Aviation Safety Compliance Program Manager

Duties

• Acts as the principal safety advisor on all elements of DCMA aircraft flight and ground operations for aviation contracts.
• Manages aviation safety in support of aircraft operations inspections, and risk assessments.
• Implements safety elements of the Ground and Aircraft Flight Risk Clauses across DOW and authorized Partner Agency contractor facilities.
• Leads the development, formulation, and promulgation of safety policies, goals, milestones, and strategies to optimize military and contractor flight safety.
• Leads organizational safety program evaluations and metrics management to deliver safety performance reports and oversee safety awards.
• Manages organizational safety planning to align staffing needs with mission priorities.
• Evaluates operational requirements to establish and initiate safety projects and programs.
• Assesses and establishes safety training benchmarks, ensuring that military and civilian flight safety personnel are properly equipped to mitigate risk of loss of life and aircraft.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Aviation Safety Compliance Program Manager, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in, or related to, this position. To qualify for the NH-04 level, specialized experience must be at the NH-03 or GS-13 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Evaluating contractor compliance in accordance with the Ground/Aircraft and Flight Risk Clause.
• Mitigating systemic operational hazards identified during aircraft safety reviews.
• Conducting comprehensive safety operational audits to pinpoint organizational capability gaps.
• Enforcing regulatory standardization across diverse aviation safety programs.
• Directing safety administrative compliance, resource allocation, and program performance.

Quality Ranking Factor:

Do you possess advanced professional experience operating aircraft in flight to support aviation safety, regulatory compliance, policy development, and training?

Note on Quality Ranking Factors: Quality Ranking Factors are skills, knowledge, or abilities which are expected to result in superior performance on the job. Applicants who possess this factor will receive additional credit and may be ranked in the "Highly Qualified" category above those who do not. No applicant will be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess this factor.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: .
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: Yes
• If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel.
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click for more details and .
• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .