Engineering Technician (Seasonal) - National Park Service

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/26/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-04 grade level, you must possess of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of six (6) months of general work experience AND six (6) months of specialized work experience. General work experience is any type of work that demonstrates the ability to perform the work of the position, or experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes. Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated. You must include hours/week worked on your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least two (2) full academic years above high school that included at least 12 semester hours in any combination of courses such as: engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of experience and education as described above that when combined equal 100% of the qualification requirements. For example, one full year of education (50%), and 6 months of specialized experience as defined above (50%), equals 100% of the qualification requirements. You must include transcripts and hours/week worked in your resume. To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of at least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes. Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated. You must include hours/week worked in your resume. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least four (4) full years of study in a program leading to a bachelor's degree with either (a) major study in an appropriate field of engineering, construction, or industrial technology; or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as: engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics. You must include your transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of experience and education as described that when combined equal 100% of the qualification requirements. NOTE: Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable. For example, 1 full year of education, in excess of the first 60 semester hours (50%), and 6 months of specialized experience as defined above (50%), equals 1