Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist (Air Traffic Manager)

Department of Transportation; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Transportation in Fort Lauderdale is seeking an Air Traffic Manager responsible for planning and directing all activities at a terminal facility. The role emphasizes the required specialized experience, with options including FAA 2152 FV-J/FG-14 or facility rated/area certification, or MSS experience within ATS facilities.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date. The hiring process notes reduced KSA narratives, requiring concrete work history examples illustrating capability

Qualifications

• Specialized experience includes FAA 2152 FV-J/FG-14 for at least 1 year (52 weeks).
• Or facility rated/area certified for at least 1 year at an ATS facility.
• Or MSS position held for at least 1 year in an ATS facility.
• Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• KSA narratives may be replaced by work-history examples reflecting highest ability.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an Air Traffic Manager of a terminal facility, planning and directing all activities at the facility.

Skills

Air Traffic Management

Leadership

Operational Planning

Job description

Serves as an Air Traffic Manager of a terminal facility, and is responsible for planning and directing all activities at the facility.

Candidates must show specialized experience. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Must have held an FAA 2152 FV-J/FG-14 or above regional or headquarters positions for at least 1 year (52 weeks)

OR

2) Must have been facility rated or area certified for at least 1 year (52 weeks) at an ATS facility; (Note: an employee who has been facility rated or area certified for at least 1 year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility that is upgraded is considered to meet the qualification requirements of the upgraded position, since he or she has been performing the higher-graded work);

OR

3) Must have held a MSS position for at least 1 year (52 weeks) in an ATS facility.

NOTE: There are no restrictions on who can apply to MSS vacancies at those facilities with 3 or less MSS levels.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this 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) 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 Leadership and Management 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. 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 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.