{"id":3502674,"url":"https://alion.io/job/federal-aviation-administration-supervisory-engineering-technician","title":"Supervisory Engineering Technician","company":{"id":95187,"name":"Federal Aviation Administration","domain":"faa.gov","url":"https://alion.io/company/usdot","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Des Moines, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":125635,"max":null,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":125635},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Summary\nServes as first level manager to assigned workforce consisting of engineering technicians and support personnel. Reports to the Group Manager within Engineering Services.\nDuties\n\n Directs the work of subordinate employees for more than one organizational unit level. Work usually includes a mix of routine and complex project/program tasks based on established Technical Operations policies, procedures, and guidelines.\nManagerial duties include setting priorities, assigning tasks, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching and developing employee capabilities, approving leave, and taking or recommending corrective/disciplinary action as appropriate.\nDefines, plans, and organizes assigned budget, staff, and other resources to accomplish project/program objectives. Manages budget and either reallocates resources among organizational units/programs or requests additional resources as needed.\nApplies an advanced knowledge of the technical aspects of the work directed and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the organizational unit.\nPerforms project management work that could be local, limited to one Service Area or nationally focused. Applies management principles and practices while maintaining schedules of review and formulating policy and operating procedures.\nProvides project installation/construction expertise in the preparation of plans, risk mitigation, schedules, and identifies required resources and coordinates execution of the installation/construction documents for constructability concerns. Coordinates installation/construction changes with appropriate parties and stakeholders. Ensures installation/construction reports are accurate, contain appropriate levels of detail and are submitted timely.\nProvides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to personnel on technical and administrative issues. \nProvides positive quality assurance controls during installation/construction activities. Including minimizing JAI (Joint Acceptance Inspection) exceptions and tracking JAI exception clearance. Ensures that facility work permits and risk assessments are properly completed when required.\nPerforms other duties as assigned. \n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\n\n US Citizenship is required.\n\n Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.\n\n Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).\n\n Requirement for the managerial probationary period: Unless previously completed, the person selected for this position must satisfactorily complete a one-year probationary period to remain in this managerial position.\n\n Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.\n\n We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.\n\n Qualifications\n\n To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to Pay Band FV-I/FG-13. Specialized experience is experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or directly related to work of the position to be filled.\n\nSpecialized experience is: \n- Communicating the organization's vision and objectives, setting priorities, assigning tasks and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching, and recommending or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.\n- Experience with project installation, construction and construction safety standards, planning, scheduling, cost management, and resource management.\n- Experience in UHF/VHF Communications and RF Transmission Lines, Fiber Optic Telecommunications System (FOTS), TELCO/FTI, Construction oversight.\n\nCurrent FAA employee: You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50 including 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. Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.\nIncomplete\nApplications: Please follow all\ninstructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Your\napplication/resume must have your official title, grade and series in your work\nhistory.\nApplicants should include examples\nof specialized experience in their work history.\nQualifications must be met by the\nclosing date of this vacancy announcement.\nApplicants may be asked to verify\ninformation on your application for employment with the FAA.\nFailure to submit all required\ndocuments by the closing date of the announcement will result in loss of\nconsideration.\n\n Education\n\n Not applicable.\n\n Preview job questionnaire\n\n Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.\n\n Additional information\n We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.\nPosition may be subject to a background investigation.\nA one-year probationary period may be required.\n\nThe 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\n\nAs 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 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 or Leadership and Management Dimension.\nIn lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Technical Requirement or Leadership and Management Dimension in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your 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.\nAll applicants are encouraged to provide NARRATIVES for each \"Managerial Selection Factors\" and addressed with description and/or level/percentage of experience. Please include specific examples and details which illustrate your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Please include applicable date ranges.\n\nEligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Leadership and Management Dimensions 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\nModerate Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudication of a Moderate Risk Background Investigation (Tier 2) background investigation prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained.\nSupervisory Probationary period: Unless previously completed, the person selected for this position must satisfactorily complete a one-year probationary period to remain in this managerial position.\nInterview Policy: One, some, all or none of the applicants may be interviewed\n\nThis is not a bargaining unit position.\nLinks to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA\n\n 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.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\nIMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\n Current or Former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee): You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, or equivalent document that verifies tenure (block 24, code 1 or 2). Failure to provide the required documentation by the closing date of this announcement will result in non-consideration for this position.\nAn SF-50 is required. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to 206-231-4150 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth.\n\nIf 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.\n\nIf you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.\n\n If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:\n\n 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\n schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.\n\n 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.\n\n Supplemental documentation and college transcripts can also be faxed to (206) 231-4150 or emailed on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as social security number and date of birth. Applicants must submit the following: - Resume with complete work history; and - A copy of the most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action) \n\nApplicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. 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