Engineering Technician

The Organizational Location of the Position is Planning
- Design - and Construction Section
- Engineering Service
- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) - Temple - TX. The incumbent serves as a Project Manager on minor construction projects with the facility - design - construction - and management teams.

The Organizational Location of the Position is Planning
- Design - and Construction Section
- Engineering Service
- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) - Temple - TX. The incumbent serves as a Project Manager on minor construction projects with the facility - design - construction - and management teams.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/16/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-08. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirement:
This series covers technical positions supervising - leading - or performing work involving applying a practical knowledge of the methods and techniques of engineering or architecture; and construction - application - properties - operations - and limitations of engineering systems - processes - structures - machinery - devices and materials.

• Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 or equivalent and above):
  Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting - surveying construction estimating - physical science - mathematics - aerospace - architecture - chemicals - electrical or mechanical systems - mining - petroleum - or nuclear 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
• Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental - test - or design responsibilities such as:
  Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes
• Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated
• NOTE:
  
  Certification:
  Engineering technicians may be certified by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies - an organization sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers
• Certification by the Institute will be helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience
• You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
  Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-08 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization
• Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to:
  Utilizing automated drafting to prepare drawings and engineering design management for construction projects involving maintenance - alterations - repair - or addition of buildings - equipment - utility systems and minor improvements
• Interpreting - selecting - adopting - and applying numerous guidelines applicable to engineering design and the building trades
• Reviewing contractor's equipment and material submittals and drawings to determine if they meet the government specifications
• Monitoring construction projects for the quality of materials and work performed by contractors and ensures that the contractor follows the drawings and specifications
• Preparing detailed cost estimates for planning - design and construction project submissions
• OR
  
  - Education:
  
  Applicants may substitute education for the required experience
• To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have two full years of…