You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of NAVFAC SOUTHWEST.

Duties

You will inspect boilers, unfired pressure vessels, piping, and related controls and equipment to ensure safe operations. You will perform acceptance tests on newly installed or constructed heating power boilers and unfired pressure vessels. You will certify equipment approved for use when the equipment successfully passes inspection. You will analyze operating problems and recommend changes to correct deficiencies.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current Boiler Inspector license.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

Qualifications

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. A NAVFACENGCOM Certificate of Competency, and current Boiler Inspector license issued by the NAVFAC Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center's (EXWC) NAVFAC Boiler & UPV Program Manager. NOTE: YOU MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE WITH YOUR APPLICATION. For the GS-12 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Ensuring code compliance in the construction and maintenance of boilers, water heaters, and unfired pressure vessels; 2) Conducting inspections, tests, and certifications of boilers (e.g., firetube boilers, water-tube boilers, and hot water boilers) and unfired pressure vessels to ensure efficient operations; 3) Review activity reports to determine compliance with inspection schedules, standards and codes; and 4) Applying mechanical engineering principles and concepts as applied to boiler plants, heating plants, power plants, power plant controls and auxiliary equipment. NOTE: The information in your resume must support this in order to be considered for this position. For the GS-11 Position: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Understanding the maintenance and operations, inspection, testing and certification of all types of boilers; 2) Providing engineering technical services, technical assistance, inspection and support; and 3) Training to become a licensed Boiler Inspector. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Contacts

• Address NAVFAC SOUTHWEST 750 Pacific Hwy San Diego, CA 92132 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]