ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the TEMPORARY SERVICES STRUCTURAL BRANCH (CODE 230.3), TEMPORARY SYSTEMS & SERVICES DIVISION of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

GS-12 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialist 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: Experience writing and reviewing job summaries, component unit (CU) phases, and task group instructions (TGI's); Experience ordering materials, process estimator action requests (EAR's) and farmouts; Experience preparing manhour estimates, status and technical reports, correspondence, calculations, schedules and milestones; Experience troubleshooting issues and recommending repairs, replacements, modifications, structural and operational changes with Project teams; Experience reviewing and evaluating tests for proper structural engineering requirements and operation.

Experience with Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) software programs to execute engineering products.

GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience developing job summaries and task group instructions (TGI's); Experience assisting in ordering materials, process estimator action requests (EAR's) and farmouts; Experience with Shipyard manhour estimates, status and technical reports, and correspondence; Experience collaborating on issues and recommending repairs, replacements, modifications, structural and operational changes with Project tams; Experience assisting in reviewing and evaluating tests for proper structural requirements and operation.

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/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and 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 provide written technical directions to mechanics for temporary shipboard facilities and structural services used for submarine overhauls.
• You will troubleshoot problems, perform calculations, and provide execution support to mechanics regarding temporary shipboard facilities and structural services used for submarine overhauls.
• You will create written technical documentation of engineering analysis work, data compilation, reports, or research using computer software applications.
• You will collaborate with other Engineering Technicians and Engineers, to conduct studies on solutions to temporary shipboard facility and structural service problems.
• You will coordinate all installation, removal, restore, repair, test, fabrication advance planning and waterfront efforts assigned temporary shipboard facilities and structural services.