Engineering Technician

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

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.

GS-07 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Assisting with conducting quality assurance field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Gathering construction facility information in a field environment to provide weekly status reports; AND Identifying failed or failing facility components to submit work order requests.

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

GS-08 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting quality assurance through field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Gathering construction facility information in a field environment to conduct progress meetings with project stakeholders; AND 3) Submitting work request for failed or failing facility components via data base of record or established work order system.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-07 or above.

GS-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting quality assurance through field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Gathering construction facility information in a field environment to conduct progress meetings with project stakeholders; AND 3) Submitting work request for failed or failing facility components via data base of record or established work order system; AND 4) Preparing estimates, schedules, contract scope, and contractor progress reports to assure conformance with requesters needs and to assure compliance with Army regulations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-08 or above.

GS-10 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting quality assurance through field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Gathering construction facility information in a field environment to conduct progress meetings with project stakeholders; AND 3) Submitting work request for failed or failing facility components via data base of record or established work order system; AND 4) Approving contractor invoices for payment following satisfactory progress, and/or performance, of contract requirements.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-09 or above.

GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting quality assurance through field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Gathering construction facility information in a field environment to conduct progress meetings with project stakeholders; AND 3) Approving contractor invoices for payment following satisfactory progress, and/or performance, of contract requirements; AND 4) Preparing estimates, schedules, contract scope, and contractor progress reports for the construction, maintenance, and repair of installation facilities.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-10 or above.

GS-12 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting quality assurance through field inspections for facility construction related services to ensure technical adequacy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of the finished product or services; AND 2) Approving contractor invoices for payment following satisfactory progress, and/or performance, of contract requirements; AND 3) Evaluating contractor performance for any deficiencies, to negotiate resolution, and direct appropriate corrective action; AND 4) Reviewing work of less experienced employees to assure compliance with facility construction regulations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-11 or above.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Prepares detailed Independent Government Estimates (IGE) to include labor, materials and equipment from project plans and detailed specifications for the construction, maintenance, and repair of installation facilities.
• Coordinates issues between contractor, customer, Architecture/Engineering firms, Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC), the garrison, service providers and DPW.
• Initiates and conducts administrative inspections and modifications necessary to complete projects.
• Ensures management of Division’ contracts and ensures provision of total engineering services.
• Evaluates tenant requirements; establishes scope of work; designs criteria; estimates design time and costs; evaluates drawings to ensure they comply with the design intent.
• Prepares detailed Independent Government Estimates (IGE) to include labor, materials and equipment from project plans and detailed specifications for the construction, maintenance, and repair of installation facilities or services.