Created at: March 14, 2026 00:31
Company: U.S. Pacific Fleet
Location: Bremerton, WA, 98310
Job Description:
You will serve as an Engineering Technician in the Quality Assurance Office in the Welding Engineering and NDT Examiner Division, Non-Nuclear or Nuclear Welding Branch of PSNS and IMF. Salary Range: GS-11: $83,935- $109,122 GS-12: $100,602-130,786
GS-12: 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: independently analyzing and interpreting technical engineering documents to implement modification for the welding processes used in the fabrication and repair of structural components in support of ships or submarines. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-10 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: under supervision analyzing technical engineering documents to identify and recommend modifications for the welding processes used in the fabrication and repair of structural components in support ships or submarines. 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 OR 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.
You will provide advisory assistance, organizing, coordinating and progressing production work; develop welding processes; write welding procedures; test welding materials and equipment.
You will provide production and shipboard consultant services of thermal joining production problems and interface with welder qualification and training requirements.
You will conduct tests on new welding materials, equipment and processes to determine suitability for production welding specification requirements.
You will interpret Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) technical manuals and conduct testing, develop projects to establish standards to ensure quality in the metal joining process.
You will interpret NAVSEA commercial and shipyard specifications related to fabrication or repair of ships and shipboard components.