This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Central Region (CR) with one vacancy in Kansas City, MO. This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS CRH-24-12343627-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as a Supervisory Engineering Technician. As a Supervisory Engineering Technician, you will perform the following duties: Advise field managers on implementation and interpretation of plans, policies and procedures pertaining to electronic equipment and facilities. Evaluate the quality, reliability and efficiency of maintenance operations across the region to recommend the most efficient use of resources in relation to electronics maintenance and facility operations. Collaborate with others in the regional office, partner agencies, and customers on facility issues to find effective solutions to service, technical, and organizational problems. Manage and oversee contracts and projects from start to finish and all aspects associated.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify for the GS-13: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Facilitating maintenance, installation, modification, or support of electronic equipment, structures, infrastructure (ex: water, electrical, sewer, etc.), electrical power conditioning and backup equipment, heating, ventilation and cooling systems, towers or other facilities that support the weather, water and climate programs; Utilizing remote monitoring techniques, methods, and processes sufficient to understand systems fundamentals, troubleshoot issues, or to identify and determine the functionality of each component of a Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning system; and, Supporting project coordinators or contracting officer representatives ensuring plans, schedules, and quality control.

Education

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Applicant Inquiries
• Email: [email protected]