Equipment Specialist (Marine)

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), NOAA Dive Center

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/855668700

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), NOAA Dive Center with one vacancy in Seattle, WA.

This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO-26-12872600-ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

As an Equipment Specialist (Marine), you will perform the following duties:

• Provide maintenance to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Diving Center (NDC) SCUBA equipment such as repairing, overhauling, maintaining, and inspecting equipment. Process shipments of diving regulators and SCUBA gear to and from divers in the field.
• Analyze equipment performance or maintenance problems and provide advice/recommendations when equipment is at end-of-life. Apply the full range of equipment standards, policies, regulations, and methods to ensure safety and compliance.
• Perform routine and on-demand service, inspection, and maintenance of SCUBA in support of the Standardized Equipment Program (SEP) for NDC. Service of SCUBA equipment includes disassembly, inspection, cleaning and re-assembly, and testing. SEP equipment includes first and second stage regulators, pressure gauges, alternate air sources, buoyancy compensators, and underwater instrumentation.