Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist (Operations Supervisor)

Department of Transportation; Charlotte Amalie, College Park (United States Virgin Islands, GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking an Operations Supervisor to plan and direct operations within delegated areas of responsibility at a terminal or en route facility. You will provide first line supervision to Developmental and Certified Professional Controllers.

Candidates must demonstrate specialized experience as defined for FAA leadership roles, including prior regional or headquarters-level work and facility ratings or MSS experience in an ATS facility.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Must have held a FAA 2152 FV-J/FG-14 or above regional or headquarters position 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 Air Traffic Services (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.

Responsibilities

• Provides first line supervision to a team of Developmental and Certified Professional Controllers.
• Plans and directs operations within delegated areas of responsibility.

Job description

Serves as an Operations Supervisor in a terminal or en route facility, responsible for planning and directing operations within delegated areas of responsibility. Provides first line supervision to a team of Developmental and Certified Professional Controllers.

Candidates must show specialized experience. Specialized experience is defined as:

• 1) Must have held a FAA 2152 FV-J/FG-14 or above regional or headquarters position 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 Air Traffic Services (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.

Applicants must meet qualifications 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 Leadership and Management Dimension.

In lieu of providing a narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each dimension. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your 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.

Eligible candidates will be evaluated based on FAA Managerial Workforce Planning (MWP) WP-10.1.