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Air Traffic Control Specialist, Traffic Management Coordinator
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
Location
Merrimack, New Hampshire
Salary
$164,408 - $221,955
per year
Type
Closes
February 4, 2026
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 in a terminal facility to keep flights moving safely and efficiently, especially during busy times, by adjusting routes, holding aircraft, and managing restrictions.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience as an air traffic controller who can stay calm under pressure, monitor weather and equipment, and follow strict safety rules.
It's ideal for certified professionals ready to handle real-time decisions that prevent delays and ensure smooth operations.
Key Requirements
- Facility rated or area certified as a CPC/TMC/S at an ATO terminal/enroute facility
- Specialized experience in traffic management to maintain safe and efficient flow
- Ability to assess facility capacity and project traffic levels
- Knowledge of agency policies for implementing traffic management initiatives
- Familiarity with facility operations, aeronautical, and meteorological conditions
- Currency on required positions of operation
- Qualifications met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement
Full Job Description
Serves as a Traffic Management Coordinator in a terminal 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 as a CPC/TMC/S at an ATO terminal/enroute facility.
Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Major Duties:
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 Managment Coordinator. Performance is evaluated upon the effectiveness with which assigned program objectives are achieved.
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