Engineering Technician - Design

Employee will serve as an Engineering Technician - Design aligned within Engineering Service, Project Engineering and Design Section located at the Veterans Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network in Fayetteville, NC.

Major duties

THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION The primary purpose of this position involves coordinating, technical overview, and inspection of construction projects and programs, including technical assignments involving application of engineering principles using judgment and accepted engineering design and construction practices and maintaining built drawing for the enterprise. Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: Assists engineers and technicians in the performance of difficult facility engineering design projects involving the repair, maintenance, or modernization of equipment, systems, or structures of moderate scope and complexity. Responsible for customer interface, definition of requirements, and development of designs, plans, and specifications for facility projects. Participates in engineering surveys and initiates, formulates and adapts design plans, specifications. Routinely provides original detailed drawings utilizing AutoCAD 2010 or newer computer system to implement the finished product. Monitors and maintains the AutoCAD Drawing Library, ensuring that preliminary drawings, tracings, and sketches as related to project assignments are maintained in a systematic manner, numerically and chronologically. Ensure record drawings are maintained for all station structures and grounds, working with computer-aided design (CAD) staff and utilizing AutoCAD programs. Prepares space requirements, drawings, layouts, and plans for proposed additions, improvements, alterations, modifications, repairs, and equipment installations, utilizing written specifications, photographs, sketches, and models. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Qualifications

To qualify for this Engineering Technician GS-9 grade position, applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-8) in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, mathematics, architecture, electrical or mechanical 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. Specialized experience for this position includes: Developing designs, plans, and specifications for facility projects, to include preparing space requirements, drawings, layouts, and plans for proposed construction and structural projects, improvements, alterations, modifications, repairs, and equipment installations; Conducting engineering surveys and inspection of construction projects to assure compliance with contract requirements; Analyzing and providing alternative creative proposals or solutions for the benefit of the facility. This involves not only the technical review of civil, mechanical, electrical, architectural and structural plans, but also of specifications and construction cost estimates for facilities and utility systems; and Applying skill using AutoCAD 2010 or new computer system to formulate and adapt design plans. NOTE: Resume(s) must clearly support the level of experience described above to receive credit. We will not make assumption regarding experience. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. To be creditable, education must include a major study in engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, drafting, surveying, or mathematics. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of one year) and specialized experience are also qualifying. Both education and experience must be related to this position, as described above. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work requires long periods of sitting or standing in one position, climbing up ladders and crawling under buildings, visiting active demolition and construction sites, and sometimes being exposed to the elements. There is occasional exposure to high voltage, high noise levels, and the possibility of electrical shod, burns, cuts, and bruises. Physical agility and manual dexterity are essential in the employee must be able to climb, lift, push, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and reach during normal project inspection procedures. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.