About the Position: This Geodetic Technician position is located at U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), Warfighter Directorate, Sensors & Soldier Perf Division (AJM)with duty location of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Duties

Analyze and evaluate data based on various datums and grid systems, especially when data origins are vague, old, fragmentary, or of insufficient accuracy. Deliver various geodetic technical services, including the acquisition, analysis, processing, and computation of geodetic data. Serve as the preeminent employee for ensuring that Direct Test Support, Modernization, Customer, and Improvement and Modernization programs requiring geodetic support, are concluded expeditiously. Participates in planning conferences to assess test requirements, relevant conditions, required accuracies, and desired instrumentation coverage. Serve as a senior technician with the responsibility for the overall operation, planning, direction and conduct of the civil engineering field support mission of the Geodetic Branch. Responsible for coordinating work requirements, setting internal priorities, making recommendations for job assignments, reviewing data for accuracy.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance through the duration of your employment.
• The incumbent of this position must successfully pass a urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment and periodically thereafter.
• This position requires the employee to occasionally travel away from the normal duty station up to 25% of the time.
• This position requires a pre-employment and annual physical examination.
• Position requires incumbent must be able to attain and retain a license to operate government motor vehicles and equipment up to 26,000 pounds.
• Position requires participation in the Medical Surveillance Program.

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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Priority 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 Eligible In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) experience setting up, align, operate, and/or maintain precision surveying equipment such as electronic and mechanical theodolites, robotic total stations, digital levels, high-definition scanners (HDS), and geodetic grade GPS surveying systems; (2) experience providing various geodetic technical services, such as analysis, processing, and computation of geodetic data. and 3) experience establishing final grid and geographic coordinates for control networks. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower level/grade position in the federal service (NJ-03/GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Organizational Performance AnalysisSurveyingTechnical CompetenceTechnology Application

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address SE-W4QUAA US ARMY TEST EVALUATION CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk