Engineering Technician

Summary

You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN with Bureau of Reclamation.

The Engineering Technician serves as the primary source for computer-aided design (CAD) for the Lower Colorado Dams Office, Davis Dam Division, and is responsible for reviewing designs for compliance with current industry practices and ensures designs fit field conditions.

Duties include:

Develops, prepares, and/or reviews plans, specifications, and cost estimates for construction and/orproposed/ongoing projects. Reviews designs for compliance with current industry practices and ensures designs fit field conditions; suggests modifications when issues are identified. Utilizes automated engineering drafting and design systems and applications. Uses a variety of contracting processes to provide engineering oversight for construction, architecture,or engineering contracts. Validates data used for and loaded into electronic/automated design and records management applications.

Provides technical oversight in ensuring data integrity.

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. All applicants must submit their most recent performance appraisal OR a statement why it is not available A firm understanding and ability to utilize AutoCAD or similar software is strongly desired for this position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes.

In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
Contracting/Procurement Cost Estimation and Analysis Design Technical Competence To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.

DUE WEIGHT: You must submit
1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and
2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available.

Please indicate if any prior performance…