Deputy Director

Deputy Director, ES-0340-00 As a Deputy Director, ES-0340-00, you will assist the Director in providing executive level direction and oversight to a staff of professional employees engaged in a variety of research and engineering functions that support all accident investigation activities of the NTSB. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Supervises, manages, and directs the work of multi-disciplinary employees in a variety of research and engineering functions across aeronautical, electrical, and mechanical engineering, biomechanics, human factors, and accident reconstruction for all transportation modes. Administers the office's scientific support for accident investigations in all transportation modes (i.e., highway, aviation, marine, railroad, pipeline and hazardous materials) through the operation of state-of-the-art laboratories, and provides data analysis related to material failures, vehicle performance and vehicle recorder readouts. Determines and plans for the adoption and implementation of emerging technologies and investigative techniques to collect and analyze all evidence that will determine underlying causes. Oversees safety research in all transportation modes and prepares comprehensive reports containing recommendations for corrective action for consideration by Board members. Represents the agency to private organizations, government agencies, international investigative boards on matters related to scientific and technical accident investigations and accident data analysis. Develops a strategic and annual operating plan for the implementation of short-term and long-term objectives for the Office of Research and Engineering. Oversees the Aviation Accident Database maintained by the NTSB as the official census of U.S. civil aviation accidents, and the development of statistical reviews, analyses and reports of accidents and incidents from this database.