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Operations Research Analyst
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 42 days ago
About the Role
Serves as a Senior Operations Research Analyst (ORA) for the Safety Analysis Branch, AFS-930. Providing expert analytical support concerning aviation safety and other related items to include internal business processes supporting the Flight Standards Service.
What You'll Do
- →Utilizes operations research and other advanced analytical techniques, data mining, statistical analysis, and mathematical modeling in the development of solutions to enhance the risk-based, data supported decision making processes.
- →Serves as a technical specialist and subject matter expert responsible for the planning, design, development, and application of mathematical models, statistical models, and/or methodologies for analyzing components of the aviation system and aviation safety data using advanced technologies and analytics.
- →Explores relationships between variables, develops hypothesis, defines criteria for testing hypothesis, and subjects data to statistical and mathematical analyses.
- →Identifies future needs and provides recommendations on advanced, innovative, or new research techniques, methodologies, or processes.
- →Determines the appropriate amount of data needed to support conclusions with specific levels of statistical confidence.
- →Uses standardized metrics for analysis.
- →Develops additional metrics for situations when needed.
- →Performs analyses to determine benefits and risks for projects and programs.
- →In conjunction with management officials plans and directs the use of time and resources to accomplish FAA ORA program objectives.
- →Coordinates directly with appropriate personnel to develop and implement data analysis techniques to ensure information requirements are met.
- →Conducts analysis and research studies involving aviation safety, personnel, budget, or other related data.
- →Works with the DM and management team members in the development, implementation, and administration of policies, systems, and key management tools needed to manage and control national level programs.
- →Uses/condenses/distills data and information to support risk-based decision making at all levels of the organization.
- →Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports, and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
- ✓Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics.
- ✓At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b43d0094-5c98-4fbe-9483-97b4c6d0d4b5
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