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• Pay Rate: $33.50 - $39.00 Depending on Experience with an additional $5.09 per hour Health and Welfare wage
• Duty Station Report Location: The primary facility for Fort Totten and the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division is located at 200 Duane Rd, Bayside, NY 11359
• Duration - Long term

LAUKOA is a Native Hawaiian Organization 8(a) small business that brings the Spirit of Aloha to our employees. As part of the LAUKOA 'Ohana', you will be provided a best-in-class benefits program that strives to ensure our great people have peace of mind when it comes to health and wellness. For more information about LAUKOA and our benefits programs, please visit www.LAUKOA.com

The ideal candidate will effectively assist the 99th Readiness Division Directorate of Public Works with the execution and implementation of multi-faceted, comprehensive engineering base operations and sustainment program to ensure the buildings and grounds are properly monitored and maintained to meet functional, appearance, safety, security, and environmental standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This technician will collaborate with Area & Regional Facilities Operations Specialists (AFOS/RFOS) to plan and develop technical project documents of broad scope and complexity. Assignments typically require the technician to devise approaches to accomplish work, resolve design and operational problems, and record within a specification of work.
• Technician will provide project development services to include receiving maintenance and repair (M&R) requirements from field to complete a project package, commensurate with Philadelphia USACE and/or ACC-NJ requirements.
• Technician will ensure submitted projects are technically correct, incorporating industry and USACE best practices into design and ensuring energy efficiency.
• Technician will be required to develop project cost estimations using RSMeans and other data sources as appropriate.
• Technician will support the development, maintenance and implementation of the RFOS regional Annual Work Plan and 5 Year Plan.
• Technician will conduct facility site visits as appropriate during the project planning phase.
• Technician will review, confirm and approve field reports in relation to facility status.
• Technician will review adequacy of submitted Customer Support System (CSS) requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Must have complete familiarity with the Microsoft Office Suite of products, specifically: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access. (Intermediate level).
• Minimum (3) years’ experience in project development or applicable equivalency required.
• Ability to work independently with little to no supervision.
• Current favorable National Agency Check with Inquiry.(NACI), in accordance with AR 380- 67
• Valid Driver’s License, with ability to operate government provided vehicle
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Project development experience to include but not be limited to:

• Creation and review of pre-award technical contract documents
• Creation and review of labor/material/equipment cost estimates

Additional examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Technical Writing
• Drafting
• Surveying
• Creation and review of material take offs
• Facilities maintenance/management experience
• Educational coursework in the field of engineering, construction or industrial technologies

• Occasionally required to stand, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Frequently required to walk Continually required to sit
• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Continually required to talk or hear
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision
• Normally works in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.
• During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and loud noise

LAUKOA is an Equal Opportunity/VEVRAA federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

LAUKOA offers a best-in-class benefits program including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) program with employer match; paid vacation and sick leave; employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; and a flexible work environment. Additionally, employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage; accident insurance; identity theft coverage; pet insurance, and more.

LAUKOA gives preference to internal candidates. If no internal candidate meets our qualifications, external candidates will be given consideration.