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.
• Coordinating with other engineers and technicians to ensure all systems areas are covered and areas of overlapping responsibilities receive proper consideration.
• Providing technical advice to junior engineers and technicians on possible approaches to the solutions of problems experienced.
• Briefing upper management on troubleshooting, operations, and design of systems.
• Providing the sequence of work and manning requirements information to project and department managers.
• Preparing scheduling documents, milestone charts, man-day estimates, and other management documents for assigned systems.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements include:

GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 providing expertise for major mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering projects associated with the functional design, performance of various types of submarine weapon systems and components.
• Experience 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.
• Experience coordinating the work of branch engineers and technicians, to ensure all system areas are covered.

GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 applying knowledge to 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 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.
• Experience assisting with coordinating the work of branch engineers and technicians, to ensure all system areas are covered.

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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-TECH https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area.

Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary.

Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy.

If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes.

Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment.