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ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

United States Fleet Forces Command

Department of the Navy

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$76,463 - $99,404

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves overseeing engineering repairs, modifications, and modernizations on naval ships at a forward-deployed maintenance center, ensuring work by contractors meets technical standards and regulations.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in shipbuilding or repair trades, who enjoys coordinating with teams and managing complex projects in a military or industrial setting.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 level in federal or equivalent private/public sector
  • Knowledge of modernization processes, laws, and regulations for ship availabilities
  • Application of technical and engineering methods for testing and evaluating shipbuilding/repair equipment
  • Experience executing permanent and non-permanent alterations for vessel repairs
  • Proficiency in repairing, modifying, or overhauling ships using trades like shipwright, ship fitter, sheet metal, pipefitter, and welder
  • Ability to review contractor engineering work across multiple disciplines and handle design changes
  • Skills in maintaining relationships, coordinating schedules, and providing oversight for ship maintenance and modernization

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Engineering Technician in the Waterfront Operations Department of FWD DEPLOYED REG MAINT CTR DET ROTA.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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) Using Modernization Process specifications, laws, and regulations to work the ship availabilities; 2) Applying technical and engineering methods to the test and evaluation of equipment associated with shipbuilding/repair modernization; 3) Executing permanent and nonpermanent alterations to complete vessel repairs; and 4) Repairing/modifying/overhauling ships using various trades and crafts (i.e.

shipwright, ship fitter, sheet metal, pipefitter, welder, etc.). NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the position.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-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 review contractor engineering work that can involve multiple engineering disciplines and frequent changes in design or other engineering requirements.
  • You will maintain business relationships with organizations or individuals to coordinate repair, alterations, or modifications of naval ship systems.
  • You will participate in meetings (e.g., engineering and planning) to coordinate work schedules.
  • You will act as the Naval Supervising Activity's (NSA) representative overseeing the planning and executing of alterations accomplished when FDRMC Det. Rota is the NSA.
  • You will provide industrial, engineering, technical, and contractor oversights services for maintenance and the modernization of ships visiting or ported.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/26/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/26/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12897072-26-APR