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Supervisory Aviation Technical Specialist
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted today
HybridDes Moines, WA$176K – $228KApply by Jun 8, 2026Technical Systems Program ManagerISFPISTPOperations
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This position is located in the Safety Service Unit, Safety Directorate, Western Service Area Safety Group (AJI-1W00). This Group monitors safety reports and analyzes data and risk indicators to identify root causes of hazards and safety issues in the Western Service Area. The Group takes risk-based decisions and coordinates safety-related activities to influence air traffic, technical operations service areas, and field-based safety mitigations.
What You'll Do
- →The Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist oversees and directs the Western Service Area Safety Group.
- →This Group is a multi-level organization consisting of subordinate team managers and a staff of highly technical National Airspace System (NAS) experts responsible for collecting and evaluating safety data to identify areas of highest risk and to recommend safety mitigations.
- →Applies detailed knowledge of NAS operations, systems, and equipment to identify and analyze data and risk indicators and to monitor trends to improve runway safety by decreasing the number and severity of runway incursions and other surface incidents.
- →Provides guidance to subordinate managers in identifying the root causes of hazards and safety issues, such as loss of separation, equipment malfunction, and runway incursions, and for preventing and resolving problems without the intervention of higher-level management except where ATO or FAA-wide interests are at stake.
- →Uses knowledge of the barrier analysis process to direct subordinate staff and managers in the evaluation of events and incidents such as operational errors and deviations, pilot deviations, near mid-air collisions, and loss of connectivity.
- →Reviews analytical data collected by the team to identify system-wide safety trends.
- →This work is a critical area of safety oversight and directly impacts the safe and efficient operation of the National Airspace System (NAS).
- →Applies a thorough understanding of the principles of management and strategic planning to integrate the work of multiple projects to accomplish objectives.
- →Uses coaching skills to improve staff performance and workplace productivity.
- →The Manager applies knowledge of air traffic and technical operations processes, orders and directives to oversee data collection and evaluation to provide facilities with a comprehensive picture of systemic facility performance.
- →Reviews facility data to identify and understand potential facility problems/issues and to recommend mitigations.
- →Identifies areas of highest risk, understands potential facility problems/issues, and monitors mitigation efforts.
- →Develops and approves solutions to current and anticipated problems which cross organizational lines and disciplines.
- →Takes risk-based decisions and coordinates safety-related activities to influence air traffic, technical operations service areas, and field-based safety mitigations.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for experience.
Personality Fit
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