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Aviation Safety Inspector (GAM) (Principal Maintenance Inspector)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Principal Maintenance Inspector (PMI) is responsible for applying substantial knowledge of and experience with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) for the development and implementation of standards, programs, and procedures for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) field personnel and the public governing all matters to general aviation maintenance safety issues.
What You'll Do
- →The PMI receives administrative direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions.
- →The PMI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work.
- →The PMI provides policy assistance to field level Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs) on difficult or complex policy interpretations.
- →The work is normally accepted without change.
- →Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance that project requirements have been fulfilled.
- →ASIs at the FG-13 level issue certificates to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviation organization or (2) a number of smaller organizations that, together, are comparable in complexity to one large one.
- →They are the primary contact point with the aviation organization(s).
- →They may decide on issuance of the original certificates.
- →They evaluate and decide upon proposals to change the authorized programs of the organizations.
- →They continuously monitor the activities of organizations to determine whether they are following their authorized program, Federal regulations, and good safety practices.
- →(By comparison GS-12 employees issue certificates to small and uncomplicated organizations.) FG-13 assignments are characterized by one or more of the following: General aviation aircraft or the complex systems associated with such aircraft; A variety of maintenance operations with diverse types of aircraft which may include turbine powered aircraft; or Novel and complex aviation operations.
- →(By comparison, similar assignments at the GS-12 level involve smaller turboprop or large piston-engine aircraft.) FG-13 employees plan and conduct their assignments with substantial technical independence.
- →They receive administrative and policy guidance from their supervisors and policy makers.
- →They also obtain technical advice from higher-level inspectors who are experts on a particular type of aircraft or who have overall program responsibility.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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