Engineering Technician

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Facilities in the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Responsible for developing and accomplishing completed projects related to construction, remodeling, alteration, repair, and maintenance of facilities located throughout TEAD.

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Duties

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• Develop comprehensive facilities engineering project packages for the construction, alteration, repair, and maintenance of real property buildings and utility infrastructure.
• Prepare technical designs, detailed specifications, and CAD/GIS layout drawings for building utility systems, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and structural elements.
• Calculate detailed government cost estimates, material take-offs, labor projections, and bid schedules for competitive multi-trade construction contracts
• Modify existing architectural and engineering design plans to adapt to site constraints, improve energy/operational efficiency, meet ADA accessibility standards, or adjust to utility load requirements.
• Serve as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) to monitor on-site contractor operations, evaluate contractor submittals for approval, and conduct quality assurance inspections against contract specifications.
• Coordinate technical requirements across multiple projects concurrently, resolving field discrepancies, ensuring compliance with building and safety codes, and tracking project execution through final acceptance.

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Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes interpreting prints and specifications to layout or install utility systems; inspecting and testing systems to correct deficiencies and ensure code compliance; AND using computer applications to produce official correspondence, record technical data, and prepare inspection reports or related documentation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:

Additional information

• Promotion potential from GS-09 to GS-10 and then to GS-11 after meeting regulatory requirements.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
• This is a Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction) Career Program position aligned under the Construction, Analysis, Science, Infrastructure & Engineers (CASIE) Career Management Directorate.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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