About the Position: This position is assigned to the River Operations Branch, Navigation Section and serves as an Equipment Specialist for vessels, marine equipment, and floating plants. NOTE: This is a Term position, Not to Exceed 6 Years.

Duties

Inspects, tests, and oversees repair of various types of Marine equipment. Serves as coordinator and liaison with Contracting as well as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) on contract actions involving Floating Plant. Develops work schedules, prepares repair estimates, and determines labor and material requirements with asset owner/manager. Monitors all ongoing maintenance work conducted to assure that work is completed on a timely basis. Performs routine and emergency buys for parts and materials required for the repair of vessels and equipment. Compiles, prepares and generates various reports, records, statistics, listings, charts and graphs, or other Preventive Maintenance (PM). Uses knowledge of the operation and maintenance of floating plant to inspect progress and completed work.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires temporary duty (TDY) travel 15% of the time.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.

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. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 for GS-12: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal Government which included experience in the following areas: (1) Inspecting equipment in accordance with manufacture's specifications; (2) Analyzing or supervising maintenance, repair, or production operations to determine methods of improvement; (3) Coordinating maintenance, repair and readiness of equipment/vessels; and (4) Recognizing and reporting errors, inconsistencies and other deficiencies in technical data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service GS-11. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Planning and EvaluatingReading ComprehensionTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Contacts

• Address RG-W2R904 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-VICKSBURG DO NOT MAIL Vicksburg, MS 39183 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk