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Engineering Technician

$72,553 a year
Justice, Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Forrest City Full-day Full-time

Description:

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

Requirements:

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

Education:

There is no substitution of education for experience.

Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Examples of occupations that may have provided qualifying specialized experience include technical work in:

drafting surveying construction estimating physical science mathematics aerospace architecture chemicals electrical mechanical systems mining petroleum 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.

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.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

Experience developing sketches and drawings of new and existing structures, and rough drafts of proposed projects. Must be proficient in utilizing automated software as it pertains to maintenance management and computer aided design. Experience in performing cost estimating, preparation of justification for excessive cost and estimating work that is to be performed.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Mar 28, 2024;   from: usajobs.gov

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