Equipment Specialist

To qualify for an Equipment Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Managing the acquisition, management, operation, placement, and disposal of operating equipment and vehicular fleet for a Primary Level Field Activity (PLFA). Serving as a technical consultant, specialist and advisor on all aspects of equipment and vehicular management.

Coordinating with operational personnel, vendors, technical and engineering support for input, design and data related to all types of equipment. Utilizing Enterprise Business System (EBS) and Equipment Management and Control System (EMACS) to input maintenance equipment data. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S.

Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Serves as the equipment management specialist responsible for the acquisition, management, operation, replacement, and disposal of the operating equipment.,Controls assets and monitors vehicle maintenance expenses to safeguard against waste.,Develops requirements, justification, and budget recommendations for acquisition based on analysis of workload and forecasting.,Develops long range plans for all types of equipment replacement based on normal life expectancy.,Completes necessary transactions in the Enterprise Business System (EBS).,Prepares or supports preparation of operation management equipment reports, to include vehicles, and maintains historical equipment data utilizing Equipment Management and Control System (EMACS) or other computerized system.