Summary This position is in Flight Program Operations, Quality Assurance Group. Serves as a Continuting Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS) auditor responsible for managing and conducting internal audits and assessments of an air carrier's Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP) . Responsibilities As Senior Auditor, incumbent performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager. May act as a contributing specialist for internal evaluation activities to ensure the aircraft and/or its components are in airworthy condition for safe operations. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of the aircraft maintenance operations, program objectives and strategies, data collection methods, data analysis techniques, and reporting formats. Typical assignments may include providing guidance to less- experienced professionals; planning, designing, collecting and analyzing data for quality programs, reporting findings, ensuring ethical standards, managing relationships with stakeholders, and engaging in continuous learning and improvement, recommending solutions to complex problems; preparing and reviewing management reports, preparing and delivering training, and developing and recommending improvements to systems and/or processes to improve operational efficiency. Independently plans time. Identifies, plans, and organizes available resources to accomplish internal audits. Makes optimal use of resources to complete activities within established schedules. Ensures that the program is properly implemented to achieve its goals. Contacts are internal and external. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally. Established policies/procedures provide guidance and to ensure project activities align with the mission goals and objectives but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or develop new approaches. Assignments regularly require interpretations of internal and external policies and extrapolations from precedents. Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Identifies and corrects discrepancies in their maintenance programs by proactively looking for indicators of deficiencies and reactively looking at the results of those deficiencies. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management and/or more experienced professionals to solve audits issues and/or problem areas. Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities. Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB/SOs and may affect the objectives of the FAA. In some specialties, the work often affects internal and external customers. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications To qualify for this FV-I (FG/GS-13) position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H (FG/GS-12) level. 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 includes experience in a manufacturing or production environment, including familiarity with quality control standards, the ability to read and interpret technical documents and regulations; Experience with quality program in a public and/or private aviation operating environment; Experience examining and reviewing aviation related technical documents and regulations. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Education See qualifications required. Information Regarding KSA’s: 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 Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs), 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 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 alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration. 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 U.S. Department of Transportation strives to ensure that equity, transparency, accountability, collaboration, and communication permeate all that we do for the betterment of the Department, the traveling public, and our nation. As such, DOT values a highly diverse workforce of persons who promote a culture of belonging by respecting the personal dignity and worth of each individual and fostering a positive environment where all feel safe and welcome. If these commitments coincide with your personal ideals and professional aspirations, please consider joining the DOT family. NOTES: Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Some, none, or all applicants may be interviewed. Positions to be filled at the I band level, within AJF-2140, located in Oklahoma City, OK. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available at the following website: Pay & Benefits | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov). To confirm receipt of emailed documents contact Jeff Westlake at Jeffrey.K.Westlake@faa.gov. Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at https://www.abetterlifeokc.com. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA