Engineering Technician

National-Oceanic-; Fairbanks (AK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NESDIS, OSPO, announces one vacancy in Fairbanks, AK. This federal position is filled through standard competitive procedures and is located in the Alaska area.

QUALIFICATIONS: The vacancy uses OPM standards. There is no formal education requirement; applicants must have one year of specialized experience in building services, grounds and road maintenance, and budget validation of contractors.

Job description

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO), with one vacancy in Fairbanks, AK.

This position is also announced under vacancy number NESDIS-26-13024776-ST, which is open to Status Candidates.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/

EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience for the 802 series in general 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.

Specialized experience: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

To qualify at the ZT-4 or GS-11 level:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZT-3 or GS-10 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Providing technical support for essential building services and systems including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and waste management on a routine and emergency basis;
• Providing support for grounds and road maintenance, as well as site safety programs; and
• Generating annual maintenance budgets and validating contractor proposals.