AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL)
Air Mobility Command
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Air Traffic Control Specialist, Traffic Management Coordinator (AT-2152-KH)
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
Location
Los Angeles County, California
Salary
$170,925 - $228,000
per year
Type
Closes
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SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves coordinating air traffic to keep flights moving safely and efficiently, especially during busy times, by adjusting routes and restrictions in a control facility near Los Angeles.
The role requires constant monitoring of weather, equipment, and flight forecasts to prevent delays and hazards.
It's a great fit for experienced air traffic controllers who thrive in high-pressure environments and enjoy solving real-time logistical challenges.
Key Requirements
- Facility rated or area certified in an Air Traffic Organization (ATO) terminal or en route facility
- Specialized experience in traffic management coordination within an ATC-11 level terminal facility
- Ability to assess facility capacity and project acceptable traffic levels
- Skill in issuing traffic flow restrictions, spacing, holding, and rerouting aircraft
- Knowledge of agency policies for implementing traffic management initiatives
- Familiarity with all phases of facility operations, aeronautical, and meteorological conditions
- Ability to maintain currency on required positions of operation and work under administrative supervision
Full Job Description
Serves as a Traffic Management Coordinator in a Terminal or En Route facility and is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective traffic management is maintained.
Candidates must show specialized experience, which is defined as: Must have been facility rated, or area certified in an ATO terminal/en route facility.
Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Major Duties:
Serves as a Traffic Manager Coordinator in an ATC-11 level terminal facility.
Ensures that traffic management instructions/restrictions are initiated in accordance with established procedures to maintain a safe and expeditious flow of traffic and minimize the impact of heavy flight demands.
Assesses the facility's capacity and projects an acceptable level of traffic.
Issues appropriate traffic flow restrictions to adjacent facilities, to space, hold, and reroute aircraft to distribute the flow of traffic and equalize workload among positions.
Follows agency policy when implementing traffic management initiatives.
Maintains awareness of the traffic flow, equipment status, airport/weather conditions, and traffic forecasts to ensure acceptable levels of traffic, mitigate delays, and avoid flights into undesirable atmospheric conditions.
Maintains familiarization of all phases of facility operations and aeronautical/meteorological conditions. Maintains currency on required positions of operation.
Works under the administrative supervision of the Supervisory Traffic Management Coordinator. Performance is evaluated upon the effectiveness with which assigned program objectives are achieved.
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