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United States Fleet Forces Command

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Department of the Navy · Portsmouth, Virginia

Salary
$51,210 - $89,669 per year
Pay grade
GS-7
Schedule
Full-time
Appointment
Permanent
Opened
Nov 3, 2026
Closes
Nov 13, 2026
Remote
No
Telework eligible
No
Openings
2
Security clearance
Secret
Promotion potential
10
Announcement
ST-13107533-27-NMD

Who may apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) · Individuals with disabilities · Internal to an agency · Land and base management · Military spouses · Special authorities · Veterans

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Summary

You will serve as a Engineering Technician in the Submarine Work Packaging and Control Branch (225), Process Controls Division (220), Office of the Chief Engineer (240), Engineering and Planning Department (200) at NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

  • You will assemble complete task packages that contain required references, forms, material, and work authorization forms, to allow production personnel to complete first time quality work on schedule and withing budget.
  • You will coordinate and provide task packages to the inside shop Zone Managers and Project Zone Managers for the job summary review process.
  • You will perform the material management functions to provide "one stop shopping" for the mechanic in obtaining all required material to accomplish assigned work timely and efficiently.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Demonstrating the ability to liaison with other organizations such as production shop, project leadership, engineering leadership, with regards to management of work packaging products and services (i.e. scheduling conflicts, interaction during DPL or SRV, interaction with PMMs and DLA to resolve material conflicts. Demonstrating experience writing and/or reviewing TWDs such as Deficiency reports(DFs), Deficiency Logs(DLs) and Task Group Instructions (TGIs). Possessing the skill and experience required to prevent production delays and scheduling conflicts due to the lack of sufficient material and instructions using Project Management concepts. Reading and Interpreting TWD's, drawings, sketches, process instructions, methods and standards, data specifications, Corporate Nuclear Power Manuals and Technical manuals. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess NOTE: Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. One full year of graduate education meets the requirements for GS-7. Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.

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