Engineering Technician

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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. For the GS-05: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes both of the following: 1) Answer telephone inquiries; and 2) Use data systems to maintain files and records. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). OR Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor’s 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, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics. 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. For the GS-06: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 2 of the following: 1) Gather data for reports; OR 2) Read established surveys; OR, 3) Prepare draft notices to navigation for publication. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). For the GS-07: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience includes 3 of the following: 1) Compile monthly progress information on contracts, labor dredging etc. OR 2) Maintain financial records for compliance; OR 3) Perform computations using geometry and trigonometry to prepare sketches and drawings for new and dredging maintenance; OR 4) Prepare hydrographic reports as revealed by latest survey data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). For the GS-06 & GS-07: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone–no substitution of education for experience is permitted.