Engineering Tech (electrical)

United States Fleet Forces Command; Kittery (ME); On-site; USD 75,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, seeks an Engineering Technician (Electrical) to join the Electrical/Electronics Engineering and Planning Division of the Chief Engineer, Engineering and Planning Department. Responsibilities include applying engineering concepts to submarine electrical/electronic systems, directing troubleshooting for complex issues, and mentoring junior engineers and technicians.

Strong written and verbal communication is essential, along with authoring process

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical/electronic submarine systems.
• Experience directing troubleshooting for complex electrical/electronic issues.
• Ability to develop new approaches for solving engineering problems.
• Excellent written and oral communication for training and mentoring.
• Experience authoring and maintaining local/organizational process instructions.

Skills

Engineering concepts

Troubleshooting leadership

Problem solving approaches

Communication (oral/written)

Process instruction authoring

Job description

You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL) in the ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DIVISION, CHIEF ENGINEER, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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 of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to the full range of duties performed on submarine electrical and electronic systems.
• Experience directing troubleshooting efforts for all complex problems related to the electrical/electronic systems assigned.
• Experience developing new approaches in solving a variety of engineering problems not resolved by accepted methods.
• Experience communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, sufficient for formally training and mentoring junior engineer and technicians.
• Experience authoring and maintaining certain local and organizational authored process instructions.

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/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.