Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic

Summary

The Electronic Industrial Controls (EIC) Mechanic is assigned to the Operations & Maintenance Section - Facilities Management Service. Incumbent is under the general supervision of the Supervisory Maintenance Mechanic. Incumbent provides support maintenance and repair on all non-biomedical electronic systems and equipment, including centralized environmental monitoring control systems, and energy management systems.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE:

A specific length of training and experience is not required - but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge - skills - and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:
Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element - which usually appears as question 1 in the on‑line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:
Electronics Equipment Assembly - Installation - Repair Ingenuity Test Equipment - Electronics Troubleshooting (Electrical) Use Hand and Power Tools - Electronics Without more than normal supervision 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; religions; 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.

Note:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part‑time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

• Knowledge of EIC Mechanics and performing work on highly complex systems of electronic sensing and control
• Knowledge of logic circuits - electronic amplification - control circuits - and complex electrical - mechanical - hydraulic - and/or pneumatic systems
• Knowledge of industrial or environmental control processes to be accomplished by the equipment on which they work - to properly test and coordinate various portions of the system
• Knowledge of characteristic voltage - current - and signal shape of the input and output of a wide variety of microprocessors - integrated and discrete solid‑state circuits - and high‑power vacuum tube or transistor applications to recognize indications of improper operation - and differentiate them from temporary anomalies introduced by the testing itself
• Troubleshoot using Boolean algebra to construct truth tables and logic equations for analysis of logic circuits
• Responsible for making tests and alignments to ensure the completed equipment is aligned and functioning properly
• Knowledge of characteristic voltage - current - and signal shape of the input and output of a wide variety of microprocessors - integrated and discrete solid‑state circuits - and high‑power vacuum tube or transistors
• Performs a variety of work involved in the installation - maintenance - troubleshooting - repair - and calibration of electronic controls and indicating and recording systems used on industrial machinery or in heating and air conditioning (HVAC) - Automated Building System (ABS) which use special purpose - dedicated computers to store…