Engineering Technician (Civil)

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Preparing cost estimates for contract modifications to determine the technical adequacy of contractor proposals; 2) Negotiating contract modifications using pre-negotiation objectives to finalize contract modifications and price agreements; and 3) Performing construction quality assurance (QA) inspections to ensure contractor compliance with project plans, specifications, and/or safety regulations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Work with the Office Engineer processing contract modifications and/or prepares task order awards requiring a government cost estimate.,Serve as an engineering technician for office engineering staff administering the range of contract administration functions from task order awards to closeout actions.,Prepare task order awards requiring a government cost estimate.,Process contract modifications.,Review and resolve large claims and/or requests for equitable adjustment (REA) and claims that may take a significant time to process.,Apply extensive practical civil engineering principles and practices as well as a thorough knowledge of construction principles in the process of administering contracts.,Provide training and guidance to ensure all contract actions are completed accurately and timely.