### JOB SUMMARY:
Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.
**About the Position:**This position is under the supervision of the Deployment Equipment PSID. The referral list generated by this announcement may be used to fill future vacancies in other organizations throughout the Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) in Warren, Troy, Southfield and/or Selfridge ANGB, Michigan. The ILSC is responsible for sustaining war fighting readiness and managing a large part of the Army's investment in war fighting capacity as integrators of nearly 3,000 weapon systems that form the core of the Army's war fighting capability.
**Who May Apply:**
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. SeeProof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
* Current Civilian Employee with the Department of the Army
* Eligible due toInteragency Career Transition Program (ICTAP)
* Priority Placement Program, Program S (Military Spouse) registrants referred through the Automated Stopper and Referral System (ASARS) for this position
### TRAVEL REQUIRED
* 25% or Greater
* 25% Business Travel (TDY)
### RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
* No
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### DUTIES:
You will serve as Vehicle Systems Manager with full responsibility for groups of commodity classes, several equipment subsystems or total tracked or wheeled vehicle systems. Plans, controls and manages assigned equipment from concept through entire life span, including disposal. As agency representative and spokesman of various committees, panels, and task force teams which develop and determine plan, procedures and criteria maintenance quality control of equipment systems, etc., has commitment authority to make decisions concerning maintenance policy procedures which affect materiel readiness of the total vehicle system. Plans, conducts, and formulates studies to improve the combat readiness posture of equipment in the hands of the user and methods for combat readiness evaluation. Performs long range maintenance concept studies and participates in technological developmental projects to provide and establish advanced maintenance techniques compatible with the state of the art. Responsible for the technical guidance of subordinates assigned to accomplish actions of designated projects. Work requires a comprehensive knowledge of tank-automotive vehicle systems, subsystems and groups of commodity classes; maintenance procedures and knowledge of the technical data requirements related to provisioning and logistical support including the development of Statements of Work and Contract Data Requirements List; Federal Supply Classification determinants; Item Management Coding; requirements for descriptive item identification and National Stock Number assignment.
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### QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
**Experience required:**
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: One or more years of experience as a equipment specialist with experience participating in logistics demonstrations, technical manual development, technical manual verifications, experience reading, interpreting and presenting military maintenance specifications; applying military regulations during the logistics development process; developing, directing, and executing maintenance related scope of work; and managing System level Maintenance development efforts; responding timely and professionally to field inquiries, organizational taskers, and programs office requests. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-11
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
* Knowledge of Logistics Requirements in the Acquisition Process
* Knowledge of Technical Drawings and Provisioning Requirements
* Knowledge of Army Maintenance Procedures
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-11 grade (or equivalent).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
**Other Requirements:** Click here for expanded definitions.
* 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.
* One year trial/probationary period may be required.
* Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
* Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
* Position requires travel to other duty locations approximately 5% of the time.
* Position may be filled by temporary promotion not to exceed 1 Year.
* Position may be filled by temporary reassignment not to exceed 1 Year.
* This position is a temporary position and may be extended in one year increments up to a maximum of five years.
* Competitive temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.
* Incumbent (or Selectee) is required to satisfactorily complete the appropriate training and earn the required certification for this position as outlined in DoD 8570.01-M, Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program, dated 19 December 2005 within six (6) months of hire.
* Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Career Field Position. DOD Position Certification Level and Training Requirements, All Acquisition Workforce Positions Mandated in Title 10, USC, Section 1723. DOD 5000.52-M, DOD Acquisition Career Development Program, contains specific requirements for acquisition categories and grades/levels. Current requirements are available athttp://asc.army.mil/info/policies/check_list.cfm. Upon entry into an Acquisition position, the incumbent has 24 months to complete the position requirements without needing to obtain a waiver.
* This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectees must meet position requirements for certification at Level III in Acquisition Career Field Life Cycle Logistics within 24 months of entrance on duty.
### HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
**Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP).** If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
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### BENEFITS:
**The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program.**In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.
### OTHER INFORMATION:
* Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
* This is a Career Program Position (CP) 17.
* Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.
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### HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the **Required Documents** section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, February 11, 2016 to receive consideration.
* To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
* Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application package.
* It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.
* To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
* To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. **You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete**.
* It is your responsibility to verify that information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Faxed documents must be completely transmitted by 11:59p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the closing date of the announcement.
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The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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### REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.
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 may be submitted in any format.
* If you submit more than one copy of your resume, only the most recent version will be reviewed. The latest timestamp will be used to determine which version of your resume is "most recent." It is your responsibility to check the status and timestamp of all documents you submit as part of your application.
* 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 qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.
**If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements**: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See: Transcripts and Licenses
**Proof of Eligibility to Apply:** Your application must include the documents which **prove you are eligible to apply** for the vacancy. The “Proof of Eligibility” document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the **Who May Apply** section above to receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents The Vacancy ID is 1616368. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.
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**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.
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### AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: (000)000-0000
Email: USARMY.APG.CHRA-NE.MBX.APPLICANTHELP@MAIL.MIL
Agency Information:
DA NCR Detroit Arsenal
Detroit Arsenal
Civilian Personnel Advisory Center ATTN
Mail Stop 324 6501 East 11 Mile Road
Warren, MI
48397-5000
### 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 for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
*Job Title:* Equipment Specialist (AUTO)
*Department:* Department of the Army
*Agency:* Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM)
*Control Number:* 428444100
*Job Announcement Number:* 16JAN3BVILSCTW187849