Airfield Operations Specialist

Summary

About the Position: Serve as Allen Army Airfield Operations Manager with responsibilities for managing, organizing, planning, coordinating and directing airfield operations on Allen Army Airfield at Fort Greely, Alaska. Allen Army Airfield provides for all four military services, other government agencies, flight detachments, and tenant and transient air traffic.

Duties

• •Serve as the point of contact for airfield continuity of operations.
• •Develop policies and procedures for use of the airfield to meet the needs of all users.
• •Responsible for policy development, implementation, and oversight of the command’s Airfield Quality Assurance Evaluation (QAE) and Self-Inspection programs.
• •Develop, administer, execute, and monitor the Wildlife/Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (WASH/BASH) Program in accordance with USDA and AR 95-2 requirements.
• •Administer and monitor the maintenance program for all assigned equipment. Is responsible for the policing and maintenance of airfield grounds.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Reinstatement In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing airfield operations support to include crash/rescue airfield procedures, coordinating aviation weather, and overseeing security operations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.