Industrial Engineer
What you'd do
This Industrial Engineer position serves within the Director of Labor Analysis to an assigned reporting organization. The incumbent acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team and may act as a project lead on some work activities. He/she will perform a variety of complex, detailed staffing, scheduling, and workforce planning analyses to support Workforce Planning initiatives for Federal Aviation Administration's workforce.
Major duties
The incumbent applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of industrial engineering principles, theories and concepts to solve complex problems, to develop improved technical processes while utilizing quantitative fact-finding, analysis techniques to develop, and improve complex models and to accomplish projects/assignments. Work assignments include extensive research and responsibility for assigned project/program management. The Industrial Engineer performs the following: (1) Develop plans for data collection including the development of sample design, size, and selection; (2) Conduct workforce studies to develop mathematical and/or statistical relationships between scheduling and resource requirements; (3) Develop mathematical and/or statistical models to represent current agency processes and procedures in the areas of staffing and workforce planning. (4) Develop and execute analysis of issues pertaining to staffing resource productivity and efficiency. Use quantitative and statistical methods such as correlation, regression analysis, and optimization. These models will be used to develop national and local staffing requirements and conduct sensitivity analyses to answer management's "what if' questions for different scenarios. The incumbent will also provide technical assistance in developing and evaluating new and/or improved methods and procedures. This position is strategic and analytic in nature. The incumbent will formulate alternatives, provide recommendations, and develop implementation plans to address current and anticipated problems and issues. The incumbent works independently, but also closely with management and other professionals to jointly solve problems. Contacts are internal and external. Often represents the organization and/or FAA as a senior technical point of contact on projects, programs and other work activities. Communicates results to all levels internally (within an LOB/SO or across LOB/SOs) and externally. Plays a lead role in drafting, reviewing, and editing reports. Presents briefings and coordinates significant technical matters with representatives of external organizations. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues, but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and may create new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others. Provides guidance to lower-level staff to solve difficult technical issues. Resolves all but unique technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced engineer. Develops plans, techniques to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Works with senior management to solve problems. Work is reviewed rarely, typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity. Work activities impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions and/or LOB/SOs and may impact on the objectives of the FAA
What you need to qualify
IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW: To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I, FG/GS-13 level. This experience is typically related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been at least equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE STATEMENT: Modeling and analyzing workforce scheduling and staffing plans and/or using optimization techniques. You should include relevant examples of the specialized experience in your work history. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE. You may be asked to provide evidence or documentation that you have this type of experience later in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verification through job interviews, or any other information obtained during the application process. Any exaggeration of your experience or any attempt to conceal information can result in disqualification. *Applicants who fail to demonstrate possession of any of the above criteria AND who do not provide the required documentation will receive no further consideration for this position.* Applicants may be asked to verify information on your application for employment with the FAA. **All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.** Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and/or selective placement factor(s) (SPF) may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and/or Quality Ranking Factor (QRF) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: (1) score order; (2) category grouping; (3) alphabetical; or (4) priority grouping, and referred to the selecting official for selection consideration.
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