Engineering Technician Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
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Job Location:
New London County, CT - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 84260 - 109545
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
This vacancy is for a GSEngineering Technician - Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering located in the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard CG ACADEMY ACADEMICS DIVISION.
You will serve as an Engineering Technician and be responsible for the equipment facilities and computer software associated with the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Departments laboratory facilities. You will also assist faculty members with the preparation and execution of various laboratory student exercises including oversight of student work. The mission of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department is to ensure that graduates possess the engineering expertise associated with design construction operations and repair of Coast Guard and commercial vessels.
Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:
- Purchasing assembling installing and operating equipment instrumentation software and other apparatus in classroom or laboratories in support of instructional and research activities.
- Assisting faculty in setting up equipment and material for experiments laboratory exercises demonstrations and assisting students during these activities.
- Maintaining modifying calibrating and repairing lab equipment.
- Procuring receiving and maintaining adequate stock of materials and supplies for teaching and research purposes.
- Coordinating and implementing program safety strategy and policies.
Conditions of employment
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
Do NOT include the following types of information in your resume:
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Date of Birth (DOB)
- Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position)
- Personal information: such as age gender religious affiliation etc.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
- Selectee must provide a valid state drivers license and safe driving record.
- Selectee subject to successful completion of pre-employment medical exam.
- All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.
Qualifications
To qualify at the GS-11 grade level applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-10 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability skill and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
NOTE: All experience statements (i.e. duties specialized experience or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
Specialized experience must include some of the following:
- Boat design/analysis/repair/construction marine systems electrical or mechanical systems Computer-Aided Design software 3D printers electronics/software instrumentation experimentation.
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:
- Apprentice Engineer who created and analyzed designs for prototyping or production purposes.
- Marine experimental facility technician or model maker who performed design or testing work on devices fabricated.
- CNC operator or mechanic assisting in building engineering components or systems.
- Teaching at High School or College level in STEM fields.
OR
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelors degree (a) with major study in an appropriate field of engineering construction or industrial technology; or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering engineering or industrial technology physics computer aided design machining and manufacturing physical sciences or mathematics.
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability skill and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level.
NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application.
National Service Experience (i.e. volunteer experience): 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 applicable and qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years a political Schedule A Schedule C Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Education
This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. Student Loan Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three-year service agreement.
College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e. bio 101 math 210 etc.) course title number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.
Transcripts--If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate graduate etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Please ensure that all documentation is legible.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here
Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
Additional information
Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities including Presidential Memoranda Executive Orders interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process please contact Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation
E-Verify
DHS uses E-Verify an Internet-based system to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.
Fair Chance Act
The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicants criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of accordance with 5 U.S. Code 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act may submit a written complaint to
Suitability Statement
If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306 Declaration for Federal Employment and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment dismissal after beginning work fine or imprisonment.
Shared Certificates Statement
Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
Special Employment Consideration
The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply to include persons with intellectual severe physical or psychiatric disabilities as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u) and or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans Peace Corps VISTA volunteers and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents experiences and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation click on the links above or contact the servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.
Recruitment incentives may be authorized.
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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
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