Engineering Technician (Materials)

Summary 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: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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.