Aviation Safety Operations Officer

Aviation Safety Operations Officer

Department: Department of Transportation

Location(s): College Park, Georgia, Fort Worth, Texas, Des Moines, Washington

Salary Range: $98437 - $152563 Per Year

Job Summary: This position serves as an Aviation Safety Operations Officer in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regional Operations Center, Office of Policy and Strategic Engagement (APL), Office of National Engagement and Regional Administration (ARA). The position reports to the Regional Operations Center (ROC) Manager.

Major Duties:

• Performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced Aviation Safety Operations Officer. May act as a contributing specialist on large work activities or as a team leader for single or small work activities. Applies experience and advanced technical knowledge to monitor and advise on events and matters regarding safety and applicable to accomplish assignments and to develop plans and techniques to improve programs and policies. 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 and to improve processes. Applies technical knowledge of FAA policies and objectives to accomplish projects/programs and work activities as follows: Monitors and Assesses Aviation Events: Continuously monitors the National Airspace System (NAS) and evaluates aviation-related events—including aircraft accidents—to determine impacts on the NAS, FAA offices/facilities, regional customers, and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Incident Notification and Coordination: Informs and coordinates with response personnel and organizations such as FAA Air Traffic Facilities, Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) and NTSB Accident Investigators, the FAA Accident Investigation and Prevention office, and relevant FAA Lines of Business (LOB)/Staff Offices (SO). Prioritizes Urgent Matters: Identifies situations requiring immediate attention from Regional FAA managers or the Washington Operations Center. Incident and Accident Support: Provides or arranges for support from the office of primary responsibility during accidents, incidents, or national security events; acts as executive agent for the NTSB to direct local law enforcement to secure accident sites. Maintains Situational Awareness: Receives, processes, and tracks information on facility outages, accidents, emergencies, and unusual occurrences, ensuring all appropriate parties are promptly notified of situations impacting facilities. Communication Management: Operates Regional Operations Center (ROC) equipment and systems to receive, dispatch, and record written and verbal messages—including those from the Office of the Administrator—affecting the NAS or Region Specific Offices. Facilitates communication between agencies, FAA managers, specialists, and LOB requiring precise incident information. Operates independently during shifts, immediately responding to urgent requirements prior to advising higher authorities of actions taken. Contacts are with ROC personnel, FAA managers and executives, as well as FAA and state and local officials responding to contingencies. Performs collateral duties assigned on an individual basis. Must be able to perform shift work on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis. Supports Department of Transportation HQ Resiliency backup functions and/or FAA HQ devolution functions requiring the ability to obtain and maintain a top secret clearance.

Qualifications: To qualify at the FV-I level, candidates must have One Year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (FG/GS-12, FV-H) that is typically in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform in this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience include a comprehensive knowledge of the functions and characteristics of the National Airspace System (NAS) and aviation nomenclature and experience providing communications support and/or incident response coordination. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSAs): 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 section, 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. 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.

How to Apply: Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-12