Engineering Technician (Aerospace) (QC Inspector)

Summary

This position is in Technical Services Directorate, Quality Control Team. The incumbent will be responsible for exercising wide latitude in applying independent judgment and make determinations (i.e., airworthiness) that inform senior management's technical direction, policy, and procedural changes that impact safety, regulatory compliance, national security and the working conditions of assigned technicians.

Duties

Serves as a principal technical specialist, a project manager, team leader, or instructor. Performs work of broad scope and complexity. Provides the highest organizational level of technical support associated with analyzing, designing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricating, maintaining, modifying, or evaluating the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible. Ensures the work orders, aircraft logbooks, inspection records, reports, and forms, both printed and digital, used by the repair station and its customers, are properly executed prior to approving an article for return to service. Provides guidance on policies, procedures, and regulations to less experienced professionals, leads projects to completion, resolves problems, recommends solutions, and communicates these issues to supervisors, managers, contractors, and engineers to ensure complete and legal approval for aircraft return to service. Provides oversight for the certification of repairs, alterations (major and minor), maintenance, and inspections to ensure only airworthy, safe, and reliable articles are released for return to service. The incumbent possesses the authority to plan, organize, coordinate, integrate, direct, and review peer technician's work assignments. The incumbent provides technical direction and oversight to assigned technician(s) and provides effective recommendations to management on peer employees' work accomplishments, assigned aircraft maintenance training, on-the-job training requirements, and disciplinary matters. Ensures the work inspected complies with the applicable current, accepted, or approved data, and the regulatory requirements of 14 CFR Parts 43 and 145 and this manual. Visually inspects completed work. Verifies that all work was accomplished in accordance with the manufacturer's maintenance manual, the Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) and Continuing Airworthiness Surveillance System (CASS). Is considered a technical expert within the organization for the assigned system or specialty area. Work directly supports the objectives of the organization and the safe and continual operation of the NAS, FAA aircraft, and/or FAA academic programs. Provides guidance to other technicians and trainees regarding difficult technical or operational issues. Interprets and adapts technical manuals, manufacturers' instructions, FAA policies and procedures, and other publications. Provides information or makes suggestions, as requested by the supervisor, concerning promotions, reassignments, recognition and awards, and personnel needs of technician members; resolves informal complaints, assists management in addressing labor-management relations issues, and suggests ways to improve productivity or increase the quality of work performed by the technician. May be called as an expert witness for ligation. Independently resolves all but unique technical problems. Interprets and adapts technical manuals, manufacturers' instructions, FAA policies and procedures, and other publications. Exercises his/her Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) Certificate in compliance with 14 CFR 65 to accomplish the goals and objectives of AJF. Must be alert to the hazards of working in proximity of live aircraft. May be physically required to perform heavy lifting and carrying 45 pounds and over, pulling hand over hand, pushing, reaching above shoulder, walking, standing, crawling, and kneeling for extensive periods of time. May be required to travel up to 75% of time, work rotating shifts to include nights, days and/or weekends, and work in other components of the organization or geographic locations. This position will require a moderate risk position security designation. The essential functions of this position require in-person performance. The employee must always observe the highest health, safety standards and comply with environmental factors within the work area. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (FG/GS-12) level. 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 includes: - Experience with regulatory framework in program operations. -Experience analyzing and resolving complex and/or sensitive problems related to quality assurance and quality control systems. -Experience overseeing maintenance activities in accordance with the regulatory framework, established standards, policies, practices and procedures. -Experience negotiating and leading efforts to achieve the goals and objectives of a certified maintenance program. AND In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration. Selective Placement Factor (SPF): Applicant must possess a FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate. A copy of your A&P certificate (front & back) must be uploaded to receive consideration for this position. Do you possess an A&P Certificate? IMPORTANT: Ensure that your work experience supports your Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA), and Other Factors answers. Your answers and associated work experience will be evaluated further to validate whether the answers that you selected are appropriate.

Education

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Education - See qualifications required. Information Regarding KSA's: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs and Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.