Job opening: ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL)
Salary: $83 854 - 109 011 per year
Published at: Dec 12 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL) in the Maintenance and Waterfront Engineering Branch (Code 711), Lifting and Handling Technical Division (Code 710), Deputy Lifting and Handling Department (Code 701), Lifting and Handling Department (Code 700) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.
Duties
You will conduct and oversee engineering design for various types of mechanical systems.
You will write drafts of technical portions of specification for various categories of mechanical equipment and systems.
You will prepare technical mechanical data requiring broad engineering technician experience for use in the preparation of projects.
You will make field investigations to determine the scope of a reported mechanical malfunction and make design or procedural changed to correct deficiency.
You will review trend analysis data on non-nuclear weightlifting equipment and nuclear/non-nuclear weight handling equipment.
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 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.
Qualifications
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:
Experience in the maintenance, testing, and inspection of weight handling equipment in the mechanical area of the various types of this equipment used throughout the Shipyard.
Experience with performing checks of working plans, material specifications, test specs, and other technical documents to ensure conformity with specifications and quality requirements.
Experience with design installation, maintenance, reliability, failure analysis, and interface with other shipboard systems or related equipment.
Experience with design modification, alteration, troubleshooting, engineering evaluation, requirement definition, and testing of shipboard systems.
Experience preparing material ordering documents including sole source documentation, procurement clause forms, or information sheets in support of engineering projects.
Experience providing management advisory and technical services related to engineering operations, construction, material properties, processes, and mechanical devices.
Experience using job-relevant information systems and/or software applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets, automated research tools, database applications, and the Internet.
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
Engineering Technical Series 0802 (opm.gov)
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 NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
NNSY
Portsmouth, VA 23709
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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