Electronics Technician

Summary

In this position you will work as a member of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Facilities Management Division, Maintenance Branch, HVAC team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in network infrastructure and integration of software and hardware components related to Building Automation Systems or Security and Access Control Systems.

Duties

All MWEOC staff have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place. Exercises and activations are planned and unplanned, and may require long hours, nights, weekends and holidays. All MWEOC employees are: (1) required to use a government-issued electronic device (to include cellular phones); (2) subject to recall during emergency situations; and (3) required to perform work in locations both above and below ground. What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as an Electronics Technician, responsible for performing testing, maintenance and installation of electronic systems such as SCADA monitoring systems, building management systems, fire alarm systems, security systems, access control systems, camera and lighting systems. Typical assignments include: Performing installation, repair, modifications, maintenance, and programing of digital and analog electronic systems (i.e., Tridium based Plant Jace Controllers, Alerton and Honeywell Variable Air Volume (VAV) controllers and input/output controllers, Flow Meters, Valve Actuators, Pressure Gauges, Differential Pressure Sensors, and Relays for controlling and monitoring Building Management System Platforms. Or (2) Locking systems, Electronic Strikes, Magnetic Locks, Card Readers, Motions Sensors, Balanced Magnetic Switches, site surveillance Cameras, including fixed, PTZ and thermal for controlling and monitoring our facility's Security and Access Control Systems). Performing programming tasks for related systems and hardware in specialty areas (e.g. building automation, security systems and infrastructure support systems, computer equipment, systems software and system programming). Monitoring system performance, daily operator activity and alarms. Reviewing and providing technical guidance for contractors performing installation projects for the MWEOC facility and assisting with Contracting Officer's Representative related duties. Developing and preparing original working sketches and alternative layouts to determine final arrangement and design configurations for component installation, support systems and related equipment for systems with specifications that cannot be obtained from traditional sources. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

Qualifications

Electronics technicians may have gained experience assisting in work situations including: Maintenance - Developing maintenance standards and procedures for use by others. Analyzing repair practices and developing procedural instructions for use by others on methods and steps to repair equipment. Installation - Planning and directing the installation of complex systems and associated facilities, particularly where there are site selection and construction problems, dealings with contractors and public utilities, and the possible need to modify equipment for novel site characteristics. Fabrication - Designing and analyzing circuits, determining design feasibility, evaluating equipment performance under varying environmental conditions, and collecting performance data. Designing or modifying designs to achieve performance and cost objectives. Evaluating the adequacy of equipment for such purposes as repair, calibration, and testing. Testing and Evaluation/Research and Development - Developing or evaluating new or modified electronic systems. Completing testing, evaluating data, and determining acceptability of equipment modifications, validity, test procedures and data, or legality of operation. Technicians support professional engineers in performing experiments, research, and developmental activities requiring an in-depth knowledge of technical engineering methods, applications, practices, and principles to work on concepts, prototypes, and experimental projects that are without precedent and support state-of-the-art research. Sustainment - Developing, performing, evaluating, or modifying calibration and test equipment, systems, and procedures. Reporting, analyzing, and archiving test data. Performing complex calculations and manipulations of test data to improve performance of systems, instrumentation, measurement standards, techniques, and procedures. Troubleshooting - Analyzing and diagnosing faults in the operational configuration of electronic systems and equipment. Interpreting circuit wiring, logic cable diagrams, drawings, specifications, and schematics of complete systems and equipment to understand the function and interconnections of the various assemblies and troubleshoot the system. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-10 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Assisting in the maintenance and applying concepts to repair of analog and digital electronic systems (i.e., Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), or HMI/OMI interfaces, or Building Automation Systems Controls, or Fire Alarm Systems, or Security & Access Control Systems, or program zone controllers, or relays and locking systems) AND, Installing components through reading sketches and layouts AND, Interpreting specifications for the modification, testing or repairing of new and existing equipment. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-10 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Servicing, maintaining and repairing of analog and digital electronic systems (i.e., Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA), or HMI/OMI interfaces, or Building Automation Systems Controls, or Fire Alarm Systems, or Security & Access Control Systems, or program zone controllers, or relays and locking systems) AND, Preparing and developing sketches and layouts for component installations to meet Industrial and Site-Specific Standards for system and component commissioning AND, Developing specifications for the modification, testing or repairing of new and existing equipment. Please read the following impo