Attachment B - Labor Category Descriptions.pdf

ATTACHMENT B: Labor Category Description & Qualifications

LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTION AND QUALIFICATIONS

FOR

AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT

MANAGERS

Program Manager* – Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Management from an accredited college or university. Must also have at least 6 years of program management experience. Aviation related research and development experience is preferred. This candidate will provide overall management of personnel working in a technical environment. Candidate must be proficient in design standards, planning tools

(i.e. work breakdown structures, Gantt charts, critical path analyses, PERT charts, etc.), budgeting, and report development. This candidate will be responsible for performing the day-to-day and long-term project planning, scheduling and reporting of the work to be performed by the engineering and technician support staff under the requirements of this task. They will be responsible for setting up monthly meetings with the FAA Project

Manager.

ENGINEERS

Fire Protection Engineer (Ad Hoc) – Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire

Protection Engineering or like area of study from an accredited college or university. Must also have at least 2 years of demonstrated aviation research and development experience or similar field. Must be able to demonstrate competence in writing test plans and technical reports, and be capable of assisting in the execution of safety related research and development projects.

Senior Fire Protection Engineer (Potential Ad Hoc) – Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor of Science’s

Degree in Fire Protection Engineering or like area of study from an accredited college or university. Must also have at least 5 years of demonstrated aviation research and development experience or similar field.

Mechanical Engineer 1- Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university. Must be able to demonstrate competence in writing test plans and technical reports, and be capable of assisting in the execution of safety related research and development projects.

Mechanical Engineer 2 - Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university. Must also have at least 5 years of demonstrated research and development experience or comparable engineering experience. Offeror must demonstrate how the claimed comparable engineering experience is relevant. Must have extensive experience in writing test plans and technical reports, preparing and providing presentations to small groups of senior management, peers or to the general public, and be capable of fully executing a portfolio of safety related research and development project with minimal supervision.

Mechanical Engineer 3 (Potential Ad Hoc) - Must have, at minimum, a Master of Science Degree in

Mechanical Engineering from an accredited college or university. Must also have at least 10 years of demonstrated research and development experience or comparable engineering experience. Offeror must demonstrate how the claimed comparable engineering experience is relevant.. Must have extensive experience in writing test plans and technical reports, and be capable of fully executing a portfolio of safety related research and development project without supervision. Candidate should be capable of presenting applicable research material in a formal presentation setting to senior management, peers, or to the general public.

SPECIALISTS - OTHERS

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Research Specialist 1 (Potential Ad Hoc) - Must have, at minimum, a

Basic Firefighting Certification and at least 10 years of experience in operation and/or evaluation of airport rescue and firefighting services, strategies, and/or tactics. The candidate must possess a basic knowledge of applicable government/ industry regulations and FAA standards pertaining to airport firefighting.

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Research Specialist 2 - Must have, at minimum, a Basic Firefighting

Certification and at least 15 years of experience in operation and/or evaluation of airport rescue and firefighting services, strategies, and/or tactics. The candidate must possess an extensive knowledge of applicable government/ industry regulations and FAA standards pertaining to airport firefighting. The candidate must also have demonstrated experience in fire research and technical writing such as test plans, research plans, and research reports related to firefighting testing.

Airport Safety Technician 1 (Potential Ad Hoc) - Must have, at minimum, 2 years of experience demonstrating specialized electrical/mechanical/fabrication skills suitable for maintaining facilities, assets and infrastructure, and constructing project related mockups, equipment, demonstrations or prototype devices, as provided through test plans, standard engineering drawings, or other sources. This candidate will work under the supervision/direction of senior project/technician personnel.

Airport Safety Technician 2 - Must have, at minimum, 5 years of experience demonstrating specialized electrical/mechanical/fabrication experience maintaining facilities, assets and infrastructure, and constructing project related mockups, equipment, demonstrations or prototype devices, as provided through test plans, standard engineering drawings, or other sources. Experience and/or specific knowledge of airport related research activities is preferred. This airport safety research related experience must include specific knowledge of airport safety research task areas, or closely related tasks. This candidate must demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision/direction from senior project personnel.

Airport Safety Technician 3 – Must have, at minimum, 5 years of specialized electrical/mechanical/fabrication experience maintaining facilities, assets and infrastructure, and constructing project related mockups, equipment, demonstrations or prototype devices, as provided through test plans, standard engineering drawings, or other sources. Experience and/or specific knowledge of airport related research activities is preferred. This airport safety research related experience must include specific knowledge of airport safety research task areas, or closely related tasks. This candidate must be self- motivated, and have demonstrated the ability to work without supervision/direction from senior project personnel, and have demonstrated the ability to produce technical written documentation to project manager personnel to support the generation of technical reports or documents.

Airport Safety Technician 4* - Must have, at minimum, 10 years of expert level electrical/mechanical/fabrication experience maintaining facilities, assets and infrastructure, and constructing project related mockups, equipment, demonstrations or prototype devices, as provided through test plans, standard engineering drawings, or other sources. Experience and/or specific knowledge of airport related research activities is preferred. This airport safety research related experience must include expert level knowledge of airport safety research task areas. This candidate must be self-motivated, and have demonstrated the ability to provide supervision, instruction and/or direction to other technician personnel, and have demonstrated the ability to produce technical written documentation for the project manager personnel to support the generation of technical reports or documents. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the ability to effectively present the technical content of projects to senior management, peers, or to the general public.

Chemist (Ad Hoc) – Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in a science related field from an accredited college or university. Work experience in aviation fuels, fire extinguishing agents or other closely related work is preferred.

Laborer (Ad Hoc) - The Laborer performs tasks that require mainly physical capabilities and effort involving little or no specialized skill or prior work experience. The following tasks are typical of this occupation: The Laborer loads and unloads trucks, and other conveyances, moves supplies and materials to proper location by wheelbarrow or hand truck; stacks materials for storage or binning, collects refuse and salvageable materials, and digs, fills, and tamps earth excavations. The Laborer operates power equipment and tools, moves and arranges heavy pieces of equipment, moves heavy pieces of automotive and other types of machinery and equipment.

General Engineer (Ad Hoc) - Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical, Aeronautical, or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university and must have at least 2 years of work experience in aviation related research or similar field. Candidate provides expertise in the application of state-of-the-art technology to meet the mission requirements of the Customer. Must be able to demonstrate competence in writing test plans and technical reports, and be capable of assisting in the execution of safety related research and development projects.

Subject Matter Expert (SME) (Ad Hoc) - This is a highly specialized category to fulfill the occasional needs of the Government to acquire the services of recognized experts in a particular discipline.

Survey Data Specialist (Potential Ad Hoc) - Must have, at minimum, a Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or Science related field from an accredited college or university. Must possess a working knowledge of computers having the ability to use computer operating systems including logon, logoff, system editor, moving between directories, moving, copying transferring and deleting files, report creation and knowledge of common desktop applications such as MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. Must have knowledge of computerized data entry and formatting, data base management, and data base utilization. Must have knowledge of computerized map preparation utilizing multiple survey data sources. Must possess experience in using GPS and TPS field collection equipment and processing software products, in particular, experience with equipment and software by Leica Geosystems as this is the brand adopted by the FAA Technical Center as standard equipment. Must have prior experience operating total station survey equipment and laser scanner survey equipment and associated data collection and processing software. Must have, at minimum, one year of experience in all equipment and software identified in this Labor Category Description.

* - Key personnel