Engineering Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) or related discipline, as stated in the position summary.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the normal line of progression.
• Experience using CAD software to prepare, update, and maintain architectural, engineering, and as-built drawings and documentation for existing buildings and building systems, including drawing review and coordination.
• Experience interpreting and creating detailed facility floor plans, sections, elevations, and system layouts.
• Knowledge of building codes, construction practices, and design standards used to develop and maintain facility as-built documents.
• Experience updating and managing drawing databases and file structures for multidisciplinary building projects.
• Familiarity with plan reading and working with engineering and architectural teams to ensure as-built documentation reflects field conditions and construction changes.
• CAD experience limited to parts, components, or machinist-level work does not qualify unless it involved drafting for buildings, facilities, or architectural/engineering design projects.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees applying for GS-11 must meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-09.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Applicants are subject to a background/security investigation and must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification.
• Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period may be required.
• The work is primarily sedentary, with some moderate physical effort, including walking between buildings and entering restricted-access spaces such as pipe basements and mechanical rooms; respirator use may be required in asbestos areas.

Nice To Haves

• Certification by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies may be helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage graphic databases, including CAD and Statement of Conditions (SOC), and alphanumeric CAFM data for the VA and Medical Center.
• Maintain hardcopy equipment operations manuals, warranties, and facility-related filing systems.
• Preserve and update CAD files and CAFM modules, including drawings and diagrams for electrical, fire protection, medical gas, and life safety systems.
• Supervise maintenance of record drawings in accordance with VACO and Medical Center requirements.
• Maintain and review the station Space Survey Report, coordinate it with as-built drawings, and verify drawings against actual space.
• Maintain an accurate space inventory database in CAD and ensure it correlates with drawing files and databases.
• Participate in engineering surveys and initiate, formulate, and adapt design plans and specifications.
• Gather architectural and engineering information and apply professional techniques to achieve established goals.
• Produce detailed drawings using the resident CAD/CAFM system.
• Prepare drawings, layouts, and plans for proposed additions, improvements, alterations, modifications, and equipment installations.
• Prepare drawings of utility systems, roadways, parking lots, landscaping, and structural requirements.
• Maintain, prepare, or coordinate reports and ensure proper format and timely submission.
• Delegate drawing assignments to support staff and review their work for accuracy and compliance with specifications, codes, and standards.
• Participate in final inspections of assigned projects in accordance with the Handbook for Resident Engineer H-08-2.
• Comply with VA regulations, standards, specifications, policy memoranda, and other pertinent directives.
• Meet with sales representatives, vendors, contractors, supply service staff, and Medical Center personnel about problem areas, renovations, construction projects, project submissions, pre-construction conferences, bid openings, and related activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligible selected applicants may request credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service; approval is not guaranteed.