ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

MaineGuide; Kittery, Northern (ME, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is seeking an Engineering Technician (Assistant Planning and Engineering Manager) to support the Engineering and Planning Department. The role involves assisting in engineering administration, preparing documents, and reviewing work for proper integration of engineering features.

The position requires handling audits, coordinating projects, and maintaining program documentation while ensuring safety and quality standards across development, design, installation, and

Qualifications

• Specialized experience at GS-11 or equivalent in federal or private sector.
• Ability to obtain engineering decisions to resolve problems timely.
• Plan projects: determine facilities, equipment, personnel.
• Estimate labor and material costs and assign work to shops or codes.
• Investigate problems related to work by shipyard teams.
• Strong skills with Access or Excel database systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Engineering and Planning Manager in engineering administration.
• Work on engineering projects and availabilities; prepare engineering documents.
• Complete engineering audits and evaluations.
• Responsible for engineering aspects in development, design, installation, test and performance of systems and equipment.
• Review planned, in-progress and completed work to ensure integration of latest features.
• Maintain scientific/engineering programs and related documentation.
• Direct/train/coordinate efforts to complete engineering and facilities projects.

Skills

Engineering decisions

Project planning

Labor/material estimating

Problem investigation

Database skills

Tools

Access

Excel

Job description

Summary

You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (Assistant Planning and Engineering Manager - APEPM) for the Engineering and Planning Department of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will assist the Project Engineering and Planning Manager as required in the engineering administration of project management products.
• You will work on engineering projects and availabilities as assigned, including preparing engineering documents.
• You will complete engineering audits and evaluations.
• You will be responsible for the engineering aspects involved in the development, design, installation, test, and performance of systems and equipment.
• You will review planned work, in progress and completed, to ensure integration of the most recent and desirable engineering features.
• You will maintain scientific/engineering programs and other documentation that pertains to them.
• You will direct, train and/or coordinate efforts required to complete engineering and facilities projects.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.

Qualifications

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:

• Ability to obtain engineering decisions to effect timely, technically adequate and cost-effective resolution of problems. 2.) Plan for projects, by determining facilities, equipment, material, numbers, and kinds of shop personnel required. 3.) Estimating labor and material costs and preparing job order specifications assigning work to shops or codes in accordance with requirements. 4.) Ability to investigate problems related to work performed by other Shipyard engineering and support groups. 5.) High skill level with database systems (Access or Excel).

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems.

Responsibilities

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.

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

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.

Additional information

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

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/career-transition/

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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