Electronics Technician

This announcement has been re-opened to display the promotion potential. A new application is not required for those who already applied.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in network infrastructure and integration of software and hardware components related to Supervisory Control &Data Acquisition Systems (SCADA) with Human Machine Interface (HMI); or Building Management Systems; or Fire Alarm Systems; or Security Systems.

Qualifications:

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met within 30 days of 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:

• Applying knowledge and assisting in the maintenance and 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;
• 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.

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.

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

• Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

• Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Are you qualifying based on your work experience?

• Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.

• Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.

• Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified."

• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards

Responsibilities:

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 maintaining the facility's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions (SCADA) Systems, Uninterrupted Power Systems (UPS) and integration of 3rd party products such as Allen Bradley, GE and Automation Direct Programming Logical Controllers (PLCs) and related systems. Typical assignments include:

• Performing installation, repair, modifications, maintenance, and programing of digital and analog electronic systems (i.e., Switchgear Controllers, Power Meters, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Variable Air Volume (VAV) controllers, Plant Jace Controllers, Flow Meters, Chlorine Analyzers, Turbidimeters, Valve Actuators, Pressure Gauges, Differential Pressure Sensors, Relays, Locking systems, Electronic Strikes, Magnetic Locks, Card Readers, signature devices and modules) for Supervisory Control & Data Acquisitions (SCADA) systems for controlling and monitoring various Utility Systems such as Power Distribution, Power Generation, Water and Wastewater Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, Security and Access Control Systems.
• Performing programming tasks for related system and hardware in specialty areas (e.g. 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.

Salary : $77,771