Industrial Equipment Mechanic

About the role

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel in the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: As Industrial Equipment Mechanic you will perform the installation maintenance, modification testing, overhaul and repair of complicated stationary engineering boiler and boiler feed water equipment and facilities including complete plants and distribution equipment and piping.

What you will do

• Perform the installation maintenance, modification testing, overhaul and repair of complicated stationary engineering boiler and boiler feed water equipment and facilities including complete plants and distribution equipment and piping.
• Interpret instructions – manufacturers or local – for installation and operation of equipment.
• Independently perform necessary modifications and fabrications to equipment to include substitution condensers, tanks or pumps to meet specific needs, altering agitators, lines, valves, tubing and piping, changing pumps and adapting feeder lines and associated equipment for transferring water and wastewater throughout the installation.
• Inspect facilities/equipment regularly to ensure proper function on, or to diagnose trouble.
• Replace bearings, bushings, seals, shafts, filters, gears and gearboxes.
• Search for system leaks by air pressurization As required, remove and decontaminate components, test runs reassembled parts/systems to ensure correct fits, tolerances and operation.
• Replace defective or work parts and equipment often require the fabrication of parts of which are obsolete or unavailable.
• Provide urgent repairs that the mechanic is frequently required to improvise or to redesign existing systems or components.
• Provide equipment mechanic and pipefitting skills, plus the ability to use these skills in improvising and designing parts and systems used in chemical process technology.
• Requires acetylene/electric/welding, sheet metal and iron working, carpentry and rigging skill work.
• Operates the following equipment: tool lathes, grinders, drill presses, saws, bending machines, pipe machines, gas and electric welders, hand power tools and various carpentry tools.
• Applies shop mathematics to operate tools and to determine the problem solving of equipment repairs.
• Response to emergency situations without benefit of supervisory guidance and bring resolution to the problem.
• Apply safety, surety, and environmental regulations and procedures.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.?

Documents you must provide

• The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment.
• A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
• Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.
• The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

What to expect next

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking (as applicable) for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.

Additional information

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is an Installation Maintenance Career Field 17 position.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable.

Visit *** for more information. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances may be authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations and an agency determination that a PCS move is in the Government Interest.

This is a(n) Installation Maintenance, & Infrastructure Career Field position.

The following special programs/incentives MAY be offered if it is appropriate to the position being filled and in the best interest of the government: Recruitment Incentives Relocation Incentives Student Loan Repayment Salary negotiations for those candidates who are new to Federal service may be authorized.

Credit for prior non-federal work experience and certain military service for determining annual leave accrual rate may be authorized.