Engineering Technician

Full Job Description

The Engineering Technician is assigned to the Project Design and Development Section of Engineering Service.

Duties and responsibilities include the development, control, supervision and administration for alteration and improvement and new construction projects of multiple disciplines.

Projects require knowledge across all project disciplines (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, electrical systems, plumbing, civil, and industrial hygiene, etc.) To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/23/2026.

Applicants must meet the time-in-grade requirement, individual occupational requirement, and specialized experience.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-10. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT - BASIC REQUIREMENT: Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems.

Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents.

Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes.

Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated.

In addition to the individual occupational requirements (basic requirement) and time-in-grade requirement, applicant's must also meet the specialized experience as follows: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-10 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience is defined as prepare, read and interpret architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, electrical systems, plumbing, civil, and industrial hygiene plans, drawings, and specifications; use construction engineering equipment (calculators, transits, levels and squares, measuring instruments, etc.); communicate with contractors, contracting officers and management officials; prepare reports and correspondence; coordinate, inspect, supervise and administer construction activities.

NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

An ideal candidate will possess at least a 2-year degree in a related field of the Engineering Technician position. Please submit transcripts of education with application.

Certification: desired, but not required.

Engineering technicians may be certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies, an organization sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Architecture Design General Engineering Project Management 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; religions; 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.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work environment of the incumbent during the normal pursuit of their duties exposes them to a variety of machine and/or equipment operations, noise levels, temperature extremes, contaminated areas, confined areas, construction sites, outside climates, as well as office settings.

Inspection of project work requires some physical exertion such as walking, standing, bending, lifting, climbing, and driving.

Work Environment: The work environment of the incumbent during the normal pursuit of their duties exposes them to a variety of machine and/or equipment operations, noise levels, temperature extremes, contaminated areas, confined areas, construction sites, outside climates, as well as office settings.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

As the Engineering Technician, the incumbent's duties include, but are not limited to: Develop and administer construction contracts.

Prepare accurate drawings and specifications, prepare reasonable estimates of time to accomplish the work and accurately estimate construction costs.

Knowledge of construction, maintenance and operation of plant facilities.

Ability to interpret, select and apply many guidelines, precedents and engineering principles and practices which relate to construction projects.

Develop a project from minimal information such as a scope of work or preliminary sketches.

Oversee drawings and specifications, A/E contracts prepared by Architect/Engineering firm and direct the construction work per contract.

Maintain and updating the space allocations of the services in the medical centers, outpatient clinics etc. in the computerized space management program and the CAD files.

Performing computer aided drafting to develop and maintain all architectural and engineering drawings.

Coordinating, inspecting, supervising and administering construction activities per the Resident Engineer's Handbook and MP-3, using engineering principles to interpret technical drawings and specifications.

Preparing reports and other project related correspondence as required by standard operating procedures or directives.

Follow applicable regulations and instructions as set forth in a computer access agreement which the incumbent signs regarding files, release of access codes, etc.

Protecting that information from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration or unauthorized deletion.

Knowledge across all project disciplines (architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, electrical systems, plumbing, civil, industrial hygiene, etc.) Developing, control, supervision and administration for alteration and improvement and new construction projects of multiple disciplines.

Preparing plans and specifications of sufficient detail to permit work to be accomplished by contractors without having to make foreseeable changes.

Updating project reports, updating computer databases, review of contractor payments, effectively negotiating contracts, space planning/programming layout and developing and review schedules, etc.

An ideal candidate will possess at least a 2-year degree in a related field of the Engineering Technician position. Please submit transcripts of education with application.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00AM - 3:30PM Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Engineering Technician/PD07650A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized