You will serve as a Range Safety Engineering Technician in the Ranges/Targets Ops/Instrumentation & Labs Group China Lake Ranges Dept/Range Operations Div/Safety Branch of NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV CHINA LAKE.

Duties

You will provide technical expertise in Explosive Safety for support of China Lake Ranges (CLR) ground events. You will Identify and analyze risks for ground operations/unexploded ordnance. You will provide day-to-day operations support to Range Safety Team members. You will provide ground operations and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) expertise/advice to test team during event planning.

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 STRL Demo jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower pay band. This requirement is called time-in-band. Time-in-band 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 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 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.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications

To Qualify for the DT-04 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-9/10) or pay band (DT-03) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience includes duties related to the following: 1)leading teams in pursuit of safe test preparation and conduct; 2) interfacing with test managers, customers, and safety personnel; 3) providing decision-quality data to leadership; 4) Negotiating positive outcomes which supporting both customer goals and also satisfying safety policy; 5)Maintaining accurate records in support of explosive safety regulation and policy. To Qualify for the DT-05: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11/12) or pay band (DT-04) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience includes duties related to the following: 1)Experience leading technical teams in pursuit of safe test preparation and conduct; 2) Interfacing directly on a daily basis with test managers, customers, and the greater DoD safety community; 3) providing decision-quality data to Range leadership; 4) Negotiating positive outcomes which support both customer goals and also satisfy safety policy; 5) generating and maintaining accurate records in support of explosive safety regulation and policy. 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

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess

Basic Requirements:

Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 or equivalent and above):

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems.

Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as:

• Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes.
• Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated.

Certification:

Engineering technicians may be certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies, an organization sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers. Certification by the Institute will be helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience.

Contacts

• Address NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV CHINA LAKE 1 Administration Circle China Lake, CA 93555-6100 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]