Engineering Technician

This position is with the Mechanical Design Section. We provide a broad range of mechanical design services for heavy hoist machinery, fish facilities, pumps/piping systems, and more. The full performance level of this position is responsible for CADD utilizing Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD, and some Building Information Modeling BIM utilizing Revit to support engineers through model management for the design and contract document development of Civil Works building and infrastructure projects. Entry level duties include performing computer-aided design and drafting using standard methods and techniques. Duties assigned will progressively increase in difficulty, complexity, and responsibility as increased skills are demonstrated, leading to execution of full performance level duties: Perform advanced computer-aided design and drafting utilizing Autodesk Inventor and/or Revit to support architects and engineers on Civil Works building and infrastructure projects. Develop and maintain CADD/BIM design content, including families, template structures, schedule development, and parameter databases, while troubleshooting common model management issues. Incorporate engineering redlines, field measurements, on-site sketches, and verbal/written technical data to revise and finalize project drawings. Consult with architects, engineers, and operations personnel to investigate discrepancies and obtain critical technical parameters. Incorporate models from multiple platforms into a single model. Manage workstation operations, perform secure file backups/archives, execute data transfers, and train professional staff in core Autodesk software operations. Execute limited-scope design segments, perform rudimentary technical calculations, and conduct product research under professional engineering supervision. Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Qualified applicants at the GS-07 level will describe in their resume at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade with Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software, preparing and updating drawing sheets from layouts of sketches including several cross section and subassembly drawings, using three-dimensional projections; and computing and tabulating quantities for mechanical projects. This experience is equivalent to the GS-06 level in federal service. OR Education: one full year of graduate level education in an appropriate field of engineering technology or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics (NOTE: Transcripts are required at time of application). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement for placement at the GS-07: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06). Qualified applicants at the GS-08 level will describe in their resume at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade with Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) software preparing and updating complete sets of drawings for construction contract documents from engineering sketches and selecting, rejecting, and interpreting data based on knowledge of design intent. This experience is equivalent to the GS-07 level in federal service. This experience is equivalent to the GS-07 level in federal service. OR Education: One and a half years of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position such as engineering technology or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics (NOTE: Transcripts are required at time of application). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 9. Add the two percentages. Time in Grade Requirement for placement at the GS-08: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). Qualified applicants at the GS-09 level will describe in their resume at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade with Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) in Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks AutoCAD, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) such as Revit to support architects and engineers for Civil Works building and infrastructure projects. My experience also includes maintaining CADD and BIM models. This experience is equivalent to the GS-08 level in federal service. OR Education: One and a half years of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position such as engineering technology or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics (NOTE: Transcripts are required at time of application). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 9. Add the two