Aviation Technical Systems Specialist (Lead Planner)

Federal Aviation Administration •

College Park, Georgia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

Duties

This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization, Mission Support Services, Eastern Service Area, Planning and Requirements Group (PRG), NAS Planning Team (NPT) (AJV-E330). The PRG group is responsible for providing integrated planning, requirements management, and program implementation management support to assist Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Service Units, and other FAA organizations as requested, with implementing and managing ATO services and infrastructure within the Service Areas. The NPT Team serves as geographical/functional and regional focal point for NAS Implementation Planning and integration analysis.

As a Lead Planner, the incumbent applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge while performing multiple, varying, and complex assignments. Performs ATO planning for a specific geographic boundary including planning, communicating assignments, milestones, and deadlines to the team based on supervisors instructions.

Serves as a Planning and Requirements Group (PRG) Lead for communication with external ATO customers including Airport Authorities, Airport District Offices, state and local governments, aviation authorities and any non- ATO entities. Performs regular meetings with airports to review development plans to identify future projects. Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOB/SOs) and externally.
Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution.

Utilizes the strategic portfolio plans including F&E, Ops, and external stakeholders projects that impact the NAS and performs analysis of portfolio plans to identify integration opportunities, minimize cost, and minimize system and operational impacts. Develops project plans using integrated portfolio plans and provide to all stakeholders for consideration.

Establish internal FAA cross-functional teams for collaboration of strategic planning activities requiring coordination and integration of requirements and project across Service Units and external customers.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.

Identify external stakeholder projects that will impact the NAS and lead the development of reimbursable agreements to mitigate the impacts. Perform oversight of ongoing reimbursable projects to identify potential issues.

Provides leadership, training, oversight and guidance to planning specialists.

Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or LOB/SOs and may impact on the objectives of the FAA. In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.

Job Requirements:
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).

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-I , FG/GS -13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is:

Experience applying advance technical knowledge of NAS facilities and conducting NAS infrastructure assessments.

Applicants should provide examples of Specialized Experience in their Work History.

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

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

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.

Required Documents

Current Federal employees: You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, that verifies your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record. Required documents may be uploaded to your AVIATOR application, emailed to the Agency contact, or faxed on or before the closing date of the announcement. Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.

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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $92,964 - $144,121

Job Ident #: 7941880000

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Aviation Technical Systems Specialist (Lead Planner)

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