Job opening: Engineering Technician (Mechanical)
Salary: $84 046 - 109 260 per year
Published at: Oct 25 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located at the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (RIA-JMTC).
Duties
Establish the technical data baseline and control the configuration management throughout the entire preproduction and production process.
Prepare detailed engineering layouts and drawings in support of prototype manufacture and/or proposed revision to existing technical data.
Conduct technical review and evaluation of operational and performance tests to determine their adequacy and applicability to current ongoing production programs.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
Qualifications
Position may be filled as a term appointment NTE 13 months. Term appointments may be extended up to a maximum of 8 years. Army employees who accept a time-limited appointment (to include employees with personal competitive status) will be separated at the end of the time-limited appointment date if the Not-to-Exceed (NTE) date is not extended. There are no return/reemployment rights to the position vacated prior to accepting the time-limited appointment. Permanent Army employees who accept such time-limited appointment opportunities will be expected to sign a statement of understanding to acknowledge the associated impacts to their permanent status.
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 VeteransInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
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 which includes preparing and releasing CAD models, drawings, engineering process simulations, change request and technical recommendations for assigned end items; reviewing, controlling and releasing of technical data for manufacturing/packaging of assigned items; and using engineering principles (statics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, dynamics, physics, math, etc.) to assure work conforms to safety and quality requirement. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
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.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Mechanical EngineeringOral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingProject Management
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-11).
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address GM-W0K8AA USA RIA JOINT MFG TECHNOLOGY CENTER
DO NOT MAIL
Rock Island, IL 61299
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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