Engineering Technician
Department of Transportion
Federal Aviion Administrion
ATO, Technical Operions, Engineering Services, Comm Construction/Installion Center, AJW-2W13G
Summary
This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center.
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Summary
This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026
Salary
$125,635 - $194,772 per year
Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA
Pay scale & grade
FV I
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Des Moines, WA
Telework eligible
YesSituional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy.
Travel Required
76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
NA
Job family (Series)
0802 Engineering Technical
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Bargaining unit stus
Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ).
Announcement number
ANM-ATO-2...3
Control number
868685500
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Open to current permanent WSA ES employees only
Duties
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The incumbent serves as the Engineering Technician (Coordinor) for all ATCF project activities reled to on-site installion/construction. Serves as principle technical specialist/expert and primary on-site focal providing project installion/construction expertise in the preparion of the Project Work Plan as well as OSHA construction safety. Plans, schedules, identifies required resources and coordines execution of the installion/construction activities across multiple centers. Manages travel, hour, and merial Work Orders.
Ensures field installions/construction reports are accure, contain an approprie level of detail, and are timely. Provides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to field (installion/construction) personnel on technical issues. Provides positive quality assurance controls during installion/construction activities, including minimizing JAI exceptions. Ensure th all facility work permits and risk assessments are properly completed when required. Ensures required parts/merials are ordered/shipped on schedule.
Identifies resources needed to perform assignments. Assignments are given in terms of priorities, overall objectives, and boundaries. Completed assignments are considered technically authoritive and are reviewed only for general compliance with organizional objectives. Organizes and assigns resources needed to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Interprets and adapts technical manuals, manufacturers instructions, FAA policies and procedures. Work is reviewed for compliance with established policies and sound technical and programmic judgment.
Performs work of broad scope and serves as a liaison between on-site technicians and management requiring minimal to no intervention of direct front line manager while keeping management advised of significant problem areas, concerns or unanticiped issues not initially addressed
Applies advanced technical expertise and expert knowledge interpreting drawings, reviewing installion designs and specificions. Estimes, manages, and accounts for funding of assigned projects. Inities, modifies, and assesses task orders/work/releases/contracts with Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), NAS (Nional Air Space) Integrion Support Contract (NISC), and others in response to changes in scope, performance and cost. Interfaces with Logistics on contract award, contract modificions and merials acquisitions. Reviews and approves contractor submittal. Verifies project merial, manages project logistics, purchases merials, determines and implements construction methods used in the install/construct/integre of equipment and systems.
Acts as the primary liaison in regard to coordining activities with stakeholders. Provides project stus updes, tends project meetings, executes site surveys, and participes in Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI's) and Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI's). Serves as COTR (Contracting Officer Technical Representive), overseeing work activities to ensure contract requirements and schedules des are met. Coordines between the Project Engineer and the CO (Contracting Officer) and other shareholders/agencies involved in the project. Contacts include internal and external organizions including but not limited to Ste and Federal Agencies, Defense (DOD), airport management, contractors, and utility companies to obtain informion or resolve problems.
Incumbent uses approprie technical documention such as FAA Orders for guidance. Exercise practical judgment and discretion in accomplishing work assignments in a safe manner. Possesses broad knowledge of FAA policies and is up to de on all appropriions, guidance and procedures pertaining to engineering, construction, procurement and Occupional Safety Health Administrion (OSHA)
Performs other project reled tasks as required/needed.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Successful completion of a security investigion may be required.
Please review Additional Informion.
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess experience equivalent to Pay Band FV-H/FG-12. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience is :
Experience with installion and modificion of electronic equipment and mechanical systems. Equipment may include equipment reled to radar systems, navigional aid equipment such as lighted and distance measuring equipment, communicion systems such as radio/microwave communicions
Use of RF transmission line test equipment using an Anritsu Analyzer or equivalent. Required to test and interpret results of fiber optic cable condition and loss using an Optical Time Domain Refractometer and Optical Loss Test Set.
Experience in RF coaxial cable installion, including terminion and testing. RF Sweep testing, PIM (Passive Intermodulion Testing), Antenna propagion validion via Spectrum Analyzer/Oscilloscope
Experience in project & construction scoping including RF installions, Tower modificions & New Site Builds (NSB), UHF/VHF cable plant and antenna systems. Underground and aerial Fiber/Electrical installions, raw-land tower sites & shelter/equipment room prep and modernizions, Fiber/Telco backhaul design, DC low voltage power delivery, tower modificions and build feasibility analysis
Narrives for Demonstred Abilities are Mandory . Failure to submit demonstred abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you possess this type of experience a ler stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion.
Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement.
Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job.
Educion
Not applicable.
Preview job questionnaire
Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional informion
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigion.
A one-year probionary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
This is open only to employees permanently assigned to WSA Engineering Services (AJW-2W1) offices.
Physical Requirements: Uses hand and power tools for the installion of electronic equipment. May be required to climb antenna towers, poles, or structures in excess of 50 feet above the ground.
Travel Requirements: Travels up to and in excess of 90% of the time, which includes traveling to remote locions. Incumbent is required to travel throughout Western Service Area in support of projects providing quality control. Hands on installion may be required.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH KSA.
Modere Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Modere Risk Background Investigion (Tier 2) background investigion prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained.
FAAs CORE COMPENSATION PLAN: This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about core compension is available on the following website: Pay Setting and Managing Positions | My FAA
This position is represented by PASS: Air Traffic Operions.
Current 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 organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position.
This position is in AJW-2W13G. However, this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in any other of the Facilities & Engineering Services offices in the advertised Duty Locions.
Links to Important Informion: Locality Pay , COLA
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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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 informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses.
Benefits
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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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
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 informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.
Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.
Agency contact informion
Heher Ash Noel
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
Federal Aviion Administrion
ANM Regional HR Services Branch
2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198
US
Next steps
Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .
Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.
All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.
Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.
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Agency contact informion
Heher Ash Noel
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
Federal Aviion Administrion
ANM Regional HR Services Branch
2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198
US
Next steps
Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .
Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.
All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
Expand Hide next steps
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $125,635 - $194,772 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible YesSituional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ). Announcement number ANM-ATO-2...3 Control number 868685500
Department of Transportion
Federal Aviion Administrion
ATO, Technical Operions, Engineering Services, Comm Construction/Installion Center, AJW-2W13G
Summary
This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026
Salary
$125,635 - $194,772 per year
Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA
Pay scale & grade
FV I
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Des Moines, WA
Telework eligible
YesSituional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy.
Travel Required
76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
NA
Job family (Series)
0802 Engineering Technical
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Bargaining unit stus
Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ).
Announcement number
ANM-ATO-2...3
Control number
868685500
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Open to current permanent WSA ES employees only
Duties
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The incumbent serves as the Engineering Technician (Coordinor) for all ATCF project activities reled to on-site installion/construction. Serves as principle technical specialist/expert and primary on-site focal providing project installion/construction expertise in the preparion of the Project Work Plan as well as OSHA construction safety. Plans, schedules, identifies required resources and coordines execution of the installion/construction activities across multiple centers. Manages travel, hour, and merial Work Orders.
Ensures field installions/construction reports are accure, contain an approprie level of detail, and are timely. Provides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to field (installion/construction) personnel on technical issues. Provides positive quality assurance controls during installion/construction activities, including minimizing JAI exceptions. Ensure th all facility work permits and risk assessments are properly completed when required. Ensures required parts/merials are ordered/shipped on schedule.
Identifies resources needed to perform assignments. Assignments are given in terms of priorities, overall objectives, and boundaries. Completed assignments are considered technically authoritive and are reviewed only for general compliance with organizional objectives. Organizes and assigns resources needed to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Interprets and adapts technical manuals, manufacturers instructions, FAA policies and procedures. Work is reviewed for compliance with established policies and sound technical and programmic judgment.
Performs work of broad scope and serves as a liaison between on-site technicians and management requiring minimal to no intervention of direct front line manager while keeping management advised of significant problem areas, concerns or unanticiped issues not initially addressed
Applies advanced technical expertise and expert knowledge interpreting drawings, reviewing installion designs and specificions. Estimes, manages, and accounts for funding of assigned projects. Inities, modifies, and assesses task orders/work/releases/contracts with Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), NAS (Nional Air Space) Integrion Support Contract (NISC), and others in response to changes in scope, performance and cost. Interfaces with Logistics on contract award, contract modificions and merials acquisitions. Reviews and approves contractor submittal. Verifies project merial, manages project logistics, purchases merials, determines and implements construction methods used in the install/construct/integre of equipment and systems.
Acts as the primary liaison in regard to coordining activities with stakeholders. Provides project stus updes, tends project meetings, executes site surveys, and participes in Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI's) and Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI's). Serves as COTR (Contracting Officer Technical Representive), overseeing work activities to ensure contract requirements and schedules des are met. Coordines between the Project Engineer and the CO (Contracting Officer) and other shareholders/agencies involved in the project. Contacts include internal and external organizions including but not limited to Ste and Federal Agencies, Defense (DOD), airport management, contractors, and utility companies to obtain informion or resolve problems.
Incumbent uses approprie technical documention such as FAA Orders for guidance. Exercise practical judgment and discretion in accomplishing work assignments in a safe manner. Possesses broad knowledge of FAA policies and is up to de on all appropriions, guidance and procedures pertaining to engineering, construction, procurement and Occupional Safety Health Administrion (OSHA)
Performs other project reled tasks as required/needed.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Successful completion of a security investigion may be required.
Please review Additional Informion.
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess experience equivalent to Pay Band FV-H/FG-12. Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience is :
Experience with installion and modificion of electronic equipment and mechanical systems. Equipment may include equipment reled to radar systems, navigional aid equipment such as lighted and distance measuring equipment, communicion systems such as radio/microwave communicions
Use of RF transmission line test equipment using an Anritsu Analyzer or equivalent. Required to test and interpret results of fiber optic cable condition and loss using an Optical Time Domain Refractometer and Optical Loss Test Set.
Experience in RF coaxial cable installion, including terminion and testing. RF Sweep testing, PIM (Passive Intermodulion Testing), Antenna propagion validion via Spectrum Analyzer/Oscilloscope
Experience in project & construction scoping including RF installions, Tower modificions & New Site Builds (NSB), UHF/VHF cable plant and antenna systems. Underground and aerial Fiber/Electrical installions, raw-land tower sites & shelter/equipment room prep and modernizions, Fiber/Telco backhaul design, DC low voltage power delivery, tower modificions and build feasibility analysis
Narrives for Demonstred Abilities are Mandory . Failure to submit demonstred abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you possess this type of experience a ler stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion.
Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement.
Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job.
Educion
Not applicable.
Preview job questionnaire
Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional informion
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigion.
A one-year probionary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
This is open only to employees permanently assigned to WSA Engineering Services (AJW-2W1) offices.
Physical Requirements: Uses hand and power tools for the installion of electronic equipment. May be required to climb antenna towers, poles, or structures in excess of 50 feet above the ground.
Travel Requirements: Travels up to and in excess of 90% of the time, which includes traveling to remote locions. Incumbent is required to travel throughout Western Service Area in support of projects providing quality control. Hands on installion may be required.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH KSA.
Modere Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Modere Risk Background Investigion (Tier 2) background investigion prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained.
FAAs CORE COMPENSATION PLAN: This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about core compension is available on the following website: Pay Setting and Managing Positions | My FAA
This position is represented by PASS: Air Traffic Operions.
Current 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 organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position.
This position is in AJW-2W13G. However, this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in any other of the Facilities & Engineering Services offices in the advertised Duty Locions.
Links to Important Informion: Locality Pay , COLA
Expand Hide additional informion
Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
Help
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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
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 informion on the specific benefits offered.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
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If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
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Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.
Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.
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Heher Ash Noel
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
Federal Aviion Administrion
ANM Regional HR Services Branch
2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198
US
Next steps
Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .
Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.
All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to ... on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted.
If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. 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 .
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week.
Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible.
You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies.
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Agency contact informion
Heher Ash Noel
Phone
...
Fax
...
...
Address
Federal Aviion Administrion
ANM Regional HR Services Branch
2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198
US
Next steps
Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide .
Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued.
All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $125,635 - $194,772 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible YesSituional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ). Announcement number ANM-ATO-2...3 Control number 868685500
Job ID: 521136449
Originally Posted on: 5/14/2026
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