Engineering Technician; Mechanical Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• You will serve as an ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL) in the AC and R/AIR SYSTEMS BRANCH (CODE 252) of the SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (SERMC) located in MAYPORT, FL.
• You will serve as Team or Group Leader providing technical oversight and immediate authoritative technical assistance on urgent mission degrading casualty reports (CASREPs) or similar problems.
• You will troubleshoot, repair, and test high, medium, and low-pressure air compressors, AC-and-R plants, compressed air systems, bleed, prairie, masker, start and dry air systems, and ventilation systems and each systems associated components.
• You will participate in data collection and integral data analysis efforts as directed to evaluate performance characteristics, assess improvements, record trends, etc.
• You will perform functional checkout, refinement, adjustment, and tests of new or modernized shipboard systems in an operational evaluation.

• Qualifications To qualify for a GS-12, your resume must also 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:
• Experience applying a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of assigned systems to permit rapid analysis and resolution of atypical problems. Must have mastered specialty field to the extent of resolving problems, which normally confuse others.
• Experience being familiar with related engineering disciplines (such as electrical, electronic, mechanical, structural, etc.) to analyze problems from an overall system viewpoint.
• Experience applying knowledge and the ability to resolve complex problems in assigned equipment and systems in a stressful environment and under constant pressure to produce rapid results and meet operational schedules.
• Experience using written communication skills to present findings and recommendations in formal engineering reports, and oral communication skills to represent the Command in meetings and dealing with a wide range of contacts at varying levels of authority. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
  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. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
• Education BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIALIZED
  
  EXPERIENCE:
  
  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. 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. Certification:
  Engineering technicians may be certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies, an organization sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers. Certification by the Institute will be helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience. Additional information This announcement uses the Defense Industrial Base, Major Range and Test Facilities direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.
  
  Several incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
• About 25% of work is performed in an office setting. When conducting shipboard investigations and visiting ships incumbent is subject to standing, walking, climbing, and crawling in and around the equipment/system. Exposure to hazardous electrical voltages, large rotating machinery elements, electromagnetic radiation, nuclear radiation, explosive or flammable materials, and working inside boilers, turbines, condensers, etc. may occur on a regular basis.
  
  This position requires exposure to high noise levels. May be exposed to adverse environmental conditions such as hot/cold, humidity, noise, and airborne…