Summary You will serve as a MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN in the REFERENCE STANDARDS LABORATORY (C137.3) at MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CALIBRATION CENTER (C137), QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICE (C130) of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD. Responsibilities You will utilize ingenuity and creative thinking in devising new ways to accomplish objectives. You will interface with the customer to resolve unique operational deficiencies and advise the customer on proper equipment selection and operation. You will provide assistance to the engineers in the laboratory in determining which references to use in cases where specified equipment documentation is unclear or incomplete. You will perform mathematical computations necessary to produce the test data. You will prepare the laboratory reports and associated graphs and charts. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with mechanical/metrological engineering processes and practices sufficient to design, develop and reconfigure specifications in order to resolve highly technical and unusual problems with complex specialized measuring fixtures. Experience working with electrical and electronics engineering to be able to work with electro/mechanical interface issues. Experience with the following areas of physical; and dimensional metrology: flow (liquid and gas) force, optics, pressure, vibration, fluid mechanics, linear measurements, acceleration, light, mass, acoustics and temperature. Experience writing business and shipyard correspondences, working procedures, calibration evaluations and technical reports for standards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/ A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. Recruitment incentives may be authorized to eligible new hires. Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.