Engineering Technician (Materials)

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel within the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as the Laboratory Manager for the Government concrete materials testing laboratory located at Lock and Dam 25, Winfield, Missouri.

Duties

• Manages, leads, plans, and provides technical oversight for field and laboratory testing of fresh and hardened concrete and concrete constituent materials.
• Plans and coordinates concrete sampling, field testing, specimen fabrication, curing, strength testing, equipment operation, data reduction, and test reporting.
• Supports Lock and Dam 25 maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction activities.
• Conducts and oversees quality-control checks, corrective actions, and documentation necessary to support reliable test results.
• Coordinates and oversees the work of laboratory staff and technicians.
• Manages laboratory equipment readiness, calibration, maintenance, supplies, and procurement requirements.
• Maintains quality records, training records, certification documentation, equipment records, proficiency-sample results, test reports, and validation-related documentation in accordance with applicable records-management requirements.
• Participates in project meetings, quality-control meetings, and specification-review conferences as assigned.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. Minimum Qualifications NJ-04: One year of specialized experience which includes concrete and/or aggregate materials testing; assisting in laboratory operations and/or management; and administering quality assurance and/or quality control programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NJ-03/GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Required documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements. As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.