ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Engineering Technician
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Transportation
Job Description
Summary
This job involves coordinating construction and installation projects for aviation systems at a field maintenance center, managing schedules, budgets, and teams to ensure everything stays on track.
The role requires working closely with engineers, contractors, and other agencies to solve technical problems and oversee fieldwork.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in technical fields like drafting or electrical systems who enjoys leading projects and handling complex logistics.
Key Requirements
- Experience equivalent to Pay Band FV-H/FG-12, including drafting, surveying, construction estimating, mathematics, and electrical or mechanical systems
- Ability to create and maintain construction/installation schedules and budgets to meet project deadlines and financial limits
- Skills in serving as a technical expert or senior project manager for complex systems and innovative approaches
- Proficiency in coordinating with contracting officers, project engineers, and field personnel on technical and contractual issues
- Capability to oversee field personnel, provide technical advice, resolve design and construction problems, and recommend training
- Experience in managing logistics, resources, and inter-agency coordination for large-scale projects
- Knowledge of FAA systems for analyzing, designing, installing, repairing, and maintaining complex aviation infrastructure
Full Job Description
The incumbent serves as a Field Project Coordinator at a Field Maintenance Program (FMP) Center.
To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess experience equivalent to Pay Band FV-H/FG-12.
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience is: Drafting, surveying construction estimating, mathematics, electrical or mechanical systems.
Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully.
Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. Major Duties:
As a Field Project Coordinator at a Field Maintenance Program (FMP) Center, the incumbent creates and maintains construction/installation schedules and budget to ensure completion of project within schedule and budget.
Serves as the principle technical expert to develop new or innovative concepts and approaches to systems, programs, and policies or serves as a senior project manager or team leader for large, challenging work activities.
Serves as the focal point for the contracting officer, project engineer and FMP Focals on all technical and contract issues.
Manages the logistics portion of construction/installation projects by working with the contracting officer on contractual issues.
Coordinate construction/installation activities with project engineers and FMP Focals.
Coordinate with the appropriate regional associate program manager on budget issues to solicit for additional funding. Contacts are both external and internal.
Coordinates with other organizations and agencies. Interacts with managers and employees within Engineering Services and other FAA organizations.
Provide technical advice/direction to field personnel to help plan and implements projects, in addition to overseeing work activities, resolve design problems, construction delays and concerns with construction or installation work.
Recommends project assignments and training for field personnel to increase their job skills and knowledge.
Plans, schedules and identifies the resources required to address the construction management needs as identified in the CWP. Oversees the FMP Focals and work force.
Works with the project engineers/technicians to schedule project construction phases accordingly based on priorities and available field resources. Contacts are both internal and external.
Performs work requiring agency-wide leadership for highly complex and challenging technical activities associating with analyzing, designing, modifying, developing, installing, repairing, fabricating, maintaining, or evaluating the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible.
Provides guidance to other technicians regarding difficult or operational issues.
Applies experience and expert technical knowledge of assigned disciplines to develop new concepts, systems, or innovative approaches and to identify and resolve complex issues that may cross-organizational boundaries.
Must be able to create and adhere to funding and budgetary limits for complex projects.
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