Duties

Major Duties

Serve as pilot-in-command of single-engine fixed-wing aircraft equipped with wheels. Aircraft operations involve flights over remote terrain, unimproved strips, remote and isolated areas of the park, Flights may be conducted in adverse weather, turbulence, and at low altitudes.
Performs pre-mission planning, prepares, and files flight plans using flight planning publications and maps, schedules flights for the Glen Canyon pilot and one Glen Canyon owned airplane, maintains the fixed wing portion of the park aviation calendar, obtains and evaluates aviation weather reports and briefings. Performs preflight maintenance and operational checks on aircraft to determine air-worthiness. Checks loading of aircraft to ensure that weight and balance limitations are not exceeded.
Provide staff and aviation support for activities such as the following: park familiarization, transport of people and cargo; establishment and resupply of remote areas of the park, wildlife and natural resource data collection, search and rescue missions, law enforcement patrols, and other related aviation activities as directed.

During non-flying hours, the position will be assigned other duties. For example, the incumbent may coordinate or assist in emergency operations, including search and rescue, law enforcement and emergency medical operations and provide support to field rangers for criminal investigations.

Area/Housing Information: This position is located in Page, Arizona at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, on the Arizona-Utah border. Page overlooks beautiful Lake Powell which offers boating, associated water sports, hunting, recreation and fishing, as well as river running on the Colorado River above and below Lake Powell. The surrounding land offers beautiful red rock country for hiking and backcountry wilderness activity. Page is at the hub of the Grand Circle, containing America's largest concentration of national parks and monuments, such as Grand Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Staircase Escalante, and the Flagstaff Area Monuments. Page offers normal small community amenities such as airport, shopping, medical and dental facilities, schools K-12 and college courses available through the local Community College. Elevation in Page is 4300 feet above sea level and the weather is beautiful high desert sunny days, cool nights and low humidity. Home purchases are available in the area. For park information, please visit www.nps.gov/glca, for local information, please visit www.cityofpage.org/. Park housing is not available.

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 based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this position. A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position
Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job
Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

You will be evaluated on the following competencies:

Aircraft Maintenance
Interpersonal Skills
Technical Competence
Technical Competence
Technical Documentation

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a subject matter resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

U.S. Citizenship required.
Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
You will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver's license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle. Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license.
You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/14/2022-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position performs duties as an Airplane Pilot (including serving as a pilot in command). Candidates must meet the following requirements by close of this announcement or they will receive no further consideration for this position.

1. Must possess and maintain a current FAA Commercial Pilot-Airplane or Airline Transport Pilot-Airplane with Single Engine Land and Instrument Rating --or-- military equivalent. (Screen-out)
2. Must possess and maintain a FAA Medical Certificate First or Second Class --or-- a current military flight physical. (Screen-out)
3. Must have flown a minimum of 1,500 hours total flight time, of which at least 1,200 hours will have been as pilot-in-command (PIC) with 500 hours PIC airplane. (Screen-out)
4. Must have flown 100 hours in the last twelve months (Screen-out)
5. Must have 75 hours of night flying time. (Screen-out)
6. Recent Flight Experience in accordance with 14 CFR 61.57 - Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors .

- AND -

In addition to the Selective Factors above, to qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualification by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: managing an aviation program. You must include hours per week worked.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement.

Physical Demands: Aviation work frequently requires stressful activities and/or occasionally strenuous physical exertion. This work also requires some manual dexterity and other physical activities (e.g., listening, kneeling, standing, sitting, stooping, talking, walking, loading and unloading personnel and equipment, etc.) in all types of terrain with regard to the normal aviation environment, i.e., airstrips, hangars, tarmacs, lakes, rivers, ponds, and other areas where an airplane may be parked such that an inspection or maintenance of the airplane is likely to be performed. The incumbent must be emotionally, mentally and physically sound. As pilot, the incumbent may be required to stay airborne for several hours at a time. Incumbent is required to maintain a valid second class FAA Medical Certificate, and to meet minimal physical fitness requirements for emergency services.

The temperatures at which NPS aircraft operations, depending on location, can vary from well over 100 degrees to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Aircraft interior temperatures can be significantly hotter. The nature of park missions may expose the incumbent to these temperatures for significant periods of time. Excellent physical conditioning is necessary and self-monitoring for signs of fatigue, hyperthermia and/or hypothermia is essential. Pilot duties require excellent coordination and dexterity to operate aircraft.

Working Conditions: The aviation work environment varies from office, to an airplane cockpit, to the outdoors. Work will involve exposure to adverse weather, the discomfort of manual work, and some unpredictable hazards involved in the operation of an airplane or the various mission profiles. While working on the ground or in the airplane the incumbent will be exposed to extreme conditions of the arctic environment, including temperatures ranging from -40F to +95F, high winds, blizzards, snow, ice, rain, dust, insects and wildlife.

While operating aircraft, incumbent is subject to hazardous conditions. Low altitude flights, various weather conditions, poor communications and flying from/to improved and unimproved airstrips, sandbars, water or snow. Terrain is mountainous and unpopulated. Weather can be severe and unpredictable, with weather forecasts not readily available or reliable. In cases of emergency, help may not be readily available and special safety and survival precautions must be taken. Sometimes severe safety and logistical problems will occur requiring prompt and sound judgement.

Activities, especially airplane maintenance, may cause exposure to chemicals, fluids, materials, or other solvents utilized when around airplanes that may be hazardous or pose safety concerns.