Job Posting: Engineering Technician

Summary

Do you have experience performing field engineering, contract administration, and troubleshooting of utility systems? If so, consider joining our amazing team with the NIH, Office of Research Facilities (ORF), Division of Technical Resources!

Duties

As an Engineering Technician you will: Prepare designs and specifications and develop innovative approaches for various projects of a complex or unconventional nature that entail design problems requiring considerable adaptation of precedents or design of features for which precedents are not directly applicable. Perform or direct surveys and field investigations to determine existing condition and layout information, obtains equipment data and dimensions, and makes design checks. Design and develop technical drawings and specifications for projects characterized by a variety of conditions. Prepare original designs and preliminary and final layouts. Perform necessary calculations, develop possible alternatives. Perform technical review of contractor-prepared designs and specifications of systems. Perform or direct the survey and investigations at project sites to gather design information for plan specifications, alterations, and databases. Conduct preliminary site investigations to obtain field data on proposed structures, drainage areas, topography, and feasible layout of facilities in relation to terrain. Review new construction plans and project directives to ensure that the proposed design includes features required for the economical and effective maintenance and repair of building air-conditioning and heating systems and associated equipment.

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