Flight Operations Specialist

Army National Guard Units • Santa Fe, NM

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service position. It is for a Flight Operations Specialist within the NM Army Aviation Support Facility, National Guard. The position is located in an Army Support Facility (AASF) or Army Aviation Flight Activity (AAFA) and is responsible for conducting preflight briefings for pilots and providing in-flight advisory services. The AASF or AAFA provides flight services and mission briefings which are relatively small in number.

Requirements

• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
• Must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Military Grades: Enlisted (E-3 and above), Warrant Officer (WO1)
• Compatible Military Assignments: 15 series, 151 Pilot
• GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training interpreting, explaining, and/or applying basic rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of a transportation program.
• Experience using computer and automation systems.
• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-08 - 1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade.
• Experience, education, or training arranging and interpreting directives and regulations governing transportation of personnel, cargo, or freight.
• Experience applying directives and regulations governing transportation of personnel, cargo, or freight.
• Experience verifying legal entitlements or official authorizations for travel, securing from carriers guides and timetables, information regarding schedules, fares, and availability of space accommodations.
• Experience planning and organizing the work of others.

Nice To Haves

• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.
• To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
• Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Responsibilities

• Conducts preflight pilot briefings in accordance with National Guard regulations and directives.
• Briefs pilots on mission, aircraft and flight plan.
• Briefs and provides pilots with information on mission restrictions; on-route navigational facilities and equipment, hazards and terrain; weather forecasts; notices to airmen (NOTAMS) and deviations to flight plans when required.
• Is responsible for assuring pilot and crew are qualified in aircraft to be flown and for type of mission to be performed.
• Is responsible for completion of risk analysis projection.
• Determines when flight requires higher level approving authority.
• As flight approving official, signs briefing documents upon completion of mission preflight briefings.
• Makes recommendations to pilot-in-charge when flights should not be attempted.
• Conducts post mission debriefs.
• Provides flight following services for all local and maintenance test flights.
• Responsible for direct voice communication with aviators in flight to transmit and receive information such as flight plan changes, weather advisories, NOTAMs, other aeronautical information and data affecting safety of flight.
• Processes extended and local clearances, including examination for conformance with flight rules and regulations.
• Processes, clears and transmits flight plans and flight progress messages to appropriate agencies (FSS, ACT tower, ARTCC) which may require use of service B equipment.
• Responsible for initiating search and rescue for overdue aircraft and implementing the crash rescue plan in the event of an aircraft accident.
• Prepares, maintains and files records, charts, graphs, and reports allied to flight operations and flight training activities such as aircraft utilization reports, aircrew information reports, individual flight records, notice to airmen (NOTAM) file and airfield data.
• Compiles and summarizes reports for analysis through the use of a computer system and peripheral equipment.
• Maintains and accounts for aircrew training records, medical recommendations, aeronautical orders, physiological training, and aviation service data.
• Maintains arrival and dispatch records for inbound and outbound aircraft.
• Schedules and dispatches assigned aircraft and aircrews.
• Serves as the Synthetic Flight Training System (SETS) coordinator by scheduling and providing necessary administrative support for aviator training.
• Maintains current file of aircraft flying regulations and navigational information such as radio facility carts, instrument approach procedure charts, aeronautical charts, Airman's Information Manual (AIM), airport directory, location identifiers, ATC procedures manual and Army Flight Information Publications.
• Supervises on-the-job training of unit flight operations personnel performing equivalent training or accomplishing a split unit training assembly at the facility.
• Performs Other duties as assigned.

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.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
• Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed