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Aviation Safety Inspector (GA Maintenance) (Assistant Principal Maintenance Inspector)

Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 48 days ago

Hybrid Tutuila Island, AS $90K – $117K Apply by Aug 18, 2026 Aviation Safety ISTJ Education
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About the Role

The Assistant Principal Inspector (GA - Maintenance) serves as a full assistant to a Principal Inspector (Maintenance) performing the full range of certification, surveillance, and inspection duties for air carriers, air operators, air agencies, airmen, and designees.

What You'll Do

  • Under the general direction of the Principal Inspector (Avionics) accomplishes the following duties: A.
  • Technical Administration Assures on a continuing basis that assigned organizations are properly and adequately organized, staffed, and equipped; have and conduct an adequate training program, including an acceptable record keeping system; and have facilities and procedures that meet all regulatory requirements.
  • Chairs joint FAA-industry meetings; maintains regular contact with organizations assigned; and coordinates with top management officials.
  • Requires or directs correction of any deficiencies/discrepancies and refuses or withdraws approval if they cannot be resolved.
  • Develops maintenance 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.
  • The Inspector is responsible for the conduct of enforcement investigations and preparation of 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 depositions.
  • Coordinates with geographic inspectors for the accomplishment of non-routine surveillance.
  • Certification The Inspector is responsibility for initial and ongoing certification of air carriers, aircraft, airmen, and agencies.

Requirements

  • We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
  • Education is not qualifying and cannot be substituted for experience.
  • As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.
  • Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
  • In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Abilities section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.
  • Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.
  • Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided.
  • Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
  • Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) or Other Factors listed in the announcement.
  • Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

Personality Fit

This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:

Job ID: 9602a1e0-86fc-4e7c-adf1-6d16aec4d326

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