Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist (Team Manager)

Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist (Team Manager)

Department: Department of Transportation

Location(s): Fort Worth, Texas

Salary Range: $141476 - $219214 Per Year

Job Summary: As a supervisor/manager, the selectee for this position will be eligible to receive a Manager Performance Incentive (MPI) provided eligibility requirements noted in agency policy are met. The MPI is an annual lump-sum incentive payment that considers agency performance, the manager's individual performance, and available funding. Position serves as Front Line Manager of a unit of branch directing work of subordinate employees within a major subdivision.

Major Duties:

• Managerial duties include; planning, communicating the organization's vision and objectives, setting priorities, assigning tasks and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching and developing employee capabilities, approving leave, and taking, recommending, or approving corrective/disciplinary action as appropriate. Applies advanced technical knowledge of air traffic operations, an advanced knowledge of budget, human resource management, and other administrative policies and procedures, and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the organization. Provides airspace analysis support, manages airspace improvements projects, and provides air traffic procedures development support. Performs airspace modeling and simulations. Provides facilities and projects proponents with leadership and guidance through the national airspace redesign process. Serves as an advocate for project approval at the national level. Maintains standardization in the procedures review process by coordinating kick off meetings. Facilitates Instrument Flight Procedure (IFP) working group review. Prioritizes procedures throughout the regional airspace team reviews. Retains rule-making expertise for all airspace actions. Serves as the point of contact for all operational air traffic issues in the Service Area. Coordinates special events affecting numerous facilities. Maintains communication between facilities and scheduling authorities. Process requests for Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) when applicable. Coordinates on time events and provides guidance to facilities on special operations if necessary. Ensures requirements for VIP/Presidential movements and communicates itinerary changes to affected facilities. Contacts are primarily within the organizational unit, major subdivision and the LOB/SO with subordinates, peers, and higher-level managers to discuss the status of projects/programs and to plan for the future. Within guidelines, has authority to make commitments for subordinate organizational unites. Work is typically governed by the established policies, procedures, and organizational objectives with room for discretion. Resolves all but unique problems without the intervention of higher-level management. Regularly called upon to identify problem areas and to develop and recommend new policies and procedures for resolution. Individual and organizational performance is reviewed periodically by higher-level management, usually through status reports and organizational performance measures. Work activities typically impact directly on project/program objectives for more than one organizational unit and for the major subdivision.

Qualifications: Specialized experience: To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-J, FG/GS-14 level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: Managerial experience overseeing and evaluating the work of operational Air Traffic Services or Technical Operations Personnel. QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT. Special Note Concerning Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (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's) 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 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) 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.

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. We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes. 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. Please see this guide, Document Upload Guide, for more information on uploading and re-using the documents in your applications.

Application Deadline: 2026-02-03