Total 9 Others job vacancies in San Francisco

Aviation Safety Inspectors in this specialty (General Aviation Flight Oversight) apply knowledge and experience of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) for the development and implementation of standards, programs, and procedures for FAA field personnel and the public governing General Aviation safety issues.

Candidate must complete an extensive training program to include formal and on-the-job training up to and possibly 24 months regardless of grade level.

Duties at the FG-12 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Advise managers of aviation organizations on regulatory requirements, make initial certification, evaluate proposals to modify certificates and resolve regulatory and safety problems.
• Evaluate flight school training programs and conduct flight examinations for airmen, and
• Inspect for compliance with aviation regulatory requirements, limitations, and conditions imposed in grants of waivers for experimental aircraft, air shows, and similar special activities.

Duties at the FG-11 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Inspect flight schools and instructors,
• Perform routine inspections of organizations for compliance with their approved programs and procedures, 14 CFR, and good safety practices, and
• Advise individual pilots or mechanics in the course of conducting examinations and inspections and with employees and managers in the organizations undergoing inspection.

Duties at the FG-9 grade level are closely supervised and include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting in evaluating training programs to ensure that they meet the requirements of the FARs under close supervision; and
• Assisting in the re-examination of certificated airmen or recertification of an operator or agency.

Aviation Safety Inspectors (General Aviation Flight Oversight) may perform a variety of other inspections, investigations, and advisory duties.

Inspectors are required to travel frequently and to occasionally work irregular duty hours.

A Recruitment Incentive of $25,000 may be offered to applicants with a signed three-year FAA Recruitment Incentive Service Agreement. Locations must be considered hard to fill and not all locations are eligible. You will be notifed in your offer letter.

Aviation Safety Inspectors in this specialty (General Aviation Operations) apply knowledge and skills typically acquired as airmen (pilots, navigators, flight instructors, etc.) to develop and administer regulations and safety standards pertaining to the operation of aircraft.

Candidate must complete an extensive training program to include formal and on-the-job training up to and possibly 24 months regardless of grade level.

Duties at the FG-12 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Examining airmen for initial certification and continuing competence;
• Evaluating airmen training programs, equipment and facilities; and
• Evaluating the operational aspect of programs of air carriers and similar commercial and aviation operations for adequacy of facilities, equipment, procedures and overall management to ensure safe operation of the aircraft.

Duties at the FG-11 grade level include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting in enforcement investigations and preparation of final reports and recommendations on disposition; and
• Providing assistance in the evaluation of air carriers, air agencies air operators.

Duties at the FG-9 grade level are closely supervised and include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting in evaluating training programs to ensure that they meet the requirements of the FARs under close supervision; and
• Assisting in the re-examination of certificated airmen or recertification of an operator or agency.

Aviation Safety Inspectors (General Aviation Operations) may perform a variety of other inspections, investigations, and advisory duties; however, the primary requirement for positions in this specialization is knowledge and skill in the operation of aircraft.

Candidate will be required to participate in the flight program as an aircrew member and, as such, must meet the medical and flight currency requirements as set forth in agency orders governing the operation of aircraft.

Inspectors are required to travel frequently and to occasionally work irregular duty hours.

• You will lead multi-disciplinary teams of design and construction engineers that both design facility projects and oversee construction.
• You will determine work priorities for employees to ensure performance to plan goals are met.
• You will lead design staff in performing project management roles for the project (scope, cost, and schedule) from preliminary design authorization to project closeout.
• You will oversee the development of plans and specifications, design-build Requests for Proposals (RFPs), cost engineering and consultation services to primarily support Category I and II work products.
• You will provide construction engineering expertise on projects managed within the PDCB, particularly those of an unusual or complex nature.
• You will review and approve the PWD position concerning contractor entitlement for change through interpretation of contract clauses and the technical requirements of plans and specifications.

• You will make work site inspections to determine planning requirements, progress of work and status or expenditures.
• You will plan assignment of work on the basis of overall workload status, priorities, employee performance and capabilities and training needs.
• You will communicate both orally and in writing and must exercise the utmost in tactful persuasiveness in addition to sound judgement in the many contacts with all levels of authority with the shipyard.

• You will provide case assessment, legal advice, legal briefings, and representation to Sailors and Marines who are undergoing the DES process.
• You will serve as the subject matter expert in this complex and constantly evolving practice area.
• You will independently conduct legal research pertaining to medical issues; conduct examination of witnesses; provide case assessment, legal advice, and recommendations to the Service member in support of the case.
• You will prepare legal memoranda in support of board proceedings; and may represent Sailors and Marines during the informal and formal PEB hearing process and in subsequent appeals processes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The aviation safety inspector (ASI) receives administrative direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. The ASI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work. The ASI provides policy assistance to ASIs on difficult or complex policy interpretations. The work is normally accepted without change. Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance that project requirements have been fulfilled.

ASIs at the FG-13 level issue certificates to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviation organization or
(2) a number of smaller organizations that, together, are comparable in complexity to one large one. They are the primary contact point with the aviation organization(s). They may decide on issuance of the original certificates. They evaluate and decide upon proposals to change the authorized programs of the organizations. They continuously monitor the activities of organizations to determine whether they are following their authorized program, Federal regulations, and good safety practices.

FG-13 assignments are characterized by one or more of the following:
1. Commercially operated aircraft or and the complex avionics equipment associated with such
aircraft;
2. A variety of maintenance operations with diverse types of aircraft; or
3. Novel and complex aviation operations.

FG-13 employees plan and conduct their assignments with substantial technical independence. They receive administrative and policy guidance from their supervisors and policy makers. They also obtain technical advice from higher-level inspectors who are experts on a particular type of aircraft or who have overall program responsibility. They independently plan and carry out a work program to meet the needs and monitor the activities of the organizations for which they have certification responsibility. The scope program may be such as to require the occasional assistance of other employees to conduct inspections and evaluate operations.

The ASI applies a mastery knowledge level of the appropriate specialization and a broad knowledge
line of business mission and goals to assigned programs and areas of responsibility.

The ASI plans and directs the use of time and resources to accomplish organizational objectives. He or she defines, organizes, and uses resources to accomplish work activities within established schedules, analyzes program requirements and accomplishments, and makes or directs adjustments as necessary to address organizational needs.

Guidelines and precedents are frequently inadequate for dealing with novel or complex operations.
FG-13 employees understand and apply the basic principles of aviation safety and interpret the
intent of the regulations.

At FG-13, contacts are frequently with owners and top managers of aviation corporations and involve of issues and problems that confront large aviation organizations. Occasionally issues are controversial, arousing considerable public interest.

ASIs at the FG-13 level participate extensively in the certification inspection and surveillance of highly complex air carrier operations where principal program responsibility is vested in an aviation safety inspector of higher grade. These FG-13 employees have broad authority to negotiate with carrier management and make technical determinations within the coverage of approved specifications and policy manuals.

The ASI provides guidance to field level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique problems, with the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Develop plans, techniques, and policies to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management to solve problems.

Contacts are internal and external to the agency. The ASI occasionally represents the agency as a point of contact for policy development, inspection activities or as a technical trainer.

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Constructs, alters, repairs and/or modifies interior decoration and structural item such as: doors, partitions, windows, finished paneling, ceiling tiles, floor tiles, bathroom tiles, interior and exterior trims, screens, roofs, floor covering, shelving, cabinets, picture frames where accuracy, spacing and fitness are essential and appearances important.
• Provides special packing of all equipment or accessories.
• Plans and executes projects from initial layout to final assembly and/or installation.
• Follows blueprints, sketches and work orders of items to be constructed/altered, using his own initiative.
• Sharpens saws, saw blades, tools, accessories used in the Carpentry Shop and Painting Unit.
• Repairs or refinishes furniture, including vinyl tops and wheelchair seats.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within Carpentry and Painting Unit.
• Sets up and operates woodworking machines and tools.
• Constructs, installs, repairs or modifies wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness.
• Applies and uses the most effective procedures of the trade for the execution of routine upkeep of building walls, partitions, ceilings and equipment in general.
• Follows established guides for the application and safety requirements in his trade to assure satisfactory painting progress based on the useful life of paint and painting procedures for existing building and equipment.
• Performs routine maintenance on painting equipment such as cleaning painting guns, paint pots and hoses.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Office of Chief Counsel, General Legal Services (GLS) handles non-tax matters and employs approximately 92 attorneys and 7 paralegals. Work in the GLS Area Counsel field offices is focused on providing advice, support, and litigation representation for IRS and Chief Counsel management in administrative fora and in arbitration, with the majority of case work centering on labor, EEO, and personnel law. The field offices also provide assistance to the Department of Justice in federal courts on such matters, as well as for suits against IRS employees, and may assist with processing claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The incumbent serves as an Area Counsel within the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (General Legal Services) (GLS), supervising and managing the GLS function within the designated geographical jurisdiction (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming).

The incumbent supervises a group of attorneys and paralegals engaged in GLS work and is personally involved with the most difficult and complex legal work within the function; works with the GLS management to formulate strategies in substantive areas and management of resources; builds client relationships and clearly communicates and supports the policies and decisions of management. The incumbent manages the litigation of labor, personnel, EEO and Office of Professional Responsibility cases arising in administrative fora such as the Merit Systems Protection Board, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, before arbitrators and other Administrative Law Judges; manages the provision of litigation support to the Department of Justice with respect to EEO suits, Bivens suits and other miscellaneous non-tax suits filed in their geographic area; and manages the provision of legal advice on labor, personnel, EEO and general government matters to clients in their geographic area. The incumbent reports to the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (GLS).

As a Supervisory General Attorney (Non-Tax), you will:

• In non-tax litigation, provides legal support within the designated jurisdictional area and prepares recommendations to the Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorney, as appropriate, in Federal court involving the IRS or IRS employees, including but limited to employee appeals, discrimination complaints, and other personnel cases; suits by labor organizations involving representation rights of Service employees; damage suits brought against officials and employees as individuals for acts done during the performance of their official duties (Bivens suits); and tort suits where no administrative claim has been filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
• Motivate and develop subordinates to increase their effectiveness, productivity, quality of performance, and potential for advancement. Stimulate accomplishment of work products and suggests ways of research on novel and uncertain points of law.
• Speak or engage in panel discussions before business and professional groups on technical and legal matters relating to the work of the Area. Participate in senior-level meetings and conferences and on special working groups to address issues relating to GLS (General Legal Services) programs and services.
• Provide on-the-job-training, counsel employees, and determine the need for training classes or refresher courses conducted by the Service or other entities to enhance individual performance and to assure that employees meet their full potential.
• Practice sound position management policy in assigning work, combining/separating duties, and in fulfilling other personnel management responsibilities. Make recommendations on the need for initiating, consolidating, or eliminating programs, projects, and organizational structure as well as resources needed to operate such programs and projects.

The selectee will provide legal advice and support to ICE activities and programs in the area of Federal sector employment law. The selectee's responsibilities in the position will consist primarily of providing legal advice, training, and support to ICE activities and programs on federal employment law practice, including adverse actions, disciplinary matters, performance issues, prohibited personnel practices, reasonable accommodation, EEO and other issues related to federal employment law practice; and serving as agency counsel in proceedings before administrative and judicial forums, including arbitration, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Special Counsel, and the U.S. Federal Courts.

OPLA is the largest legal program in DHS, employing over 1,200 attorneys nationwide. In addition to Headquarters in Washington, D.C., there are 25 OPLA field locations in more than 60 cities throughout the United States. Pursuant to statute, OPLA serves as the exclusive representative of DHS in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, litigating cases involving criminal noncitizens, terrorists, human rights violators, and other priority noncitizens. OPLA also provides a full range of legal services to all ICE programs and offices.

OPLA provides legal advice and prudential counsel to ICE personnel on their law enforcement authorities, legal liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, ethics, and a range of administrative law issues, such as contract, fiscal and employment law. OPLA represents the agency before the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. OPLA attorneys support DOJ in the prosecution of ICE cases and in the defense of civil cases against ICE.

OPLA fosters an environment in which all voices are heard and values the unique perspectives and opinions that inhere among a talented, diverse, and inclusive workforce. Comprising a far more diverse workforce than its private sector counterparts, OPLA is proud to strive to further diversify the experiences, perspectives, and characteristics of its workforce. It is committed to celebrating our differences and embracing practices that foster a fair, safe, and inclusive workplace by promoting equitable access to opportunities. In keeping with this commitment, OPLA will ensure that qualified applicants with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is required for any part of the application process, please contact the OPLA representative listed on this announcement.