Engineering Technician
U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
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Engineering Technician
U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
Department of the Army
Location
Illinois
Salary
$76,573 - $99,550
per year
Type
Full-Time
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April 20, 2026
GS-10 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $56,527 - $73,486
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-9. Advanced degree or significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a technical expert on transportation projects, focusing on traffic engineering studies, safety bulletins, and site surveys to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety in military operations.
You'll research data, monitor contractor work, conduct field visits, and present findings to teams or in seminars.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in engineering analysis and clear communication skills, especially those interested in government or defense-related transportation work.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience interpreting transportation engineering plans, studies, and specifications
- Applying transportation engineering principles to solve technical problems and take corrective actions
- Presenting technical data to defend or negotiate program results
- Experience investigating, researching, writing, or editing traffic engineering safety bulletins
- Conducting or directing transportation engineering studies and field surveys for traffic and safety
- Compiling, reviewing, and recommending approaches for vehicle/pedestrian traffic data
- Managing traffic engineering equipment and coordinating with teams on work efforts
Full Job Description
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Serves as the technical expert within the Agency on individual responsibilities that include the operation, development, and final product of transportation engineering studies in the areas of traffic engineering and safety seminars.
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Interpreting transportation engineering plans, studies, and/or specifications; 2) Applying transportation engineering principles to take corrective action on technical problems; and 3) Presenting technical data in order to defend or negotiate a program's results.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). Major Duties:
- Investigate, research, write, and/or edit traffic engineering safety bulletins.
- Extract data from engineering publications (such as handbooks, catalogs, reports, technical and field manuals) for use in a traffic engineering safety publication program.
- Monitor reported progress of traffic engineering studies to ensure valid reporting by contractors.
- Direct and/or conduct transportation engineering studies related to traffic engineering and/or traffic engineering safety seminars.
- Conduct installation site visits to gather preliminary information on traffic (vehicle/pedestrian based) field surveys and/or studies.
- Recommend technical approach to collecting and/or compiling vehicle/pedestrian traffic-related statistical data.
- Management of traffic engineering equipment to include directing the field use in surveys and/or monitoring.
- Compile and/or review engineering field data to establish baseline conditions and/or develop recommendations.
- Coordinate with others to plan work efforts.
- Draft and/or publish traffic (vehicle/pedestrian based) engineering reports and/or traffic engineering/safety publications.
- Present complex engineering material in a classroom and/or briefing environment.
- Brief installation and/or command level staff on recommendations and/or finding of field surveys.
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