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Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist, (NTMO, MSS-2, Level 12)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 62 days ago
On-site Vint Hill Farms Military Installation, VA $195K – $228K Apply by Jul 28, 2026 Air Traffic Control ESTJINTJISTJISTP Operations
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Serves as a National Traffic Management Officer (NTMO) at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) Space Operations.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent serves as a National Traffic Management Officer (NTMO) at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center, responsible for planning and directing operations in delegated areas of responsibility.
- →Provides first line supervision to a team of developmental and certified traffic management specialists (TMS), and Central Altitude Reservation Function (CARF) specialists, who are responsible for the safe, efficient, secure and sustainable operation of the National Airspace System (NAS).
- →Directly participates in traffic management activities and performs an integral operational role in the separation and control of air traffic in the NAS.
- →As assigned on a shift-by-shift basis, the incumbent ensures that traffic instructions/restrictions are initiated according to established procedures to maintain a safe and expeditious flow of traffic and minimize the impact of events affecting the National Airspace System (NAS).
- →This work directly impacts the effectiveness and efficiency of the day-to-day operations of the NAS.
- →The NTMO is required to accomplish diverse responsibilities in system leadership, planning and direction.
- →This includes resolving more difficult problems and resolving differences between different preferences for solutions held by customers, regional facilities, and ATCSCC personnel.
- →The NTMO assumes a leadership role on ATCSCC Planning TELCONS (PT).
- →Working with a diverse customer base, which includes airline dispatchers and air traffic representatives that make up the PT, the NTMO provides leadership and direction while employing collaborative decision-making skills to develop the Strategic Plan of Operations daily.
- →The NTMO directs and oversees the duties of Tactical Customer Advocate (TCA) as necessary.
- →This requires the coordination and accomplishment of operations identified as critical by system users.
- →NTMOs coordinate or impose a number of short-term or long-term restrictions in various geographic areas throughout the day.
- →They issue traffic flow management restrictions to space, hold and reroute aircraft to equitably distribute the flow of traffic throughout the NAS.
- →Maintains awareness of the traffic flow, equipment status, airport/weather conditions and traffic forecasts to ensure acceptable levels of traffic, mitigate delays and avoid flights into undesirable meteorological conditions, and other related duties previously accomplished by the ATCSCC Severe Weather Unit.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 01f01489-19cf-469b-835e-e98d780f7217
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