Airplane Pilot (Senior Flight Operations Watch Officer)

Federal Aviation Administration •

Warrenton, Virginia, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

Sr. Flight Operations Watch Officer serves as an Airplane Pilot within the Flight Program Operations Service Unit (AJF), Operations Control, Planning, & Analysis Directorate, Operations Control Group. This position is located in the Joint Air Traffic Operations Center at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center & is responsible for coordinating Flight Program Operations’ mission activities with other agencies, FAA LOBs, ATO service units, & airline representatives.

Duties

Serves as the Senior Flight Operation Watch Officer (SFOWO) in the Joint Air Traffic Operations Center (JATOC) at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) and is the Vice President of Flight Program Operations’ on-site senior liaison to the JATOC.

Maintains operational awareness of the daily missions and movements of Flight Operations’ flight crew and aircraft around the globe. Communicates that information to AJF leadership, the JATOC, ATCSCC elements, and Air Traffic Organization (ATO) senior leadership. Applies technical expertise to provide support to the JATOC ATO Watch Officer (AWO) and collaborates with all other JATOC elements within the ATCSCC to provide timely, clear and concise information needed to effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from, significant incidents in the National Airspace System (NAS). Communicates objectives to team members, sets priorities, coaches and develops employees; provides recommendations to the supervisor on employee performance, progress and training needs and on conduct/discipline issues and approves short-term leave requests. Incumbent will have access to confidential matters, information and decisions that would affect and/or influence managerial policy that impacts bargaining unit actions.

Coordinates across multiple stakeholders, to include: federal agencies, FAA lines of business, ATO Service Units, air traffic facilities, local/county/state-owned airport management, and private aviation service providers to facilitate AJF’s missions and to minimize disruptions to air traffic.

Integrates internal and external stakeholders to facilitate response plans to operational challenges that jeopardize AJF mission objectives. Actively monitors current operating status of the NAS for issues that may have a negative effect on AJF’s ability to execute assigned missions. Makes positive contact with AJF’s operations duty manager, field team managers, schedulers, and chief pilot as necessarily to mitigate those effects on the respective mission.

Actively monitors current operating status of AJF’s missions that may have a negative effect on the flow of air traffic at the NAS’s 40 busiest airports (FOCUS 40). Makes positive contact with the JATOC and ATCSCC elements as needed to minimize impact to air traffic. Applies comprehensive knowledge of AJF’s 4 missions: flight inspection, transportation, aviation safety training, and research, development, test & evaluation support, to safely and efficiently integrate AJF’s missions into the NAS.

Responsible for collecting, analyzing and sharing operational information in multiple formats and methods, and to multiple audiences; Monitors NAS operational briefings that are often confidential and sensitive in nature and provides input to those briefings as requested. Audits the work product/deliverables of AJF’s Operational Control Center (OCC) and flight scheduling process to identify trends, develop focus areas for training, and identify opportunities to make process improvements. Work requires maintaining technical expertise on Flight Program Operations missions.

This is a sensitive, noncritical level 2 position. The mission requirements of this position may require access to information classified up to and including SECRET since the purpose and location of flights, the location of some NAVAIDS or information aboard the aircraft may be classified. This position may require substantial travel. Incumbents can expect to be in a travel status more than 50 percent of the time. As required by the manager, incumbent may be required to work extended hours. Position may require incumbent to carry a government issued cell phone and be on-call to support worldwide operations and short-notice, high-priority missions.

May be required to participate in the FAA Flight Program as an active flight crewmember.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)
Designated or Random Drug Testing required.
Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
Position requires up to 25% travel.
Please review Required Documents and Additional Information.

Qualifications

Certificates and Ratings: All applicants must possess either a valid Commercial Pilot Certificate with airplane, multi-engine land AND instrument ratings OR an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with multi-engine land rating. In addition, all applicants must possess either a valid first or second-class medical certificate.

*Selected candidates without an ATP certificate will be required to successfully complete the ATP written exam within 60 days of appointment.

*Selected candidates must obtain a first class medical certificate prior to appointment.

FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:

TOTAL FLIGHT TIME - 1500 Hours; Flight time as a pilot in command or copilot in aircraft of any weight or category is creditable for this requirement. For in-service placement actions, up to one-fourth of the total flight hours may be waived for candidates who have demonstrated possession of the knowledge and skills needed to perform the work, provided: 1) applicant holds the required certificates and ratings; 2) applicant has acquired the pilot-in-command hours and flight hours in other categories essential to performance of the work; 3) applicant meets the requirements in terms of level and quality of experience; and 4) applicant's flying history indicates they are qualified for the position.

PILOT-IN-COMMAND TIME - 250 Hours; Only flight hours acquired as pilot-in-command are creditable.

NIGHT FLYING TIME - 75 Hours; For in-service placement actions, 25 hours may be waived if the applicant demonstrates the ability to perform the work.

FLYING TIME, LAST 12 MONTHS - 100 Hours; For in-service placement actions, up to one-half of the flight hours may be waived provided the applicants total background reflects the ability to perform the duties of the position safely. NOTE: Flight time in a FAA approved level C or D full flight simulator is creditable towards meeting the recency of flight experience. If applicable, applicant must document time in the Airplane PIC or SIC blocks of the Total in Last 12 Months section of the FAA Form 3330-47-3.

MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE TIME - 500 Hours; Experience may have been in either light or heavy multi-engine airplanes.

INSTRUMENT TIME - 75 Hours; At least 10 of the required hours must have been logged in actual instrument weather. The balance may have been acquired in a flight simulator or as other types of instrument flight time; e.g., hood instrument.

FLIGHT CHECK - A pre-employment flight test may be required, except for previous FG-2181, who have flown under Flight Program Operations Air Operator Certificate within the last 24 months.

In order to verify your flight hours, applicants MUST provide FAA Form 3330-47-3. Click here to obtain a copy of the required form.

AND

To qualify for this position at the FV-J (GS/FG-14) level, applicants must have at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-I (GS/FG-13) level that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position.

Specialized Experience includes experience executing one or more of the following Flight Program Operations’ missions: Flight Inspection, Transportation, Training, Research Development Test Evaluation; Experience that demonstrates an extensive knowledge of and experience in the technology, system interrelationships, and management of civilian or military automated aviation, navigation, and electronics systems; Minimum eligibility requirements for positions in this occupation are based on possession of the appropriate Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) pilot certificates and/or appropriate military ratings, meeting the applicable flight hour requirements, and possession of the knowledge and skills required for the position.

Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their Work History.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

See Qualifications Required Section.

Information Regarding 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 Knowledge, Skills and Ability (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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Demonstrated Abilities and Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: category grouping or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action), FAA Form 3330-47-3, Pilot certificate, and Medical certificate as indicated below will be accepted in combination with your on-line application and must be uploaded or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.

The following documents are REQUIRED for to verify qualifications for this occupation:

1) FAA Form 3330-47-3 [10/98], "Supplemental Qualifications Statement for 1825 and 2181 Series".

2) Airline Transport Pilot or Commercial Pilot Certificate (Front and Back).

3) Medical Certificate (Valid First or Second Class Medical Certificate).

Copies of documents are required, failure to provide copies will eliminate you from consideration.

If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.

If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.

Forms:

FAA-3330-473 : 2181/1825 Supplemental Qualifications Statement

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $136,657 - $211,858

Job Ident #: 789933600

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