ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL)

Duties

• You will prepare designs and specifications for project contract solicitation and execution primarily involving repair, maintenance, and new construction of mechanical systems and other utilities systems with mechanical components.
• You will perform designs, mechanical calculations, equipment selections, write Request for Proposals (RFPs) and specifications, and prepare drawings and construction cost estimates.
• You will review, assess, and resolve construction and design problems encountered during the performance of projects assigned.
• You will provide technical support to include reviewing/approving contractor's Quality Management System (QMS) and reporting deficiencies to the Facilities Support Contracts Manager (FSCM) or the Contracting Officer.
• You will maintain awareness of current advances in mechanical engineering design, materials, construction methods, and Department of Defense (DoD) criteria.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• You must possess and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• Work may require some physical exertion with recurring periods of driving, bending, crouching, stooping, crawling, stretching, reaching, climbing, digging, and cutting of vegetation or similar activities during field visits.
• Work may require lifting of moderately heavy items, such as record file boxes, project drawings, and other similar items.
• Work may require some on-site visits that are in environmentally hazardous or explosive hazardous areas.
• You may be required to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), protective clothing and gear, such as hard hats, masks, coats, boots, goggles, gloves, fall protection, etc and other specific gear and equipment that pertains to a specific job or site.
• Work sites may require special safety precautions such as working around moving parts, carts, or machines and possible exposure to loud noises, irritant chemicals, and explosive materials.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You must obtain within a reasonable amount of time, and maintain a base driving permit in order to operate base passenger vehicles that are available for staff to accomplish site visits not in walking distance of the office.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Interpreting, selecting, adapting and applying guidelines, precedents, and practical knowledge of engineering principles and practices that relate to the areas of specialization.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.