Engineering Technician (Drafting)

Federal Aviation Administration •

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Position Type: Contractor

Job Description:

Engineering Technician (Drafting) for Implementation Support Center B.

Duties

Analyzes and reviews draft drawings for proper layout of the drawings and prepares the drawings in the final format in accordance with drafting standards. Uses engineering drafting principles, theories, concepts, as well as knowledge of other related disciplines to develop and recommend improvements to engineering drawings.

Plans, coordinates, and prepares predesigned engineering drawing using various graphic engines. Makes changes to the spaned up (red-line) record drawings that are forwarded from the project engineers. Marked up (red-line) prints are processed using Microstation software. Provides coordination, suggests solutions and resolves unique drafting problems without managerial intervention.

Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced employee. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team to accomplish day-to-day operations, and may act as a lead for other technical support staff to coordinate multiple assignments.

Applies experience and advanced knowledge to plan and accomplish multiple and varying assignments. Has a thorough understanding of how technical support assignments contribute to organizational unit activities. Typical assignments may include: compiling, tracking, and analyzing data; identifying technical problems and recommending/implementing solutions, and actively participating with higher-level employees in research, examinations, investigations, or inspections.

Demonstrates considerable independence in planning time, and coordinates only as needed with a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced employee to prioritize assignments and use assigned resources. Often assists managers and other employees with planning and identifying resources to accomplish assignments, projects, and other work activities.

Contacts are typically internal and external. Internal contacts frequently involve more than one major subdivision or LOB/Staff Office and are with managers and other employees to share information, coordinate efforts, discuss the status of assignments, and to identify resources needed to complete assignments. External contacts are typically with customers and other parties involving information or technical finding related to assignments.

Established policies and procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion to select the most appropriate approach or to recommend new approaches. Typically works under limited instructions provided by a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced employee.

Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager or technical employee. Informs managers and other employees of problems/issues that require their attention , and assists in developing and recommending solutions. Provides guidance to lower-level employees for handling routine problems and issues.

Work is reviewed periodically, typically through status reports and at completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or work activity.

Work activities typically support multiple projects/programs and affect the objectives of one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and possibly LOBs/Staff Offices. In some technical areas, the work may indirectly support the safety and security of internal and external customers.

Job Requirements:
Requirements Conditions of Employment

US Citizenship is required.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Your resume must include job title, series, grade, salary, full-time or
part-time status, duties, start and end dates, and supervisor name.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, candidates must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level FV-F (FG/GS-9). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience: The use of Microstation, ProjectWise, and other Computer-Aided Engineering Graphics (CAEG) equipment and applications. Plan, coordinate, and prepare predesigned engineering drawings. Make changes to spaned up (red-line) record drawings using CAEG software.

Applicants MUST include examples of specialized experience in their work history and be specific when describing specialized experience.

Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Knowledge, Skill, and Ability (KSAs): As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.

Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Required Documents

FAA Employees: All applicants MUST provide a copy of their most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) which verifies current position, title, series, grade, tenure and organization or record. No exceptions. An application without a form 50 attached will be incomplete. Typically SF-50's for Awards do not show the required information requested. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line application, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documentation, you may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS. Supplemental documentation can also be faxed to (817) 222-5852 on or before the closing date of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages. We cannot guarantee timely receipt or assume responsibility for the quality or legibility of any faxed documents. Regardless of the method of delivery, all supporting documentation MUST be received in the servicing Human Resources Office prior to the closing date of announcement.

All Veterans: If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you will be tentatively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects that you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing date of the announcement. If you fail to submit documentation, you will be assessed as a non-veteran.

Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You will be granted tentative preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying that within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your application shows that you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing that the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documentation certifying authorized terminal leave.

If you want consideration for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documentation that must be submitted at time of application can be found at Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Salary Range: $52,112 - $80,781

Job Ident #: 8197799001

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Engineering Technician (Drafting)

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