ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

About the Position: The installation rests in the beautiful 'hill and lake' country of Central Texas between Killeen and Copperas Cove and is approximately 60 miles north of the capital city of Austin, 50 miles south of Waco, 160 miles south of Dallas, and 150 miles north of San Antonio.

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) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) 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-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 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 for GS-07: One year of specialized experience which includes reviewing real property engineering projects and utilizing common engineering automation tools to manage equipment assets.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

Specialized Experience for GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes verifying performance requirements of contracts in accordance with the contract terms, conditions, and specifications; and experience conducting contract site visits.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-07: 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-06).

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-09: 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-07).

Major Duties:

• Prepare cost estimates for in-house purchases and service contract cost estimates for complete routine conventional projects and services of relatively limited scope or portions of larger and more diverse projects.
• Prepare government cost estimates on Invitations For Bids (IFBs), Requests for Proposal (RFP), and Change Orders.
• Prepare planning and engineering design cost estimates, i.e., feasibility, baseline estimate, General Design Memoranda (GDM), and Feature Design Memoranda (FDM).
• Administer both Micro and Above Micro Purchase Limit (AMPL) service and purchase contracts, to include contract development, inspections, payment and reporting.
• Prepare and maintain electronic reports utilizing supply and equipment management procedures and General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), resource management, and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel).
• Use familiarity with a variety of trades and shop operations such as electrical, carpentry, pipefitting, painting, etc., to translate knowledge into work scheduling.