Engineering Technician

Naval Special Warfare Command • Virginia Beach, VA

19d

About The Position

This public notice flyer informs interested applicants of anticipated vacancies; applications are not accepted through the flyer, and there may or may not be vacancies filled. Applicants must follow the flyer’s “How to Apply” instructions. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to respondents.

The Engineering Technician checks range structures, training equipment, and facilities for maintenance needs and performs installation, modification, and repair work on tactical buildings and training aids. The position operates and maintains recording, surveillance, target, simulation, and communications systems used to support training events. It also assists with standard operating procedures, emergency procedures, and related program correspondence.

The position requires at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level, including mechanical and carpentry skills, coordination with Range Safety Officers, exercise deconfliction, surveillance and target-system operation, and familiarity with maritime live-fire range standards. The employee must obtain and maintain the required security clearance, complete applicable training, and qualify for specified government vehicle and forklift licenses. Work may involve an uncommon tour, travel to remote or isolated sites, and deployment aboard ships or travel by aircraft or watercraft.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and suitability for federal employment.
• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level, including foundational mechanical and carpentry skills, maintenance of tactical buildings, coordination with Range Safety Officers, exercise deconfliction, surveillance-system operation, and maritime live-fire range standards.
• Experience inspecting, repairing, and maintaining MOUT tactical buildings, target mechanisms, and specialized training structures.
• Experience coordinating with Range Safety Officers, deconflicting live exercises with base range operations, and enforcing Surface Danger Zones and Explosive Safety Quantity Distances.
• Experience operating and monitoring Close Quarter Combat Recording systems, surveillance networks, and target support mechanisms.
• Experience using NSW maritime live-fire range SOPs, emergency-response protocols, and facility compliance standards.
• Obtain and maintain an interim and/or final secret security clearance before entering duty; failure to maintain the required clearance may result in withdrawal of an offer or removal.
• Successfully complete a pre-employment drug test and be subject to random testing.
• Participate in direct deposit and complete the E-Verify employment verification process if a new Department of the Navy employee.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Complete the NSW Range Operations Safety Course before appointment or within 90 days after appointment.
• Qualify for a government driver's license for vehicles up to five tons and a 10-ton telescoping forklift within 90 days after appointment, and renew as required.
• Be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods; travel may include CONUS and OCONUS destinations, remote or isolated sites, and travel on waterborne craft or deployment aboard ships.
• Complete training and obtain and maintain a government credit card for travel-related purchases.
• Sign DD Form 2760, Qualification to possess firearms or ammunition.
• Current federal employees applying to GS jobs generally must have served at least one year at the next lower grade level.
• Meet and document all qualification and pay-band requirements by the announcement closing date.

Responsibilities

• Inspect range structures, training equipment, and facilities for maintenance needs to keep ranges operational.
• Install, modify, and repair tactical buildings, interior and exterior walls, windows, stairwells, gates, doors, locking mechanisms, training aids, and props.
• Operate the Close Quarter Combat Recording system to monitor and record training events and initiate target and special-effect systems.
• Operate, maintain, and repair range surveillance systems, target systems, improvised explosive device simulators, gunfire simulators, smoke generators, scents-of-war simulators, and communications equipment.
• Assist in developing and maintaining standard operating procedures, emergency procedures, and related program correspondence.
• Coordinate with Range Safety Officers, deconflict live exercises with base range operations, and enforce Surface Danger Zones and Explosive Safety Quantity Distances, as described in the qualifications.
• Use maritime live-fire range procedures and emergency-response protocols to support safe, orderly training operations.

Benefits

• A federal employee benefits package is available to eligible employees and their families; specific eligibility depends on the position type.
• Recruitment, relocation, or student loan repayment incentives may be authorized for eligible selectees; a relocation incentive may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed