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Posted: February 2, 2026 (1 day ago)

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ENGINEERING TECHICIAN

Naval Air Systems Command

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$70,507 - $91,664

per year

Closes

March 2, 2026

GS-7 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves monitoring and maintaining industrial equipment at a naval facility in California, using data analysis to predict and prevent failures while ensuring projects stay on budget and on time.

You'll interpret technical drawings, oversee contractor work, and communicate updates to teams.

It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in equipment maintenance and project coordination who enjoys technical problem-solving in a structured government environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 level, including identifying equipment monitoring technologies and maintaining implementation matrices
  • Ability to generate exception reports by analyzing data to diagnose and predict equipment failures
  • Skill in investigating and validating predictive maintenance criteria for complex industrial plant equipment
  • Proficiency in reading and interpreting blueprints, engineering drawings, CAD sketches, and technical manuals, including compliance with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC)
  • Experience ensuring installations meet state and federal codes, managing facility modernization projects, and directing contractors while adhering to security protocols
  • Strong technical communication skills using phone, email, Microsoft Teams, and MS Office Suite for reports and briefings
  • Ability to manage projects within budget and schedule without disrupting operations

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1.

Identifies equipment and establishes technologies to be used to monitor the equipment, maintains an implementation matrix documenting the technologies and implemented. 2.

Generates exception reports based on analysis of collected data, compares collected reading to previous history data to diagnose and predict impending equipment failure. 3.

Investigates and validates predictive maintenance citeria gathered from a varitey of complex industral plant equipment.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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. Major Duties:

  • You will read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, and CAD sketches, cross-referencing them with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) and technical manuals.
  • You will ensure all industrial plant equipment (IPE) installations meet stringent facilities requirements documents and comply with state and federal codes and regulations.
  • You will investigate and validate predictive maintenance criteria gathered from a variety of complex industrial plant equipment.
  • You will manage all aspects of facility modernization and SRM projects at FRCSW, serving as the primary technical authority to ensure facility repairs provide seamless support to the end user.
  • You will proactively direct contractor activities through strict adherence to DBIDS and security protocols while utilizing real-time tracking dashboards and digital tools (MAXIMO and CMPro).
  • You will guarantee projects are completed within budget and on-schedule without interrupting depot-level production.
  • You will execute professional technical communication via phone, email, and Microsoft Teams to synchronize project requirements between leadership and the end user.
  • You will maintain expert proficiency in the MS Office Suite to develop the organized reports, briefings, and documentation.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/2/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/3/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12875181-26-LMM