PUBLIC NOTICE - Aviation Safety Inspector (Flight Oversight Rotorcraft-Helicopter)

About the role

Join the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a Rotorcraft-Helicopter Flight Oversight Inspector. The FAA is a work environment rich in opportunity, teamwork, and work life balance. Benefits such as weekends off, paid holidays, steady work hours, sick/annual leave, health insurance, and many more.

Begin a rewarding career with the FAA and be a part of a select group of individuals whose mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.

What you will do

• Aviation Safety Inspectors in this specialty (Rotorcraft - Helicopter FLIGHT OVERSIGHT) apply knowledge and skills typically acquired as airmen (pilots, navigators, flight instructors, etc) to develop and administer regulations and safety standards pertaining to the operation of rotorcraft.
• The selectee serves as a developmental performing duty as assigned without authority for actions or decisions and will be required to complete initial new hire training to include formal and on-the-job training up to 24 months.
• The Aviation Safety Inspector (Rotorcraft-Helicopter) Flight Oversight is responsible for the performance of assigned technical administration, certification, and surveillance duties and assures that aviation organizations and airmen comply with regulatory requirements and reports deficiencies to the principal inspector or supervisor.
• Duties and responsibilities at the FG-12 level may include but are not limited to: Selectee is delegated the specific authority to make decisions as to the quality of operations activities; Inspecting at the different aviation facilities; assuring that aviation organizations and airmen comply with regulatory requirements, and reporting deficiencies to the principal inspector or supervisor; Reviewing manuals associated with certification requirements of air carriers, air agencies, and air operators for accuracy and FAR compliance; Evaluating training programs to ensure that they meet the requirements of the FARs, including simulators, training devices, and other such equipment, as well as check airmen; monitoring pilots, designated pilot examiners, check airmen, and aviation organization operations and training activities; and Taking appropriate corrective action for deficiencies noted or making recommendations to principal inspector or supervisor.
• Duties and responsibilities at the FG-11 level may include but are not limited to: Assisting in enforcement investigations and preparation of final reports and recommendations on disposition; Participating in accident/incident and complaint investigations; Assisting in the emergency suspension of certificates and conducting reexamination of certificated airmen or assisting in recertification of an operator or agency; Providing verbal and/or written technical assistance to legal counsel, testifying at court trials and formal hearings, and giving depositions; and Duties and responsibilities at the FG-09 level may include but are not limited to: ¿ Conducting commercial pilot flight tests in rotary-wing. ¿ Investigating requests for waivers for general aviation operations, gathering information, making recommendations, and conducting periodic surveillance for continued compliance with waiver conditions. ¿ Inspecting repairs and alterations made on rotary-wing.
• May be assigned other duties and responsibilities that are non-grade controlling.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Applicant must be a high school graduate or equivalent.

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

• Front and back of valid or expired Flight Instructor Certificate with Rotorcraft-Helicopter category rating or resume must reflect experience serving as an instructor as part of an approved program or course (e.g., Title 14 CFR Part 121, 135, 141, or 142, or Uniformed Services) which provided instruction in a Rotorcraft-Helicopter or an approved flight simulation training device representing a Rotorcraft-Helicopter.
• Documentation showing a minimum of 200 hours of flight instruction in a Rotorcraft-Helicopter, an approved flight simulation training device representing a Rotorcraft-Helicopter, or a combination of both.
• Front and back of an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating or a Commercial Pilot Certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating and Instrument-Helicopter rating

What to expect next

Please only select locations for which you wish to work. The locations in this announcement are for the Anchorage FSDO, the Baton Rouge FSDO, and the St. Louis FSDO. 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. *** Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen.

On-the-Spot will be used to fill this position. The 'Rule of Three', Veterans Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy. PCS incentive is subject to a twelve-month service commitment.

Not all locations are eligible for PCS as not all locations are considered hard to fill. If eligible, you will be notified in your offer letter. Pay rates shown are BASE Pay only.

The FAA uses OPM's GS Locality Pay Tables to set locality rates in addition to the base pay offered. The minimum locality rate is 17.06% The Flight Standards Service utilizes a National Centralized Hiring Process (NCHP), for standardized interviewing, screening, and verification of qualifications and experience of Aviation Safety Inspector applicants.

Applicants will be required to appear in person or via ZOOM for an interview and/or other assessments to determine whether they possess the necessary qualifications, competencies and personal qualities to successfully perform Aviation Safety Inspector duties.

Applicants will be questioned about information on their application and will be required to show appropriate airmen certificates, ratings, and pilot logbooks or other appropriate records of flight time to substantiate that the applicant meets the requirements of this announcement. Interviews for this position are conducted at any National Centralized Hiring Process location.

This Public Notice will serve as a resume repository - positions may or may not be filled from this announcement. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA