Clarification from the agency

** This vacancy has been amended to extend the closing date from 02/17/2022 to 02/25/2022.** ** This vacancy has been amended to update the total number of openings from 2 to 1.**

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• Duties described below are at the full-performance level. Duties assigned at a lower grade level will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
• Directly supervise branch personnel to include providing performance feedback and annual ratings as well as recommend promotion and awards.
• Develop, lead and conduct land, water, jungle, and arctic survival courses to meet Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) and other NASA Center deployed operations requirements.
• Minimize aircraft down times while sustaining high quality standards by working with Operations Engineering, Flight Crew branch, project managers, and aircraft maintenance crews.
• Forecast and schedule weekly, monthly, and quarterly egress maintenance and modification requirements and integrating those actions into a synchronized schedule.
• Obtain all required ejection seat parts to accomplish required maintenance actions prior to inducting an aircraft into planned maintenance.
• Provide estimated time of completion (ETIC) dates for egress maintenance actions during daily maintenance meetings and solicit feedback to help predict potential delays.
• Conduct Branch safety meetings for life support personnel on a monthly basis, emphasizing mitigations to hazards associated with equipment (signaling devices, life rafts, etc.), ejection seat and survival kit and on aircraft oxygen system maintenance
• Ensure NAMIS record system is fully used possible IAW AFRC policies and procedures by all life support technicians to thoroughly document all maintenance actions performed on AFRC operated aircraft life support and egress systems.

Conditions of employment

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S
• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement
• A one year supervisory probationary period may be required
• This position requires the selectee to obtain/maintain to successful complete a Medical exam for handling explosives.
• Please see the "Additional Information" section for important information about COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees.

Qualifications

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.

To qualify for GS-13,you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that includes

• Working on a team or overseeing a group of engineering technicians managing training plans, processes, and objectives ensuring aircrew safety and crew mission readiness;
• Supporting the development and implementation of data-driven solutions and new approaches to improve productivity, mission results, operational efficiency, and/or generate substantial savings of time or money; and
• Communicating safety course requirements effectively for survival/personal equipment and supporting transition and engagement.

To qualify for GS-14,you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service that includes

• Leading and/or managing a team of engineering technicians involved in aircraft safety and maintenance of equipment;
• Providing organizational safety, reduced rates for mishaps, reportable cases, lost time cases, and/or first aid cases;
• Implementing subordinates/teams work from low/high value through the use of automation, cross-collaboration technology, and other forms of digital transformation; and
• Experience preparing clear and defensible program/project/functional budgets within guidelines and by established due dates.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements listed in this vacancy announcement. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies:

• Conflict Management
• Hazardous Materials
• Human Capital Management
• Institutional Aircraft Operations
• Mechanics
• Project Management
• Pyrotechnics
• Quality Management

NASA considers paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Under NASA's category rating process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of three categories identified and defined below: :

• Best Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria.
• Highly Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate a satisfactory level of the evaluation criteria.
• Qualified Category - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Names of all qualified candidates in the Best Qualified category will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration (unless a sufficient number of qualified veterans are found - in which case only those names will be initially certified ). Candidates within the Best Qualified category who are eligible for veteran preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.