Employee will serve as an Electronics Technician assigned to the Maintenance Shops of Engineering Service located at the Veterans Healthcare System in Iowa City, IA.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-10 grade level in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Work as a technician, instructor, inspector, or mechanic (civilian or military) that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory, and of the characteristics, function, operation, and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. This experience must have included the use of schematic diagrams, a variety of test equipment, and the application of appropriate electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing, troubleshooting, modifying, designing, calibrating, installing, maintaining, repairing, constructing, and developing, and instructing on electronic equipment, or similar functions. Experience in developing policies, standards, and procedures for maintenance, installation, or similar functions, provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successful completion of three full years of graduate education or a Ph.D. directly related to the work of this position (i.e., in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, electronics technology) meets the requirements for the GS-11 level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate education and specialized experience, as described above, meet the total qualification requirements. Only graduate education in excess of 2 years, excess of 18 semester hours is creditable for this requirement. Quality Ranking Factor* has also been requested by the facility to help determine which of the basically qualified applicants are likely to be better qualified for a position. The quality ranking factor for this position is: Experience in a healthcare/hospital environment performing technical support and maintenance of electronic equipment and systems. *Quality Ranking Factors are skills, knowledge, abilities, or other worker characteristics which could be expected to result in superior performance on the job. Quality ranking factors will not be used for screening but may be used as ranking criteria. Applicants with higher proficiency levels may rank above those with lower proficiency levels on a quality ranking factor. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Communications Computers and Electronics Configuration Management Quality Management Quality Ranking Factor IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Requirements: The work can be physically demanding, involving walking, sitting, crawling, climbing, standing, and long periods of intense concentration. Lifting of objects between 10 and 50 pounds is common, and on occasion lifting of 100 pound objects is necessary. Working on ladders with arms above head for extended periods of time is also common. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** The primary purpose of this position is responsible for the engineering, design, installations, and maintenance and ongoing operational support of complex non-medical electronic equipment and systems. Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: Administrative duties: Prepares routine and special written reports covering systems and equipment tests, failures, maintenance records, inventories of equipment, parts and supplies, and fire alarms event histories. Develops lesson plans and conducts training for technical, clinical, and law enforcement staff. Acquires/organizes documentation to support systems and uses software to draft schematics or other technical drawings for assembly and fabrication of customized integrated and stand-alone systems. Serves as a consultant to construction staff and contractors regarding protection and maintenance of electronics systems. Applies knowledge of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) networking and communications practices to work with Information Technology staff and telecommunications contractors to establish, document, and maintain open channels of communications between main site and satellite facilities for equipment that is networked between sites. Technical duties: Researches, designs, redesigns, configures, installs, modifies, upgrades, troubleshooting, repairs, aligns, programs, and integrates highly complex electronics systems and subsystems. Determines the degree such life safety systems are to be shut down to avoid false alarms while continuing acceptable level of protection for the building and its occupants; performs timely shutdown and re-activation of the system. Employee may be subject to emergency call-back if critical systems and their backup systems fail. Maintains alertness to all situations and acts tactfully/diplomatically in performing functions so that he/she does not cause any disturbances to essential medical center operations. Notifies the owning service and Electronics Shop Supervisor if equipment or system should be taken out of services due to unsafe operations or it needs maintenance. Major Grouping of Systems, include but not limited to: Nurse call systems; Radio systems; Phone systems; Closed-circuit television, includes video over IP; Networked fire alarm systems; Panic alarm systems; Intrusion alarms; Temperature monitoring systems and alarms; Medical emergency alarms (code blue, code green, etc.); Access control systems; Audio and radio paging systems; Patient Elopement systems; Building management systems; etc. Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized