Engineering Technician (mechanical)

Engineering Technician (Mechanical)

You will serve as an Engineering Technician (Mechanical) in the Engineering & Planning Department, Code 291.1 of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities include performing or directing planning, installation, and testing of equipment and systems involved during a ship's overhaul period. You will coordinate with other engineers and technicians to ensure that all systems areas are covered and the areas of overlapping responsibilities between technical disciplines receive proper consideration. You will brief upper management on troubleshooting, operations, and design of systems. You will provide the sequence of work and manning requirements information to project and department managers. You will prepare scheduling documents, milestone charts, man-day estimates, and other management documents for assigned systems. You will perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements include conditions of employment and qualifications. 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: Experience with major mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering projects associated with the functional design, performance of various types of submarine weapon systems and components. Experience assisting with directing the planning, installation, and testing of equipment and systems involved during a ship's overhaul period. Experience preparing and reviewing correspondence, such as Job Summaries, Task Group Instruments (TGI's), Deficiency Logs (DL's), Deficiency Reports (DR's), technical reports, estimates, status reports, instructions, and procedures. Experience negotiating projects with managers and ship force support to gain approval and testing authority. For GS-07, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering projects associated with the functional design, performance of various types of submarine weapon systems and components. Experience assisting with the planning, installation, and testing of equipment and systems involved during a ship's overhaul period. Experience assisting with preparing and reviewing correspondence, such as Job Summaries, Task Group Instruments (TGI's), Deficiency Logs (DL's), Deficiency Reports (DR's), technical reports, estimates, status reports, instructions, and procedures. Experience assisting with negotiating projects with managers and ship force support to gain approval and testing authority.

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/.

Education substitution for experience is available. For GS-09, successful completion of two full years of graduate education or successful completion of a master's degree may substitute for the required experience. For GS-07, successful completion of one full year of graduate education may substitute for the required experience. Combinations of education and experience may also be used to meet the total qualification requirements.