You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the METRO PRODUCTION OFFICE of NAVFAC SOUTHWEST. Salary Range for GS-11: $82, 633 - $107,421 Salary Range for GS-09: $68,297 - 88,786

Duties

You will provide utility engineering technical assistance and serve as an advisory authority to installations across the NAVFAC SW Area of Responsibility (AOR). You will stand watch working first, second, or third shift per an established rotating schedule. You will utilize the command and control functions of Micro Grid to manage demand reduction and response operations based on variable supply conditions and time-of-use pricing, including the ability to pass price signal data on to consumers. You will operate and Monitor and Operate Supervisory and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system(s) to interpret and troubleshoot system data, alarms and warnings and work with field crews to perform operations. You will communicate both orally and in writing problems and solutions to management and first responders. You will play an integral part of day-to-day utilities operations from a central command point, located in an office environment. You will use common computer applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) to create documents and reports.

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 successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. To be considered for GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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) Maintaining and operating mechanical distribution systems and equipment, and electrical distribution systems and equipment up to 69KV; 2) Applying safety practices and procedures with utility distribution systems, high and low voltage electrical and mechanical utility distribution; 3) Reading and understanding engineering drawings, sketches, specifications, material lists, job/task orders, electrical one lines and other utility system drawings; 4.) Working with utility monitoring systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or equivalent; 4) Interpreting, troubleshooting and disseminating information concerning alarms and warnings, engineering graphics, computer aided design (CAD), geographic information systems (GIS), Microsoft Office software including Access, Excel, Word; 5) Communicating clearly and effectively in order to formulate and present findings, briefings, narrative reports, and production summaries / metrics. To be considered for GS-09: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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) Collecting and analyzing data to include electrical load, and provide reports on utility purchasing, demand reduction and utility operations; 2) Reviewing and approving electrical device switching packages; 3) Assisting in writing scheduled and unscheduled switching packages; 4) Answering calls, determining what the problem or request is and taking appropriate action. NOTE: This experience must be fully and clearly supported in your resume. 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

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

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