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General Engineer (NPPM) (NAS Implementation Program Manager)

Multiple Locations, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$95K/yr - $147K/yr

1+ years exp

The Federal Aviation Administration is responsible for ensuring safe and efficient air travel in the United States. They are seeking a General Engineer to serve as the NAS Implementation Manager, focusing on the implementation and integration of NAS projects and activities across various stakeholders, including government and airport user groups.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer

May act as a principal technical specialist or as a project/program manager or team leader for large work activities

Provides liaison and coordination of the NAS on all implementation and integration planned efforts between technical operations and air traffic operations

Provides operations advocacy functions for the Districts to the Service Area, Airports Districts Offices, Flight Standards District Offices, Headquarters, and Program Offices for critical NAS maintenance and infrastructure

Reviews, analyzes and makes recommendations on engineering plans and specifications for NAS modernization and transition projects, assists in preparation of risk mitigation plans, and develops detailed comments addressing maintainability issues for the District

Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to the discipline, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization

Considers the objectives of the major subdivision and LOB/SO when developing, integrating and implementing solutions to diverse, complex problems

Assignments frequently require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines

Typical assignments may include system design and integration; extensive research; and direct responsibility for project/program management

Analyzes impacts of proposed projects on NAS operations, monitors projects from all sources for conflicts within technical operations, and ensures that implementation plans for transition projects are thoroughly integrated with major NAS plans

Defines, organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish organizational objectives

Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules

Provides validation of Life Cycle Management needs and coordinates with national, regional, and district staffs in the establishment of projects and in the accomplishment of NAS transition and integration activities

Reviews and validates Corporate Work Plan project submissions for Tech Ops District facility maintenance, sustainment and replacement project needs and operations emergency project funding needs

Incumbent interacts with financial and planning organizations to ensure adequate funding and estimates are available for the projects and programs, and dictates requirements in accordance with District objectives and strategies

Prepares recommendations for necessary movement of funds to ensure projects/programs are accomplished in a timely manner

Contacts are internal and external

Represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects and programs

Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution

Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but allow considerable discretion to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires

Provides guidance to lower-level staff to solve difficult technical issues

Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer

Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues

Works with senior management to solve problems

Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.Prepares briefings, presentations and/or point papers

Qualification

Engineering degreeNAS project integrationProject managementRisk mitigation planningEngineering principlesCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

US Citizenship is required

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents)

This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required

A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics

B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance

To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. 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: Experience in engineering principles, theories, and concepts to support the implementation and integration of NAS projects and activities. Experience with CWP and the OPS sustainment programs to create project originations and mitigate NAS facility emergency situations. Experience reviewing, analyzing and making recommendations on engineering plans and specifications for NAS modernization and transition projects, assists in preparation of risk mitigation plans, and develops detailed comments addressing maintainability issues

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.