Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist (ADO Manager)

Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist (ADO Manager)

Department: Department of Transportation

Location(s): Memphis, Tennessee

Salary Range: $131438 - $203661 Per Year

Job Summary: Serves as Manager for the Office of Airports (ARP), Memphis Airports District Office (ADO) in the Southern Region.

Major Duties:

• The ADO manager is responsible for an ADO that includes 2 Large, 3 Medium, and 7 Small hub airports. This responsibility includes 199 Federally funded airports throughout the states of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee, including more than 28 Part 139 certified airports. Supervises the ADO assistant manager and will be the second line manager for the 19 technical staff engaged in administering all aspects of Airports programs. The selectee is responsible for overseeing and directing the implementation of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program ensuring, at a high level, the appropriate coordination (both internal and external) takes place. The AIP approaches $250 million dollars annually, and the Passenger Facility Charge Program entails more than $204 million dollars in annual collections. Both programs involve airport planning (airport master planning, state and/or metropolitan system planning) and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. The AIP requires annual updates to the office of Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) and include primary and non-primary airports. The Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Parts 77, 139, 150, 157 and 158 apply as they pertain to the development of airports. Collaborates with all organizations and stakeholders to address corporate level initiatives, acting as an Agent of FAA for meeting with DOT, States, local municipalities, Airports, etc. The selectee will interface with others to achieve organizational objectives and exercise delegated authority in advising Federal, state, and local officials on laws, regulations, and innovative solutions regarding airport development and operations. Establishes, monitors, and evaluates ADO program goals. Initiates, strengthens, or eliminates programs or major projects to meet established goals and regional and agency objectives. Reports status and effectiveness of programs and initiatives to higher levels within Airports Division. Provides input to the identification and resolution of problems and cooperates with officials on matters pertaining to problems and complaints of discrimination. Coordinates all program activities with the Division and ensures timely and responsive customer service. Ensures airport development projects provide the protection and enhancement of the environment and sponsor compliance with the terms of agreements entered into as a condition of receiving federal assistance. Oversee the conveyance of surplus public property to communities for airport purposes. Provides the advisory service to the public on airport safety, planning, design, construction, environmental and maintenance matters. Assures the uniform application of FAA airport planning, programming, design, construction and land acquisition standards and policy in federally-assisted airport development projects. Maintains the overall organizational health of all staff members, working with the ADO Assistant Manager to quickly, fairly, and effectively handle any personnel challenges; ensure the development of staff members, and leading the office. Determines any needed Organizational changes to the office structure that allows for more efficient and effective accomplishment of the work and puts these changes into effect. Oversees resources for the ADO and establishes programs to reduce usage and operating costs without adversely affecting overall operation. Exercises the full range of managerial responsibilities to include strategic planning and initiatives, communicating the organization's vision and objectives; setting priorities; monitoring and evaluating performance of organizational units, supervises, coaches and develops ADO Assistant manager and other supervised staff. Approves leave; and takes corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.

Qualifications: Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the (FV-J) or (FG14) level. Examples of specialized experience for this position include: Experience in leadership and providing direction to others and/or establishing common goals. Experience in promoting teamwork. Experience in promoting airport safety. Experience in collaborative analysis of technical information for projects crossing multiple technical and operational disciplines or organizational lines of business. Experience applying technical guidance in airport layout and design. Experience in promoting employee development (e.g. on-the-job training; coaching and teamwork). Experience in the identification and analysis of significant issues or trends in airport planning and development. Experience with the Airport Improvement Program. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. 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) and Leadership and Managerial Dimension 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 Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) and Leadership and Managerial Dimensions. In lieu of providing a KSA and Leadership and Managerial Dimensions narrative responses in the text boxes listed below each KSA and Leadership and Managerial Dimensions, 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 and Leadership and Managerial Dimensions. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA and Leadership and Managerial Dimensions 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 Leadership and Management Dimensions 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. 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: 2026-05-08