USAJOBS · 15 hours ago
General Engineer - NAS Implementation Program Manager (Direct Hire)
USAJOBS is seeking a General Engineer to serve as the NAS Implementation Manager, acting as the primary liaison for the District or Service Area to various stakeholders for the implementation and integration of NAS projects. The role involves planning and managing complex projects, analyzing engineering plans, and ensuring smooth operations within the NAS.
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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
Prepares briefings, presentations and/or point papers for coordinating the prioritization of projects within the Tech Ops District
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
Often represents FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities
Communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOB/SOs) and externally
Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports or contractual documents for final approval prior to external distribution
Presents briefings to obtain consensus/approval on policies
Coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations
Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches
Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires
Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally
Qualification
Required
Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications
An official transcript will be required prior to appointment
Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university
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
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 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
US Citizenship is required
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
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.
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