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Supervisory Aviation Technical Systems Specialist (District Manager)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 42 days ago
Hybrid Memphis, TN $157K – $228K Apply by Jun 8, 2026 Technical Systems Program Manager ESTJ OperationsEducation
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Serves as District Manager (DM) with line of authority for overseeing and directing technical operations within one of the multiple Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Technical Operations (AJW) Districts. Functions as the principal advisor for respective District operations and reports to the Service Area Deputy Director of Technical Operations.
What You'll Do
- →Directs a highly technical and diverse workforce in ensuring the effective maintenance and repair of National Airspace System (NAS) equipment and facilities.
- →Incumbent will have day-to-day direction over 3-5 subordinate managers as well as functionally integrated teams of operational and support personnel.
- →Interfaces with management across multiple organizational units and integrates projects/programs across multiple service units.
- →Provides coaching, mentoring, and development of staff and organizational capabilities and is responsible for team-building throughout the facilities in the District.
- →Sets priorities, assigns tasks and responsibilities, and monitors and evaluates performance of organizational units within the District.
- →Approves leave; and takes or approves corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.
- →Reports to the Deputy Director of Technical Operations, in support of the Director, to establish, monitor, and sustain Technical Operations initiatives and activities that cross service units within the Air Traffic Organization and the FAA lines of business.
- →Develops new methodologies and techniques to solve organizational challenges and procedures.
- →Conceives, plans, and conducts studies involving complex operational issues and that support the overall Technical Operations business plan activities under the core business measure of ensuring safety and security of the NAS.
- →Incumbent leads the implementation of the Strategic Plan evolution within the District.
- →Provides senior level policy guidance, direction and interpretation of technical operations related areas of NAS programs.
- →Provides expert collaborative analysis of technical information submitted for review of complex and challenging projects and programs that cross technical and operational disciplines and organizational lines of business impacting multiple internal and external organizations.
- →Identifies, assesses, and analyzes significant issues, opportunities, and trends that require senior leadership attention.
- →Serves as the internal and external point of contact for information, and concerns that impact large segments of Technical Operations, ATO, and the FAA.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓KSA INFORMATION: 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 Leadership and Management Dimensions; or Other Factors, 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 HR 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); Leadership and Management Dimensions and 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 priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Personality Fit
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