Description

Summary

The incumbent serves in the Senior Executive Service position as Deputy Director and a key advisor to the Director, Office of Research and Engineering, in the National Transportation Safety Board. The Office provides and directs specialized scientific and technological support for accident investigations and safety research studies in all transportation modes. The office has five divisions: Materials Laboratory, Vehicle Recorders, Vehicle Performance, Medical Investigations, and Safety Research.

• Supervises, manages, and directs the work of multi-disciplinary employees in a variety of research and engineering functions across aeronautical, electrical, and mechanical engineering, biomechanics, human factors, and accident reconstruction for all transportation modes.
• Administers the office's scientific support for accident investigations in all transportation modes (i.e., highway, aviation, marine, railroad, pipeline and hazardous materials) through the operation of state-of-the-art laboratories, and provides data analysis related to material failures, vehicle performance and vehicle recorder readouts.
• Determines and plans for the adoption and implementation of emerging technologies and investigative techniques to collect and analyze all evidence that will determine underlying causes.
• Oversees safety research in all transportation modes and prepares comprehensive reports containing recommendations for corrective action for consideration by Board members.
• Represents the agency to private organizations, government agencies, international investigative boards on matters related to scientific and technical accident investigations and accident data analysis.
• Develops a strategic and annual operating plan for the implementation of short-term and long-term objectives for the Office of Research and Engineering.
• Oversees the Aviation Accident Database maintained by the NTSB as the official census of U.S. civil aviation accidents, and the development of statistical reviews, analyses and reports of accidents and incidents from this database.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Resume and supporting documents (see "How to Apply" section).
• Suitability and the ability to maintain a security clearance is required.
• Financial Interest in transportation enterprises will be evaluated on a case by case basis.
• Bargaining Unit Position: NO.
• Direct Deposit is required.
• Newly appointed SES members must serve a 1-year probationary period.
• Selectee will be required to complete and submit an Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-278, prior to entering the position and annually thereafter.
• Ethics pre-clearance/financial disclosure statement is required.
• Security and Background Requirements.
• Veterans preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service.
• Two-Page Resume Limit: Resumes must not be more than two standard single-sided pages (or one page if submitting front and back, hard-copy).
• THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE TELEWORK.
• This position is eligible for ad-hoc/situational telework as determined by the agency policy.
• The critical nature of the work of this position requires the incumbent to be available on a rotational basis 24 hours a day.

Qualifications

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), you must clearly articulate and describe within your two (2) page resume evidence within the past 10 years of progressively responsible supervisory, managerial, or professional experience which involved management of a program or organization of significant scope and complexity, normally obtained over several years by serving in positions at the GS-15 level or equivalent. Your resume must provide information regarding your professional experience and accomplishments that demonstrate your ability to perform the duties of this position and meet the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs). Your resume must also clearly demonstrate your ability to meet the Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ). If you fail to do so, your application will be rated ineligible.

If you are currently serving under a career SES appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES (this means you were previously employed as a Career SES employee and you successfully completed a one-year probationary period) or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program and been certified by OPM, your resume must clearly state that you are a current career SES, eligible for reinstatement, or SES CDP certified and year of certification. You do not need to respond to the ECQs as a current or reinstatement eligible SES or an SES CDP graduate; however, you must respond to the MTQ. Please attach proof (e.g., SF-50, Certification by OPM's SES Qualifications Review Board (QRB)) of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES.

Please DO NOT submit separate documents addressing the five (5) ECQs or MTQ. Only your resume limited to two (2) pages will be accepted and considered. Any additional documents submitted will not be accepted.