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Aviation Technical Systems Specialist
Des Moines, WA

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Job Description

* Duties

Help Duties Summary

Serves as an Aviation Technical Systems Specialist for Planning and Requirements Group, AJV-W380/W390.

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Responsibilities

Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities.

Assignments include the following:

Serves as the development focal for all ATO business cases used as decision documents for NAS needs and changes. Manages and facilitates the process by which a valid requirement is evaluated by industry-accepted, analysis. Applies an iterative, life-cycle cost analysis process that may be used throughout the life-cycle of a NAS facility. Provides documentation and analysis for the initial decision to invest in a project; the decision to select among alternative approaches; and follow the scope, schedule, or budget changes during the course of the project implementation.

Facilitates a process to gather information for further decisions to support the valid requirement of the NAS facility or staffed office and to refine estimation of benefits and costs to become a funded project from a fully integrated, system approach. Performs analysis that may include the relative cost vs. benefits of different support strategies.

Supports the prioritization of the Service Area needs around staff facilities/technical space issues then communicates this to the Service Area Directors and Districts for funding while considering the mission requirements of the ATO.

Applies a wide range of methods to gather, analyze, and evaluate information and data on program/project issues, including financial and managerial considerations. Acts as the ATO Point of Contact (POC) with other FAA Lines of Business (ie. ALO) to validate and support the business case project during real estate acquisition/lease negotiations or special research supporting the ATO Service Area Directors.

Experience in developing analysis and reports in support of ATO technical space requirements for field operations offices (i.e. Technical Operations staffed facilities).

Advanced technical knowledge of aviation and project management skills related to the design, development, operations, maintenance, performance, evaluation, sustainment, improvement or establishment of NAS facilities.

Communicates verbally and in writing the business case products of the data gathering and analysis obtained for NAS facilities and Staffed facilities requirements.

Contacts are internal. May act as a key technical point of contact for assigned activities. Contributes to the preparation of management /technical reports and may communicate the overall results of a project or work activity to FAA management.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allows considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach or recommend new approaches. Provides recommendations to improve work processes.

Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Identifies and informs management of problems that require their attention. Often develops and recommends techniques to address problem situations.

Work is reviewed periodically, typically at major milestones and at completion, for technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects or activities of one ore more organizational units.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

NA


* Job family (Series)

2186 Technical Systems Program Manager


* Requirements

Help Requirements Conditions of Employment

* US Citizenship is required.
* Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
* Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
* Interviews may be conducted.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS-12 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Examples of specialized experience includes: Hands-on knowledge related to the design, development, operations, maintenance, performance, and evaluation of the NAS to develop reports, white papers, or business cases and successfully present data-driven decisions to achieve the FAA's goals and outcomes; experience in presenting these written products to a wide, diverse audience for their support of a future project. Specialized experience may be acquired through functions such as F&E acquisition and deployment of NAS programs and systems; operations and maintenance functions in field facilities; and/or evaluation and performance functions in System Management Offices, regional offices, or headquarters.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

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.

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