Engineering Technician

Open & closing dates
08/19/2024 to 09/09/2024

This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.

Salary
$54,505 – $86,670 per year

Pay scale & grade
GS 7 – 9

Duties
The major duties of the Engineering Technician position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assemble, design, and repair monitoring equipment to support park research needs.
• Assist researchers with troubleshooting, equipment and data transfer, and feasibility assessments.
• Operate and maintain a safe laboratory/workshop, including purchasing materials and equipment, organizing and inventorying, and managing field equipment and vehicles.
• Provide coordination support and field support for technical assistance requests, divisional operational support, and project status meetings.
• Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements
Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver’s license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator’s License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver’s licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 3 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-09/09/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for the Engineering Technician position at the GS-07/08/09 grade, you must meet the following basic requirements by the closing date of this announcement:

Basic Requirement
Specialized Experience: Qualifying specialized experience to include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Other examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes; Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated.

– AND –
To qualify for this position at the GS-07/08/09 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

To qualify for GS-7:
To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must meet the following minimum qualifications by the closing date of this announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) Repairing, evaluating, and assembling scientific equipment; (2) working in close association with physical scientists, engineers, or other technical personnel such as a laboratory mechanic or in a trade or craft;(3) Processing data from equipment; (4) Electronic and mechanical system testing, development, troubleshooting and maintenance; (5) Routine use of database management, word processing, and specialized software programs essential to laboratory work; (6) Outdoor Field Work in parks to collect acoustic and photometric data. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education; Major study — engineering, construction, or industrial technology. You must include transcripts
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COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.

To qualify for GS-08:
To qualify for this position at the GS-08 grade level, you must meet the following minimum qualifications by the closing date of this announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as performing the following: (1) Designing, repairing, evaluating, and assembling scientific equipment; (2)working in close association with physical scientists, engineers, or other technical personnel such as a laboratory mechanic or in a trade or craft; (3) Processing data from equipment and system testing;(4) Electronic and mechanical system design, development, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance; (5)Advanced use of database management, word process, Python or R programming, and specialized software programs essential to laboratory work; (6)and Outdoor Field Work Collecting acoustic and/or photometric data. You must include hours per week worked.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-08 grade level of this announcement.

To qualify for GS-09:
To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must meet the following minimum qualifications by the closing date of this announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as performing the following: Experience at this level includes performing the following: (1) Designing, repairing, evaluating, and assembling scientific equipment; (2 Experience with CAD and/or circuit design; (3)Working in close association with physical scientists, engineers, or other technical personnel as well as higher level staff such as client representative and managers; (4) Processing data from equipment and system testing; (5) Electronic and mechanical system design, development, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance; (6) demonstrated advanced technical documentation and reporting; (7) and advanced use of database management, word processing, Python and R programming, and specialized software programs essential to laboratory work (8) and Outdoor Field Work Collecting acoustic and/or photometric data.. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two full years of graduate education or a master’s degree in the major of engineering, construction, or industrial technology. You must include transcripts.
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COMBINATION: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as “varies”. Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-08 grade level of this announcement.

Recruiter: Olen Gillespie