Electronics Mechanic (Fire Alarm Systems)

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol(AOC), Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Superintendent House Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent Facility Operations Division; Electrical Branch; and Electrical Night Section. The incumbent serves as an Electronics Mechanic performing journey level Fire Protection System equipment troubleshooting, testing, installation, maintenance and repairs.

Qualifications:

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at General Schedule Qualification Standards.

You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position:

WG-11/12: Ability to perform journey-level Fire Protection System equipment troubleshooting, testing, installation, maintenance, and repairs without more than normal supervision.

Responsibilities:

The tour of duty for this posiiton is Sunday - Friday 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. 

Note: This position is emergency essential - Depending on the type of emergency the employee may be required to report to work during emergency situations.

Major Duties:

Duties below are stated at the WG-12 level.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain, test, troubleshoot and repair diverse vendor smoke and heat fire alarm systems and devices.
• Assist contractors to locate and install system components ranging in complexity from the older electrical and analog devices to the newer moderately complex digital computer-controlled systems requiring some programming.
• Replace defective sensors and circuit control boards consisting of various electronic and electrical relays.
• Inspect, maintain, clean, repair, bench test, perform functional tests and adjust the specified accuracy of a variety of equipment and circuitry, such as hard wire alarm transceivers, control consoles, printed circuit boards and cards, VHF antennas, electrical buzzers, bell circuits, fire alarm clocks, rheostats, thermostats and smoke detectors.
• Work from verbal instructions, work orders, blueprints, schematics, maintenance schedules and inspection schedules to perform maintenance, diagnose system or equipment malfunctions, make repairs and replace equipment as required.
• Evaluate the fire alarm system module, component, device and circuit failures. Isolates the system failure and replaces the defective part or component, minimizing downtime and restoring circuit integrity in a timely manner. 
• Provide support for nightly sprinkler and fire alarm testing, additions to, upgrading of, and maintenance and repair of fire alarm equipment.
• Assist with the changeover from hard ware systems to an addressable, multiplex system.
• Install new circuits and communication loop routes and connections. Assists contractors in identifying and finding circuitry.
• Install or assist contractors to install new systems or upgrades of existing fire protection devices and systems.
• Provide technical support to Fire Protection Engineers in solving problems/breakdowns found in test programs.
• Perform connection, test and restoration work on fire protection systems and/or earlier assigned systems requiring major adjustments.
• Provide expertise on the latest and most technologically complex electronic systems.
• Examine, troubleshoot, overhaul and test electronic equipment and complete operational systems involved with an assortment of construction, maintenance, repair and renovation projects.
• Troubleshoot the cause of operational problems on novel or improved systems when technical specifications are inadequate. Identify problems in designs and guidelines. 

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