SummaryEmployee will serve as an Engineering Technician - Design aligned within Engineering Service - Project Engineering and Design Section located at the Veterans Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network in Fayetteville - NC.
QualificationsTo qualify for this Engineering Technician GS-9 grade position - applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position - and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable - specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-8) in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting - surveying construction estimating - mathematics - architecture - electrical or mechanical 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. Specialized experience for this position includes: Developing designs - plans - and specifications for facility projects - to include preparing space requirements - drawings - layouts - and plans for proposed construction and structural projects - improvements - alterations - modifications - repairs - and equipment installations; Conducting engineering surveys and inspection of construction projects to assure compliance with contract requirements; Analyzing and providing alternative creative proposals or solutions for the benefit of the facility. This involves not only the technical review of civil - mechanical - electrical - architectural and structural plans - but also of specifications and construction cost estimates for facilities and utility systems; and Applying skill using AutoCAD 2010 or new computer system to formulate and adapt design plans. NOTE: Resume(s) must clearly support the level of experience described above to receive credit. We will not make assumption regarding experience. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. To be creditable - education must include a major study in engineering - engineering or industrial technology - construction - drafting - surveying - or mathematics. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of one year) and specialized experience are also qualifying. Both education and experience must be related to this position - as described above. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Duties
- THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION The primary purpose of this position involves coordinating - technical overview - and inspection of construction projects and programs - including technical assignments involving application of engineering principles using judgment and accepted engineering design and construction practices and maintaining built drawing for the enterprise
- Duties will include - but may not be limited to the following: Assists engineers and technicians in the performance of difficult facility engineering design projects involving the repair - maintenance - or modernization of equipment - systems - or structures of moderate scope and complexity
- Responsible for customer interface - definition of requirements - and development of designs - plans - and specifications for facility projects
- Participates in engineering surveys and initiates - formulates and adapts design plans - specifications
- Routinely provides original detailed drawings utilizing AutoCAD 2010 or newer computer system to implement the finished product
- Monitors and maintains the AutoCAD Drawing Library - ensuring that preliminary drawings - tracings - and sketches as related to project assignments are maintained in a systematic manner - numerically and chronologically
- Ensure record drawings are maintained for all station structures and grounds - working with computer-aided design (CAD) staff and utilizing AutoCAD programs
- Prepares space requirements - drawings - layouts - and plans for proposed additions - improvements - alterations - modifications - repairs - and equipment installations - utilizing written specifications - photographs - sketches - and models
- Performs other related duties as assigned
- Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday-Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
