Equipment Specialist (Automotive)

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in one of the SI facilities serviced by the Office of Facilities Management (FM). The Office of Facilities Management is responsible for all Smithsonian facilities, many of which are designated as historic and all of which are visited by millions of people each year.

The Equipment Specialist (Automotive) provides inventory control of automotive parts for a variety of mobile assets in the fleet, based on the knowledge of the utilization, properties, and characteristics of automotive parts, tools, and other equipment. In this position, you will: Facilitate the procurement of automotive parts, equipment, and services by conducting market research, preparing purchase requests, tracking deliveries, and using a Government Purchase Card (GPC) in compliance with Federal procurement regulations.

Recommend corrective action for repeated maintenance problems; note abnormal replacement rates for various parts; consider vehicle and parts characteristics, special requirements, and usage patterns. Advise the supervisor of purchasing requirements and assist with preparation of items such as contract specifications, statements of work, and requests for proposal or bid summaries.

Prepare reports on production equipment, material and maintenance. Analyze maintenance actions and assign industry later rates to maintenance actions performed by each mechanic and document service repair orders.

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as applying contracting and procurement procedures, reviewing planned orders, creating requisitions, developing statements of work for small acquisitions and services and utilizing purchase cards for small acquisitions and services.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri. Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. Or Education: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.

B. or J.D., if related. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications; For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards . In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (1670) and who are in a Federal competitive service appointment as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package.

However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position. Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.