Duties
The Aviation Regulatory Project Manager performs multiple, varying, and highly complex assignments under minimal direction from a manager or senior leader. Serves as a principal technical specialist and project manager for major regulatory, operational, and integration activities involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management, and Advanced Air Mobility for ensuring safe and effective integration into the National Airspace System (NAS). Applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge of emerging aviation operations, operational practices, and regulatory requirements to conduct both regulatory and operational evaluations to support the safe integration of emerging aviation operations into the NAS. Conducts regulatory evaluations by interpreting and assessing the applicability of existing regulations, identifying compliance requirements, and determining where emerging operational models or technologies create gaps, conflicts, or misalignments with current regulatory frameworks. Performs operational evaluations by analyzing procedures, system interactions, workflow impacts, and safety considerations to determine how emerging aviation operations function within the NAS and to identify operational risks or procedural inconsistencies requiring mitigation. Integrates the results of both regulatory and operational evaluations to develop technical recommendations, support rule-making activities, and inform updates to operational criteria and compliance guidance.
Possesses an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Conducts extensive research and analysis to evaluate how new operational models, technologies, or procedures align with existing regulatory requirements. Integrates analytical results into project deliverables that support rule-making activities, regulatory evaluations, and updates to operational criteria.
Evaluates complex operational scenarios to identify gaps, conflicts, or inconsistencies in regulatory applicability, compliance requirements, or operational procedures. Performs root-cause analysis of operational or compliance issues involving emerging aviation operations and prepares technical findings that inform regulatory updates or operational mitigations.
Uses project management principles to plan, coordinate, and execute complex regulatory and operational evaluation activities and projects involving emerging aviation operations. Develops project plans, schedules, and milestones to guide the assessment of operational data, procedures, and system interactions; and identifies safety risks, compliance concerns, and regulatory inconsistencies requiring higher-level analysis. Ensures that project deliverables, analytical findings, and technical recommendations meet regulatory requirements, adhere to project objectives, and align with the priorities of the major subdivision and broader organizational goals.
Monitors project progress, identifies risks or delays, and implements corrective actions to maintain schedule and quality. Tracks project performance metrics; and prepares comprehensive regulatory analyses, compliance assessments, technical reports, and operational findings as key project outputs. Consolidates operational, regulatory, and technical information into products that support decision-making and operational integration activities.
Defines, organizes, and assigns resources to accomplish large regulatory, operational, and analytical work activities. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Works across organizational boundaries to complete complex evaluations, research activities, and support tasks within established schedules. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally and externally.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Qualifications
To view the complete qualification standard, applicants should reference- U.S. Office of Personnel Group Coverage Qualification Standard for General Inspection Investigation Enforcement and Compliance Series, 1801:
General Inspection Investigation Enforcement and Compliance Series 1801
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I/ FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized Experience: Experience researching and interpreting operational and regulatory information to contribute to the preparation of analytical summaries, findings, or recommendations. Experience analyzing operational data, procedures, and technical information to identify trends, assess impacts, and support regulatory or operational evaluations.
Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.
All qualification requirements shall be posted on the vacancy announcements at the time the announcement is made.
Interview Policy: If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list.
Incumbent remains in current duty location.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional information
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, 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 Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the KSAs listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
The duty location is negotiable but will be an approved FAA AVS facility.
SF-50 required.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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Required Documents
Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or faxed to 609-485-8995 on or before the closing date of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) required.
If you are an FAA employee, you
MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system
https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.