ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL)

Summary

You will serve as a ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (MECHANICAL) in the Quality Assurance Office, Mid-Atlantic Regional Calibration Center (MARCC), Reference Standards Laboratory Branch, Code 137.3 at the NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will develop or revise complex metrology techniques, testing, and calibration procedures for use in assigned measurement area when new standards enter the program.
• You will plan, develop, and evaluate specialized training for laboratory technical personnel within his/her assigned measurement area to assure that measurements are performed properly.
• You will assist the Metrology Engineering Branch, Code 137.2 in the development of Local Calibration procedures, criteria, guidance, checksheets, and new calibration methodologies.
• You will engages MARCC Engineering when technical authorization is required for newly established methods.
• You will act within the broad framework of NAVSEA, NAV AIR, and Norfolk Naval Shipyard standards in the technical, administrative, safety, and environmental areas.
• You will instruct lower-graded employees from the MARCC as well as personnel from other calibration laboratories in techniques associated with mechanical and electro-mechanical calibration.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Preparing and documenting detailed test reports, analyses, and certificates of calibration, ensuring all test data, results, conclusions, and recommendations are validated and recorded in accordance with standards. Advising, clarifying, and exchanging technical information with engineers, manufacturer's representatives, and personnel at various levels to coordinate work efforts, report problems, and recommend viable solutions. Instructing, mentoring and developing junior technicians, lower-graded employees, and personnel from other calibration laboratories in techniques associated with mechanical and electro-mechanical calibration. Applying experienced judgment and ingenuity to develop new methods, adapt established techniques, and interpret conflicting requirements to resolve complex, sensitive, or unprecedented problems in metrology and calibration. Designing, developing, constructing, and evaluating customized, measurement systems by selecting appropriate standards and researching technical literature to innovate or adapt procedures for working at the limits of the field. Performing complex calibrations and repairs on mechanical reference standards across multiple disciplines. 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 AND 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.

Grade: GS 12. . Apply by 2026-11-12 on USAJOBS.