Engineering Technician

This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), Regional Headquarters with one vacancy that may be filled in one of the listed locations: Hanford, CA, Monterey, CA, Sacramento, CA, Portland, OR, or Seattle, WA. Location to be determined upon selection.
This position is also announced under vacancy number NWS WRH-24-12239627-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.Qualifications:

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify at the GS-9 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-08 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
- Assisting with property planning, construction projects, or building and equipment maintenance.
OR
EDUCATION: Master's, equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher education with a major study in an appropriate field of engineering, construction, or industrial technology leading to such a degree, or LLB. Or J.D., if related.
OR
COMBINATION: A combination of education and experience as described above.
Note: only education in excess of one year is qualifying at this level.
To qualify at the GS-10 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
- Assisting with conducting facilities engineering operations and maintenance functions for grounds, facilities, buildings or related fixtures and equipment.
To qualify at the GS-11 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:
- Conducting facilities engineering operations and maintenance functions for grounds, facilities, buildings and related fixtures and equipment

• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation