Aviation Safety Inspector (AW-ACM)(APMI)

Summary

The APMI serves as a full assistant to a Principal Inspector performing the full range of certification, surveillance, and inspection duties for assigned air carriers, air operators, air agencies, airmen, and designees and has program responsibility to assure that assigned organizations meet Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alteration programs. Assists in the establishment of work programs for inspection and surveillance.

Duties

• Technical Administration On a continuing basis, ensures assigned organizations are properly and adequately organized, staffed and equipped; establishes and conducts adequate training programs; maintains record keeping systems; and facilities and ensures procedures meet all regulatory requirements.
• Chairs joint FAA and industry meetings.
• Maintains regular contact with organizations assigned and coordinates with top management officials.
• Requires or directs correction of deficiencies/discrepancies and refuses or withdraws approval if they cannot be resolved.
• Develops avionics program requirements through participation on maintenance review boards.
• Coordinates minimum equipment list (MEL) approvals with the principal operations inspector.
• Takes enforcement action in instances of noncompliance with the MEL.
• Conducts enforcement investigations and prepares final reports and recommendations on disposition.
• Performs or supervises the emergency suspension of certificates or cancellation of operations specifications.
• Conducts or directs the reexamination of certificated airmen or recertification of an operator or agency.
• Conducts investigations of public complaints, congressional inquiries and aircraft incidents and accidents.
• Provides verbal and/or written technical assistance to legal counsel, testifies at court trials and formal hearings and gives dispositions.
• Coordinates with geographic inspectors for the accomplishment of non-routine air carrier surveillance.
• Certification Responsible for initial and ongoing certification of air carriers, aircraft, airmen and air agencies.
• Makes recommendations on the appointment of designees.
• Evaluates requests to operate under conditions not previously specified in the airworthiness portion of the operations specifications and approves/disapproves requests providing additional conditions and limitations as needed.
• Provides guidance to the assigned air carrier in the development of required maintenance manuals and record keeping systems.
• Reviews and determines adequacy of manuals associated with the air carrier¿s airworthiness programs and revisions.
• Ensures manuals and revisions comply with regulatory requirements, prescribe safe practices and furnish clear and specific instructions governing airworthiness programs.
• Approves operations specifications and amendments.
• Determines if the maintenance facilities being established or contract arrangements entered into by air carrier for the purpose of overhaul work, major repairs, alterations and other maintenance are satisfactory.
• Reviews changes and negotiates with air carrier management to resolve problems.
• Determines if overhaul and inspection time limitations warrant revision.
• Evaluates an operator¿s proposed reliability programs for compliance with national policies.
• Advises operator of deficiencies and required changes.
• Approves/disapproves reliability programs.
• Determines if the air carrier¿s training program meets the requirements of 14 CFR, is compatible with the airworthiness program, is properly organized and effectively conducted, and results in trained and competent personnel.
• Directs or participates in flight evaluations to determine compliance with 14 CFR.
• Recommends changes that will be required prior to approval.
• Surveillance Directs the inspection and surveillance of the air carrier¿s continuous airworthiness program.
• Monitors all phases of the air carrier¿s airworthiness operation including the maintenance, engineering, quality control, production control, training and reliability programs.
• Analyzes trends to detect deterioration in the airworthiness program.
• Analyzes reports submitted by the air carrier to ensure compliance with airworthiness program and ensures the air carrier has an effective continuing analysis and surveillance program to meet the requirements of 14 CFR.
• Monitors activities of air operators, air agencies, airmen and designees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Education is not qualifying for this position at this grade level and may not be substituted for experience.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

• If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans’ documentation, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS.
• Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.
• 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/.