The position serves as a Aviation Safety Program Compliance Specialist - [Technical Advisor] - in the Aviation Safety (AVS) Executive Front Office, reports to the Chief of Staff, and is responsible for providing technical advice and guidance of aviation safety projects and activities. Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced technical specialist.
Duties
Acts as a principal technical specialist or as a project manager or team leader for large work activities, developing and coordinating program strategies and project planning; provides analyses and recommendations concerning broad and often complex issues involving internal management systems and functional assignments as required for Aviation Safety, FAA, and DOT in coordination with other elements in the organization. Prepares and develops policies, guidelines, procedures, and regulations on aviation safety compliance programs.
Applies experience and advanced technical knowledge applicable to his/her discipline, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Provides advice and comprehensive guidance on controversial, sensitive, or complex matters pertaining to statutory and regulatory requirements. Participates in a wide variety of complex studies and research projects to measure, assess, and evaluate the effect of changes and trends pertinent to the activities of the agencys aviation safety program.
Defines, plans, and organizes assigned resources to accomplish organizational objectives. Allocates resources to accomplish small work-activities within established schedules. Understands how his/her technical area interacts with or is affected by other disciplines and considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating, and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems.
Proactively identifies and resolves moderately complex or controversial individual transactional or aviation safety programmatic issues. Contacts are internal and external. May represent AVS/FAA as a technical point of contact on projects, programs, and other work activities. Collaborates with both internal and external representatives of the industry, Federal, state, and local government agencies, foreign authorities, congressional interests, other external organizations, and higher authorities on aviation safety programs tasked with the development and implementation of aviation policy, guidelines, procedures, and regulations. Provides input to senior management on relevant technical issues.
Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches. Assignments typically require solutions that are to be derived by interpreting and extrapolating from situations that were faced in the past. Provides recommendations to improve work processes.
Resolves technical problems, often without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Works collaboratively with stakeholders and management to solve problems. Work is reviewed with minimal input to process or format (typically through status reports and at project completion) to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.
Responsibilities at the J-band:
Performs multiple, varying and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader or more experienced technical specialist. Acts as a principal technical specialist or as a project manager or team leader for large work activities. Develops and coordinates program strategies and project planning; provides analyses and recommendations concerning broad and often complex issues involving internal management systems and functional assignments as required for Aviation Safety, FAA, and DOT in coordination with other elements in the organization. Prepares and develops policy, guidelines, procedures and regulations on aviation safety compliance program.
