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Range Operations Technician

U.S. Army Forces Command

Department of the Army

Fresh

Location

Salary

$50,460 - $65,599

per year

Closes

April 9, 2026

GS-6 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $37,764 - $49,094

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-5. Bachelor's degree + some experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing communications and scheduling safety inspections for military training ranges at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, ensuring safe operations in live fire and maneuver areas.

It's a temporary role up to four years, mainly for current Army civilian employees.

A good fit would be someone with experience in safety protocols, inspections, and handling operations in high-risk environments like military training facilities.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience in eliminating safety hazards in work methods or environmental conditions
  • Experience implementing safety training or promotion in live fire facilities, maneuver areas, ranges, and impact areas
  • Experience performing routine inspections and investigative work to enforce occupational safety and health laws
  • 52 weeks of federal service at the GS-05 level or equivalent within the last 52 weeks (time-in-grade requirement)
  • Current permanent Department of the Army civilian employee eligible for time-limited assignments
  • Ability to operate communication centers and schedule inspections based on training events

Full Job Description

About the Position: This Range Operations Technician position is located at Range Control Branch Training Support Systems with duty location of Ft. Johnson, LA.

This position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed 4 Years by a current permanent Army employee.

Refer to Additional Information for Time Limited assignment details. If you are NOT a current permanent Army employee, please see Announcement Number SCEP-26-12921096- MP.

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.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments 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. Your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.

Specialized experience involves (l) eliminating safety hazards in work methods or environmental conditions; (2) implementing safety training or promotion within the arena of live fire facilities, maneuver areas, ranges, and impact areas; and (3) performing routine inspection and investigative work in enforcing occupational safety and health laws.

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

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: 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-06).

Major Duties:

  • Operates Range Control Communication Center.
  • Schedules inspections based upon training events posted on the Range Control Operations daily range bulletin.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/3/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: SCEP-26-12925894- MP