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Engineering Technician

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Federal Aviation Administration

Des Moines, WA (In Person)

$160,203 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 days ago (Updated 6 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/13/2026

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Engineering Technician Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO, Technical Operions, Engineering Services, Comm Construction/Installion Center, AJW-2W13G Summary This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is the Technical Coordinor for assigned F&E Installion/Construction Center. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $125,635 - $194,772 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 0802 Engineering Technical Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( http://www.passnional.org ). Announcement number
ANM-ATO-26-1128441-98523
Control number 868685500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent WSA ES employees only Duties Help The incumbent serves as the Engineering Technician (Coordinor) for all ATCF project activities reled to on-site installion/construction. Serves as principle technical specialist/expert and primary on-site focal providing project installion/construction expertise in the preparion of the Project Work Plan as well as OSHA construction safety. Plans, schedules, identifies required resources and coordines execution of the installion/construction activities across multiple centers. Manages travel, hour, and merial Work Orders. Ensures field installions/construction reports are accure, contain an approprie level of detail, and are timely. Provides training, mentoring, guidance and advice to field (installion/construction) personnel on technical issues. Provides positive quality assurance controls during installion/construction activities, including minimizing JAI exceptions. Ensure th all facility work permits and risk assessments are properly completed when required. Ensures required parts/merials are ordered/shipped on schedule. Identifies resources needed to perform assignments. Assignments are given in terms of priorities, overall objectives, and boundaries. Completed assignments are considered technically authoritive and are reviewed only for general compliance with organizional objectives. Organizes and assigns resources needed to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Interprets and adapts technical manuals, manufacturers¿ instructions, FAA policies and procedures. Work is reviewed for compliance with established policies and sound technical and programmic judgment. Performs work of broad scope and serves as a liaison between on-site technicians and management requiring minimal to no intervention of direct front line manager while keeping management advised of significant problem areas, concerns or unanticiped issues not initially addressed Applies advanced technical expertise and expert knowledge interpreting drawings, reviewing installion designs and specificions. Estimes, manages, and accounts for funding of assigned projects. Inities, modifies, and assesses task orders/work/releases/contracts with Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), ¿ NAS (Nional Air Space) Integrion Support Contract (NISC), and others in response to changes in scope, performance and cost. Interfaces with Logistics on contract award, contract modificions and merials acquisitions. Reviews and approves contractor submittal. Verifies project merial, manages project logistics, purchases merials, determines and implements construction methods used in the install/construct/integre of equipment and systems. Acts as the primary liaison in regard to coordining activities with stakeholders. Provides project stus updes, tends project meetings, executes site surveys, and participes in Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI's) and Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI's). Serves as COTR (Contracting Officer Technical Representive), overseeing work activities to ensure contract requirements and schedules des are met. Coordines between the Project Engineer and the CO (Contracting Officer) and other shareholders/agencies involved in the project. Contacts include internal and external organizions including but not limited to Ste and Federal Agencies, Defense (DOD), airport management, contractors, and utility companies to obtain informion or resolve problems. Incumbent uses approprie technical documention such as FAA Orders for guidance. Exercise practical judgment and discretion in accomplishing work assignments in a safe manner. Possesses broad knowledge of FAA policies and is up to de on all appropriions, guidance and procedures pertaining to engineering, construction, procurement and Occupional Safety Health Administrion (OSHA) Performs other project reled tasks as required/needed. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Successful completion of a security investigion may be required. Please review Additional Informion. Qualificions To qualify for this position, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess experience equivalent to Pay Band
FV-H/FG-12.
Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is : Experience with installion and modificion of electronic equipment and mechanical systems. Equipment may include equipment reled to radar systems, navigional aid equipment such as lighted and distance measuring equipment, communicion systems such as radio/microwave communicions Use of RF transmission line test equipment using an Anritsu Analyzer or equivalent. Required to test and interpret results of fiber optic cable condition and loss using an Optical Time Domain Refractometer and Optical Loss Test Set. Experience in RF coaxial cable installion, including terminion and testing. RF Sweep testing, PIM (Passive Intermodulion Testing), Antenna propagion validion via Spectrum Analyzer/Oscilloscope Experience in project & construction scoping including RF installions, Tower modificions & New Site Builds (NSB), UHF/VHF cable plant and antenna systems. Underground and aerial Fiber/Electrical installions, raw-land tower sites & shelter/equipment room prep and modernizions, Fiber/Telco backhaul design, DC low voltage power delivery, tower modificions and build feasibility analysis Narrives for Demonstred Abilities are Mandory . Failure to submit demonstred abilities stements will prevent you from receiving further considerion. Answer all questions to the best of your ability. You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you possess this type of experience a ler stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during the applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Educion Not applicable. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements This is open only to employees permanently assigned to WSA Engineering Services (AJW-2W1) offices.
Physical Requirements:
Uses hand and power tools for the installion of electronic equipment. May be required to climb antenna towers, poles, or structures in excess of 50 feet above the ground.
Travel Requirements:
Travels up to and in excess of 90% of the time, which includes traveling to remote locions. Incumbent is required to travel throughout Western Service Area in support of projects providing quality control. Hands on installion may be required. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include
WORK HISTORY THAT DESCRIBES HOW YOU MEET THE ANSWER YOU CHOSE FOR EACH KSA.
Modere Risk (5): This position requires completion & favorable adjudicion of a Modere Risk Background Investigion (Tier 2) background investigion prior to appointment, unless waiver is obtained. FAAs
CORE COMPENSATION PLAN
This position is covered by the FAA Core Compension plan. Additional informion about core compension is available on the following website: Pay Setting and Managing Positions | My FAA This position is represented by
PASS:
Air Traffic Operions.
Current FAA employee:
You MUST submit a copy of your most recent (non-award) SF-50 including Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. Failure to provide the required documention by the closing de of this announcement will result in non-considerion for this position. This position is in
AJW-2W13G.
However, this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in any other of the Facilities & Engineering Services offices in the advertised Duty Locions. Links to
Important Informion:
Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IMPORTANT
Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to (206) 231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Agency contact informion Heher Ash Noel Phone 1 (206) 231-4044 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 heher.a.noel@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help If you are not a current FAA employee in an Engineering Series position, you MUST submit your college/univ. transcript by the closing de. Applicants must apply on-line. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. Additional documents to supplement your applicion (i.e., transcripts, SF-50, or veteran's documents) may be uploaded in USAJOBS or faxed to (206) 231-4150 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Include your name & the announcement number on each of your faxed pages. For guidance on how to cree a federal resume, http://www.archives.gov/careers/jobs/forms/resume-guide.pdf Failure to submit all required documents by the closing de will result in a finding of ineligible. We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents. Please DO NOT email your applicion documents. Hard copy applicions will not be accepted. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Heher Ash Noel Phone 1 (206) 231-4044 Fax 1 (206) 231-4150 heher.a.noel@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ANM Regional HR Services Branch 2200 S. 216th St.
AHF-N210
Des Moines, WA 98198 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $125,635 - $194,772 per year Salary shown includes a locality payment of 31.57% for Des Moines, WA Pay scale & grade FV I Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Des Moines, WA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 76% or greer - The job may require 76% or more travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ). Announcement number
ANM-ATO-26-1128441-98523
Control number 868685500

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