Air Traffic Control Specialist - Military Veterans

Summary This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Air Traffic Services (AJT), Operational Planning and Integration Directorate, Resource Utilization (AJT-3). This Directorate is responsible for facilitating the integration of NextGen capabilities and emerging technologies into the National Airspace System (NAS). The Directorate also resolves complex operational problem and develops new, more efficient air traffic control systems and services. Responsibilities As an Air Traffic Control Specialist, he/she applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of air traffic control procedures, operations and staff programs to support the development, testing and deployment of technological, procedural and airspace changes in the National Airspace System (NAS). He/she furnishes national level expertise in a staff function, to analyze and study facility technical operations and staffing levels to ensure that requests for participation in national labor-management work groups are coordinated early enough to minimize the operational impact to field facilities. This work contributes directly to the accomplishment of air traffic and other Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) objectives and the efficiency and effectiveness of air traffic operations. Using comprehensive knowledge of staff programs (e.g., procedures, traffic management, quality assurance, training, automation), he/she reviews and evaluates requests for facility resources to support programs to modernize and improve the NAS. He/she evaluates technical air traffic requirements including type of facility impacted by the program, such as whether the facility is a tower, tower with radar, en route center, etc. He/she applies experience separating and controlling air traffic to identify required systems requirements and certifications, such as facility level, radar or Oceanic, airspace, radar and navigational aids. Reviews and evaluates proposed changes to air traffic operations and procedures to assess and identify risks and to recommend risk mitigation strategies. He/she uses skill analyzing and reviewing collective bargaining agreements to identify negotiated processes and technical requirements. He/she applies program/project management experience to coordinate requests and to review and analyze project plans including scope, program/project start and end dates, time commitment for participants–full/part-time/one-time/as needed to include estimated number of hours, and amount/level of program support. He/she identifies and presents relevant data by applying skill using technological medium, such as the Program Management Tool (PMT) and Business Utilization and Resource Standardization Tools (BURST) to analyze requests and to develop excel tables, graphs, power point, etc. Contacts are internal and external and include representatives from other Service Units, Service Areas, Federal Aviation Administration Lines of Business, and representative. He/she often represents AJT organization as a senior point of contact on projects and programs related to En Route operations. Although broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for completing work objectives, he/she is allowed considerable discretion to develop new or innovative approaches. As an authority in terminal and en route operations and procedures, he/she works independently. The team manager typically reviews work through status reports and at completion Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference – U.S. Office of Personnel Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Air Traffic Control Series, 2152: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/2100/air-traffic-control-series-2152/ To qualify for this position at the J-band you must demonstrate in your application that you have experience as an air traffic controller in a military or civilian air traffic facility that demonstrated possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the level of work of the specialization for which application is made. This experience must have provided a comprehensive knowledge of appropriate air traffic control laws, rules and regulations. Creditable experience must have equipped applicants with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the full range of duties of the position for which application is being made. 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 separating and controlling air traffic to identify required systems requirements and certifications, such as facility level, radar or Oceanic, airspace, radar and navigational aids. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Interview Policy: Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Pay Retention: In accordance with HRPM. EMP 1.29/1.29A, this position may be Career Enhancement Assignment/Career Progression. The selectee(s) may be eligible for pay retention. Career Diversity is not enhanced when an employee is assigned to a staff or supervisory position in which they previously held on a permanent basis. CEP/CP selectees will be required to certify eligibility. Education Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. 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 KSA, 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 listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Position is not eligible for "good time" for ATC retirement purposes. This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA