Engineering Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: The incumbent will serve as an Engineering Technician with the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) in Fort Bliss, TX.

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) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) 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: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 in the Federal service which includes: 1) Reading and interpreting drawings, schematics, or specifications in electronic format; and 2) Using Automated Computer Aided Design (CAD) to engineer, design, and maintain drawings.

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

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.

Time in Grade Requirement: 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-08).

Major Duties:

• Serve as an Engineering Technician performing Computer-Aided Design (CAD) work for the directorate.
• Meet and confer with personnel from other military installations; Federal, State, local Agencies and contractors to resolve problems associated with system compatibility.
• Provide advice on the use of spatial software systems to accomplish desired functional results of projects.
• Perform updates and maintenance duties on the Digital Drawing Database DDDB utilizing DDDB Project Entry, DDDB Editor, and Project Index Creator Software.
• Produce hard copies and/or digital copies of drawings from the Digital Drawing Database and the Geographic Information System map books and Installation wall maps as requested by internal and external customers.