Engineering Technician
Department of Justice
Justice, Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025
Salary
$69,654 to - $98,969 per year
Pay scale & grade
GL 09 - 10
Locion
Milan, MI
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Job family (Series)
0802 Engineering Technical
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Announcement number
MIL-2025-0037
Control number
843739200
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
Duty Locion: FCI Milan, MI
Duties
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Plots results of all field surveys and prepares them for tracing and reproduction.
Completes plans for proposed projects; such as new structures, building alterions, and shop work to be performed the local level with institution funds.
Completes computer-aided drawings to be submitted to the regional office for approval and funding.
Furnishes additional instructions as requested by employees and inmes about work steps and assists journeyman mechanics in the interpretion of blueprints when necessary.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1)this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your applicion of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separion personnel action form. Additional informion about ICTAP eligibility is : Click Here
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing th you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notificion of CTAP eligibility with your applicion. Additional informion about CTAP eligibility is : Click Here
Qualificions
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements.
Basic Requirements:
Experience:
Specialized Experience (for positions GS-4 or equivalent and above): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estiming, physical science, mhemics, 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 estimor who analyzed designs for production purposes.
Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabriced.
Certificion:
Engineering technicians may be certified by the Nional Institute for Certificion in Engineering Technologies, an organizion sponsored by the Nional Society of Professional Engineers. Certificion by the Institute helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience.
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must have:
Educion:
GL-09: Two full years of gradue educion or a master's degree meets the requirements, only in those instances where it is directly reled to the work of the position.
GL-10: There is no substitution of educion for specialized experience for this position.
OR
Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled.
Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
GL-09:
Employs a variety of complex precision instruments, gauges, and methods.
Experience th involved work measurement, simplificion, and standardizion.
Interpret drawings, plans, and specificions.
Analysis and design of work center facilities and equipment.
GL-10:
Develops, reviews plans, specificions, estimes for proposed projects. Prepares report of findings and recommendions i.e. change in design or specificions.
Analyzing da from a variety of sources, i.e. manufacturer's drawings, specificions, and maintenance records.
Completes moderely difficult and complex survey work.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
GL-09 Only: You may have a combinion of successfully completed higher educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the particular qualificions to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.
**Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.**
Educion
See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .
ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion: For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S. Department of Educion website: Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .
If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
Additional informion
This position IS included in the bargaining unit.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.
Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion.
All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check.
All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm.
The Core Value Assessment (CVA) is an in-person assessment th must be facilited a Bureau of Prisons Human Resource Servicing office. On the day of the scheduled interview, a CVA administered. The applicant assessment must be completed within a 70 minute time period and a passing score of 68 must be obtained. Further employment considerion will not be extended if the applicant fails to complete the examinion or fails to achieve a passing score. Note: The Core Value Assessment will not be administered to current BOP employees.
Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required.
Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice.
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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
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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 .
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.
Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your self-reported responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment questionnaire.
NOTE: Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.
If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified.
In addition, qualified veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more are placed the top of the highest qualified cegory as defined by cegory ring procedures.
Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position?
The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required:
GL-09 and GL-10:
Knowledge of construction methods and techniques.
Knowledge of drafting standards and techniques.
Knowledge of personal computer packages, including Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system.
Knowledge of engineering/architectural fundamentals, applicions, and interpretion of current building codes, and life safety regulions, Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)guidelines, BOP Design Guidelines and all current policy requirements.
Ability to communice orally.
Ability to conduct cost estiming.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Benefits
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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 .
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
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Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)
To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:
Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
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
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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
Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)
To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:
Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
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
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
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Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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 08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025 Salary $69,654 to - $98,969 per year Pay scale & grade GL 09 - 10 Locion Milan, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Announcement number MIL-2025-0037 Control number 843739200
Department of Justice
Justice, Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025
Salary
$69,654 to - $98,969 per year
Pay scale & grade
GL 09 - 10
Locion
Milan, MI
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Job family (Series)
0802 Engineering Technical
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Announcement number
MIL-2025-0037
Control number
843739200
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
Duty Locion: FCI Milan, MI
Duties
Help
Plots results of all field surveys and prepares them for tracing and reproduction.
Completes plans for proposed projects; such as new structures, building alterions, and shop work to be performed the local level with institution funds.
Completes computer-aided drawings to be submitted to the regional office for approval and funding.
Furnishes additional instructions as requested by employees and inmes about work steps and assists journeyman mechanics in the interpretion of blueprints when necessary.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing th you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1)this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility with your applicion of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separion personnel action form. Additional informion about ICTAP eligibility is : Click Here
The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing th you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP considerion, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must sisfy all qualificion requirements for the vacant position and re equivalent to the Highly Qualified cegory using established cegory ring criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notificion of CTAP eligibility with your applicion. Additional informion about CTAP eligibility is : Click Here
Qualificions
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements.
Basic Requirements:
Experience:
Specialized Experience (for positions GS-4 or equivalent and above): Examples of qualifying specialized experience include technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estiming, physical science, mhemics, 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 estimor who analyzed designs for production purposes.
Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabriced.
Certificion:
Engineering technicians may be certified by the Nional Institute for Certificion in Engineering Technologies, an organizion sponsored by the Nional Society of Professional Engineers. Certificion by the Institute helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience.
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must have:
Educion:
GL-09: Two full years of gradue educion or a master's degree meets the requirements, only in those instances where it is directly reled to the work of the position.
GL-10: There is no substitution of educion for specialized experience for this position.
OR
Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled.
Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
GL-09:
Employs a variety of complex precision instruments, gauges, and methods.
Experience th involved work measurement, simplificion, and standardizion.
Interpret drawings, plans, and specificions.
Analysis and design of work center facilities and equipment.
GL-10:
Develops, reviews plans, specificions, estimes for proposed projects. Prepares report of findings and recommendions i.e. change in design or specificions.
Analyzing da from a variety of sources, i.e. manufacturer's drawings, specificions, and maintenance records.
Completes moderely difficult and complex survey work.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
GL-09 Only: You may have a combinion of successfully completed higher educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the particular qualificions to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.
**Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.**
Educion
See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .
ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion: For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S. Department of Educion website: Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .
If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
Additional informion
This position IS included in the bargaining unit.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.
Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion.
All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check.
All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm.
The Core Value Assessment (CVA) is an in-person assessment th must be facilited a Bureau of Prisons Human Resource Servicing office. On the day of the scheduled interview, a CVA administered. The applicant assessment must be completed within a 70 minute time period and a passing score of 68 must be obtained. Further employment considerion will not be extended if the applicant fails to complete the examinion or fails to achieve a passing score. Note: The Core Value Assessment will not be administered to current BOP employees.
Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required.
Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice.
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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.
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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.
Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your self-reported responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment questionnaire.
NOTE: Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.
If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified.
In addition, qualified veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more are placed the top of the highest qualified cegory as defined by cegory ring procedures.
Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position?
The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required:
GL-09 and GL-10:
Knowledge of construction methods and techniques.
Knowledge of drafting standards and techniques.
Knowledge of personal computer packages, including Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system.
Knowledge of engineering/architectural fundamentals, applicions, and interpretion of current building codes, and life safety regulions, Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)guidelines, BOP Design Guidelines and all current policy requirements.
Ability to communice orally.
Ability to conduct cost estiming.
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Benefits
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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 .
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
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Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)
To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:
Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
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
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You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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
Failure to provide required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume: Resume showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.)
To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented:
Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
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
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
NOTE: Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
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Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry of Availability (OF-5 Form) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office or contact the Human Resource Department telephonically or via e-mail.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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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 08/19/2025 to 09/03/2025 Salary $69,654 to - $98,969 per year Pay scale & grade GL 09 - 10 Locion Milan, MI 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Announcement number MIL-2025-0037 Control number 843739200
Job ID: 490242510
Originally Posted on: 8/21/2025
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