General Engineer

**Duties**:
Plans and accomplishes highly complex and challenging projects/programs and other work activities under the mínimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer. May act as a principal technical specialist or as a project/program manager or team leader for large work activities. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts to solve complex problems and to develop improved technical processes for the organization.

Manages and coordinates airport design standards related to the protection of airspace surrounding a runway. Serves as the airport engineering coordinator addressing the issues of obstacles, airspace, airport approach and departure surfaces, and one engine inoperative flight paths with the Flight Standards Service (AFS) and Air Traffic Organization (ATO). Utilizes engineering principles to determine if a waiver can be issued from Flight Standards and if other remediation is possible, when airports have objects that adversely affect instrument approaches. Using cost benefit analysis of possible solutions, analyzes whether the best solution is to accept the degradation of the approach mínima or perform the best practicable remediation.

Works within a team environment on coordination with the FPTs to ensure that the workflow of geospatial data is communicated to the Regions, Airport District Offices (ADOs) and airport sponsors. Serves a principle coordinator. Utilizes engineering analysis to resolve airspace coordination issues for airports that experience delays impacting the schedule for instrument procedures; and to determine system priorities based upon systemic impacts from relevant projects. Assists a team of airspace specialists with coordinating and conducting airspace training for ADO, Regional, and Headquarters personnel. Assists the National Resource Expert for Airport Airspace and coordinates with AFS and ATO with issues on obstructions and other airspace related issues. Works across FAA Lines of Business and Staff Offices (LOB/SOs) on updates to airspace policy and standards.

Serves as the engineering primary point of contact for providing airspace guidance to the Airports Regional and Airport District Offices (ADOs) on the standards, modifications, waivers and the process for resolving deviations. Works with the ATO and AFS to investigate and coordinate Congressional and other inquiries related to penetrations of instrument approaches, aeronautical surveys, and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) at constituent's airports.

Contacts are internal and external to the organization. Represents the organization as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Provides guidance to lower-level staff to resolve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer. Develops plans, techniques, and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to solve problems.

Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. 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.
- This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
- PCS is only being offered to those moving to the HQ region in Washington, DC. PCS is not an entitlement.
- Travel Required: 10% (Domestic Only)

**Qualifications**:
**SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IS DEFINED AS**:
Experience analyzing and coordinating the review of airspace issues, including potential obstructions.

AND;
Experience providing training in airspace analysis policies and procedures to management and/or staff.You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered.

**Applicants who fail to demonstrate possession of any of the above criteria**AND** who do not provide the required documentation will receive no further consideration for this position.**

**All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.**

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: (1) score order; (2) category grouping; (3) alphabetical; or (4) priority groupi