Facilities Maintenance Technician III; Lead); USAGM

Job Details

Job Location:

Greenville Transmitting Station - Grimesland, NC 27837

Job Location:

Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station, Grimesland, NC

Work Schedule:

Full Time, 40 Hr/wk, Eight (8) hours/day, (Mon-Fri)

Work Environment:
Work is performed in an industrial environment involving electrical and mechanical equipment. Heightened safety precautions are required.

This position is located at the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in Greenville, North Carolina. The Facilities Maintenance Specialist-III is responsible for providing day-to-day direction, technical guidance, and oversight in all facets of the Station’s physical plant and associated buildings and grounds elements. These include: the operation and maintenance of power generators; buildings and grounds; support utilities; subordinate mechanical systems associated with the radio station infrastructure;

vehicle fleet management; outside structures; and, antenna/switch bay systems. The position, in addition to the overall management of the facilities arena, is a working technician with mastery skills and knowledge in multiple facility disciplines to include: electrical and fuel distribution, building structural elements and advanced journeyman skills to include: welding and brazing, plumbing, and machinist operations.

The wide array of responsibilities requires the incumbent to be available on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week.

• Serves as a team leader, assigning work and coaching team members and reporting to management on their performance.
• Ensure that all power generating equipment is operated in accordance with applicable electrical power contracts, program and operating procedures, Agency instructions, and national/state standards.
• Develops and implements a preventive maintenance program to maximize operating efficiency and provide optimum equipment availability and reliability for all generators, antenna/RF transmission systems, and vehicles.
• Responsible for the operation, preventive and corrective maintenance of various station utility systems, i.e., water, sewer, drainage heating, cooling and lighting. The repair of domestic and industrial appliances (and devices) is carried out under the purview of the incumbent.
• Responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of the station's mixed vehicle fleet. Vehicle sizes range from passenger sedans to large utility-type rigging trucks. The Buildings and Grounds equipment ranges from small riding lawnmowers to large farm tractors, various pieces of construction equipment, i.e., rigging trucks, and welders, etc.
• Responsible for the development of budget projections to ensure necessary funds are allocated for facilities operations. Provides guidance in administering the allotted budget in accordance with an established financial plan and facilities' requirements.
• Proposes M&R projects to ensure that the station will maintain uninterrupted long-term operation. Also ensures that procedures are in place for the implementation of M&R projects to ensure that project deliverables are introduced into the station at the proper time and with minimal disruption.
• Prepares routine reports including:
  Monthly, Quarterly and Annual statistical reports, budget estimates, annual, quarterly and monthly financial plan reviews, etc. Prepares periodic progress reports on approved major projects, establishes operating and maintenance procedures, drafts the station Transportation Plan and other communications as required.
• Prepares Statements of Work, task orders, requisitions, and other procurement instruments for parts, supplies, and services required for sustained facilities and support services requirements.
• Serves as the Contracting Office Representative (COR) responsible for overseeing and assessing the work of contractors performing: field and yard mowing; transmission line and pole maintenance; antenna structure maintenance and repair, generator service; janitorial; and, other contracted facilities support activities.
• Provides day-day oversight of contracted facilities maintenance personnel, establishes work priorities and maintenance assignments.
• Plans, performs or directs the work…