Fleet Training Program Manager (FTPM) serves as the primary operations interface between the training center, its training center evaluators (TCEs), ground/flight instructors, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

What you will do

• Assures that the training center continuously meets the standards prescribed by the applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), agency orders, and directives and assures compliance in all aspects of training through the use of a planned surveillance and inspection program on a continuing basis.
• As the team lead, determines through surveillance and investigation that the training center is adequately staffed with appropriately qualified instructors and TCEs.
• Monitors TCEs to determine adequacy and quality of approved training programs.
• Conducts initial and annual training and designation of all assigned evaluators.
• Reviews flight training equipment discrepancy logs to assure compliance with established criteria.
• Assists the National Simulator Program Manager in initial and recurring qualifications of flight simulators and selected flight training devices.
• Coordinates with Principal Operations Inspectors throughout the FAA who are assigned air carrier operators using the training center to ensure proper application of training programs for the particular air carrier involved.
• Coordinates with training center management regarding regulatory changes, FAA policy matters, and updated training requirements as needed.
• Coordinates and conducts various surveillance and certification activities, as appropriate, with other FAA district office inspectors.
• Provides technical oversight to assigned Fleet Training Program Managers.
• Initiates and/or assists in the emergency suspension of airmen certificates.
• Conducts enforcement investigations and prepares final reports in those cases requiring legal disposition.
• Provides technical assistance to legal counsel, testifies at court trials and formal hearings, and gives depositions.
• Reviews and submits with recommendations, training center certificate applications, training center curriculum, and associated revisions.
• Recommends amendments to previously approved programs when contrary to existing regulatory requirements, to eliminate unsafe practices or to improve the specificity of instruction.
• Determines appropriate methods and/or plans for securing corrective action, when needed, and conducts follow-up inspections to ensure that appropriate action has been taken.
• Recommends the designation of training center evaluators for types of aircraft and simulators operated by the training center.
• Examines and trains training center evaluators for initial designation, recertification and standardization actions as necessary.
• Conducts practical tests for certification and ratings.
• Conducts reexamination of certificated airmen when it is determined that they do not meet the minimum standards required for the certificate they hold.
• Approves flight simulators and flight training devices for each maneuver, procedure, crewmember function, circling approach, and runway scene to be used in an approved training program.
• Develops and conducts a surveillance program for all training center activities.
• Monitors flight crew training programs conducted by the training center to ensure compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations, national and regional directives, and safe operating practices.
• Monitors TCEs during the conduct of airman certification and recurring evaluations to ensure strict compliance with established standards.
• Conducts hands-on evaluation of flight training devices to determine that they continue to meet original specifications in accordance with guidance provided in the appropriate Advisory Circulars.
• Reviews applications for initial evaluation or upgrade evaluation of flight simulators, including the Approval Test Guide.
• After determining compliance with guidance in the appropriate Advisory Circular, and compatibility with training programs submitted or approved, forwards the application package to the NSPM.
• Reviews the training center discrepancy logs for discrepancies that would affect the capabilities of the flight training equipment.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Educaton is not qualifying for this position 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

• If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS.
• Supplemental documentation 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. *** The FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives 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 or Leadership and Management Dimension. In lieu of providing a response, please include WORK HISTORY IN YOUR RESUME THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH SECTION.

Please include specific examples and details which illustrate your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Please include applicable date ranges. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification will be placed in alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

In-grade/Downgrade applications will be accepted. If the agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA