This position is located in the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL), with one vacancy in Seattle, WA. This position is also announced under vacancy number OAR PMEL-23-12061878-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

As a Physical Science Technician, you will perform the following duties: Collect mooring data acquisitions and designs and studies characteristics of buoy mooring systems. Design, fabricate, and modify buoy mooring systems. Study and analyze unsatisfactory characteristics of present systems. Collaborate with the supervisory engineer of projects and conduct experimental projects to develop equipment. Conduct assessments of mooring components and uses software to design oceanographic moorings and preparing logistics of equipment. Conducts strength and environmental tests of mooring components. Design oceanographic moorings using Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) cable or similar finite element analysis software. Arrange logistics for mooring equipment to be sent to and returned from remote sites and to meet ships in distant ports. Oversee mooring hardware maintenance and provides reports on projects. Provide written reports on projects including detailed mooring diagrams, progress reports, evaluations, and analysis.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the ZT-4 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-3 or GS-10 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Participating in designing and modifying buoy mooring systems; Conducting tests of mooring components and recovering mooring and data acquisition systems; Participating in arranging logistics for mooring equipment; and Providing reports on projects that include mooring diagrams, progress reports, and evaluations.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Mark Delong
• Email: [email protected]