Engineering Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is with DPW located at Fort Campbell, KY. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) In order to qualify, you must meet the 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: Have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10 grade level in the Federal service which includes the following.

Perform work to assist the Project Manager with the development, design, and coordination of various construction, maintenance, and repair requirements for projects.

Provide information to develop detailed step-by-step plans for accomplishing the project and prepare detailed schematic drawings and complete construction plans utilizing CADD programs.

Assist with contract quality assurance evaluation visits with program manager while work is in progress to ensure work meets compliance and meets contract requirements.

Research and assist with engineering problems and forwards findings to the supervisor in controversial, precedent or policy cases.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-10).

Major Duties:

• Serve as a Project Manager for the development, design, and coordination of various construction, maintenance, and repair requirements involved in projects received by DPW.
• Develop detailed step-by-step plans for accomplishing the project and prepare detailed schematic drawings and complete construction plans utilizing CADD programs reflecting construction details ensuring code compliance.
• Perform contract quality assurance evaluation visits with the COR while work is in progress.
• Make decisions regarding normal engineering problems and forwards findings or recommendations to the supervisor in controversial, precedent or policy cases.