Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (SSC Coordinator)

Federal Aviation Administration•Atlantic City, NJ

13h

About The Position

The Airway Transportation Systems Specialist (SSC Coordinator) plans, coordinates, and performs work directly related to operation of the National Airspace System (NAS). The role performs broad, complex work with substantial independence and provides the highest organizational level of technical support for complex FAA systems. The incumbent serves as a technical expert on legacy and newly developed systems across a large facility or multiple facilities over a broad geographic area, maintaining expertise in complex systems, emerging technology, system interrelationships, and NAS management. The position focuses on the availability and reliability of NAS services and products. It includes integrating, restoring, testing, and evaluating advanced services and service components, hardware and software systems, and processes. The SSC Coordinator manages all aspects of SSC projects, from initial planning and review of drawings and specifications through implementation, Joint Acceptance Inspection, and asset disposition. The incumbent serves as the SSC point of contact for locally completed projects and projects performed by outside contractors, identifies staffing, funding, materials, and equipment requirements, and tracks project resources. The role uses technical expertise and knowledge of user and stakeholder needs to prioritize SSC workload and integrates Operational Risk Management into planned activities. The incumbent may assist with repairs or service restoration, advise on backup-system availability, and report the status of critical events. The position collaborates with system users, planners, engineers, and contractors on acceptance of new or modified systems and resolution of installation or improvement problems. It also develops white papers recommending system-efficiency enhancements through modification or application of existing or emerging technology, and provides technical guidance and training to employees, contractors, other organizations, technicians, and trainees. Established policies and procedures guide most assignments, while allowing discretion to select approaches or develop solutions. The work emphasizes overall NAS system performance and causes of system degradation.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF-50.
Must hold a valid U.S. driver's license.
Supervisory endorsement is required.
Must meet qualifications by the vacancy announcement closing date.
Must demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience in technology system interrelationships and management of civilian or military automated aviation, navigation, and electronics systems.
Experience at the next lower level, Pay Band H/Level III or FV/GS-12 or equivalent, generally meets the minimum qualifications if it demonstrates the required abilities.
Must submit a narrative statement for each Demonstrated Ability and Quality Ranking Factor, if applicable.
Must provide resume details supporting qualifications and questionnaire answers.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and perform functions directly related to operation of the NAS.
Provide high-level technical support for complex FAA systems and serve as a technical expert across a large facility or multiple facilities.
Integrate, restore, test, and evaluate advanced services, service components, hardware and software systems, and processes.
Manage SSC projects from initial planning and drawing and specification review through implementation, Joint Acceptance Inspection, and asset disposition.
Act as the SSC point of contact for projects completed locally or by outside contractors.
Identify staffing, funding, materials, and equipment requirements for projects and track the use of project resources.
Use technical expertise and stakeholder needs to prioritize SSC workload.
Integrate Operational Risk Management into planned activities and include customers and users in planning and implementation.
Provide training, mentoring, guidance, and advice to FAA employees, contractors, other organizations, technicians, and trainees on technical or operational issues.
Assist with repair or service restoration, advise on backup-system availability, and report the status of critical events as needed.
Focus on overall NAS systems performance and investigate causes of system degradation.
Collaborate with system users, planners, engineers, and contractor personnel on acceptance of new or modified systems and resolution of installation or improvement problems.
Develop white papers recommending efficiency improvements through system modifications or application of existing or emerging technology.