Serves as a District Manager (DM) with line authority for overseeing and directing technical operations within an Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Technical Operations (AJW) District. Functions as the principal advisor for respective District operations and reports to the respective Service Area Deputy Director of Technical Operations. Collaborates with all lines of business and service units to address corporate level initiatives.
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-K, FG/GS-15 in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Leading an effective workforce that achieves organizational wide goals. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Interview Policy: Some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed. Security Clearance: Selection and placement are contingent upon waiver or completion of satisfactory security requirement for a noncritical-sensitive clearance.
Incumbent will exercise executive oversight and operational authority to ensure safety of NAS maintenance and operations at ARTCCs, Combined TRACONs, OEP airports, and large geographical areas consisting of approximately two or more states. Directs a highly technical and diverse workforce consisting of 150-300 federal employees who are Airway Transportation Specialists, Engineering Technicians, Program Managers/Analysts and Computer Specialists. Incumbent will have day-to-day direction over 3-5 subordinate managers including subordinate facility managers as well as functionally integrated teams of operational and support personnel. Interfaces with management across multiple subordinate organizational units and integrates projects/programs across multiple functions. Provides coaching, mentoring, and development of staff and organizational capabilities and is responsible for team-building throughout the facilities in the District. Sets priorities, assigns tasks and responsibilities, monitors and evaluates performance of organizational units, managers, and employees, approves leave; takes and/or approves corrective /disciplinary actions as appropriate. Provide direct support to the Director of Technical Operations to establish, monitor, and sustain Technical Operations initiatives and activities that cross service units within the Air Traffic Organization and the FAA lines of business. Develop new methodologies and techniques to solve organizational challenges and procedures. Conceive. plan, and conduct studies involving complex operational issues and that support the overall Technical Operations Business Plan's activities under the core business measure of ensuring safety and security of the NAS. Provide senior level policy guidance, direction and interpretation of technical operations related areas of NAS programs. Provide engineering and technical guidance regarding relationships between current and future NAS to be acquired, developed, and integrated via numerous acquisition programs in support of the activities within the AJW Business Plan's core business measure--Acquisition Workforce Plan. Provides expert collaborative analysis of technical information submitted for review of complex and challenging projects and programs that cross technical and operational disciplines and organizational lines of business impacting multiple internal and external organizations. Identify, assess, and analyze significant issues, opportunities, and trends that require senior leadership attention. Identify and apply operational expertise and authority to ensure the success of the Air Traffic Safety Action and Technical Operations Safety Action programs by overseeing the implementing voluntary safety reporting corrective actions. This is done through tracking and collaborating with operational experts within internal directorates, across organization lines and throughout the ATO in addition to aligning program objectives with organizational goals to achieve safety excellence impacting the FAA and the safety of the flying public. Serve as the internal and external point of contact for information, and concerns that impact large segments of Technical Operations, ATO and the FAA. Responsible for managing information appropriately to ensure concerns arc addressed and issues are resolved. Predicts potential issues and proposes recommendations for preventative action. Ensures consistent responses from the operations functions to internal and external organizations. Applies knowledge of the Vice President's and Director's broad goals and objectives and those of the ATO and corporate FAA to identify, define and organize work for multiple work activities. Responsible for quality assurance and reporting for District-wide Technical Operations. Oversees a comprehensive system of metrics reporting and performance evaluations for all technical operations activities associated with NAS operations. Performs other duties as assigned.