Job opening: Engineering Technician
Salary: $78 592 - 102 166 per year
Published at: Nov 03 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Primary duties are throughout the hospital in patient care areas, storage areas, warehouses, loading docks, and in administrative office settings. Work hours are regular first shift. Shifts may rotate as necessary with sufficient advanced notice, with potential for over-time and on-call work.
Duties
Apply latest technological advances relating to the specialization; and analyzes and evaluates designs, proposals and ideas submitted by others.
Determine that all data needed for production is provided in accordance with appropriate technical standards.
Prepare cost estimates for facility management projects.
Develop and update policy that will keep the facilities accredited at all times through execution of contractual oversight.
Monitor performance of contractor and government hospital maintenance and upkeep procedures for compliance.
Research technical manuals, hospital policies and procedures on the environment of care standards for the sterility and cleanliness of the hospital environment provided by the Facility management department.
Provide guidance to staff regarding technical matters for on-going Facility Management projects.
Write instructions for the operating, maintenance and calibration of equipment.
Inspect and provide Quality Assurance duties for various Facility Maintenance contracts that support the operation and maintenance of a military hospital according to applicable accreditation standards.
Provide guidance and oversight to other inspectors, making inspections of work, providing schedules, and reviewing other inspectors' submittals and transmitting final reports and inspections to the Contracting Officer for validation.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Tier 3 security investigation or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, or on an "on call" basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.
- This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.
Qualifications
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.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
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: Specialized experience is defined as: validate facilities maintenance and upkeep projects, participate in the oversight of contracted services and maintenance. Applies quality assurance standards during inspections on facilities maintenance contracts (to include cleaning, transportation, and removal of waste). Interprets standards of work, (primarily hospital cleanliness) applying them to existing conditions in the medical treatment facility. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).
Individual Occupational Requirement: Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: maintenance and upkeep of a medical center. 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 to include contractual management and performance of contractual inspection services. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or inspection responsibilities such as: -Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
DesignOral CommunicationProject ManagementQuality Assurance
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-10).
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DDAAFF DHA NCR MKT-WR NATL MIL MED CTR
DO NOT MAIL
Bethesda, MD 20889
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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