Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic Leader

Architect of the Capitol•Washington, DC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings. The Electronic Industrial Controls Mechanic Leader installs, maintains, evaluates, adjusts, repairs, and calibrates electronic control equipment and systems supporting HVAC operations in the Senate Office Buildings. The role is a working-leader position and includes coordinating and guiding the work of other employees, as well as performing journey-level controls mechanic duties. The tour of duty is Tuesday through Saturday, day shift. This is an essential-employee position; the employee must report during emergencies and inclement weather. The schedule may occasionally require mandatory overtime on holidays and weekends.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship or eligibility under one of the specified categories for employment by the Architect of the Capitol.
Pass a drug test; a negative result is required before appointment for candidates subject to screening.
Resume and application responses must demonstrate job-related qualifications.
Journey-level leader experience maintaining, repairing, and adjusting existing electronic sensing and control equipment and solving complex problems in those systems.
Experience with electronic sensing BAS (building automation system) systems.
Experience with HVAC R, including glycol refrigeration.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify Selective Service registration or provide proof of exemption.
Selectees are subject to a U.S. Capitol Police criminal-record check and satisfactory adjudication.

Responsibilities

Pass instructions received from supervisors to other workers; start work, distribute immediate tasks, and demonstrate proper work methods.
Ensure plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available and obtain needed materials.
Check work in progress and upon completion to confirm work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines follow supervisor instructions.
Ensure work progresses safely and take corrective action on unsafe conditions in managed areas.
Maintain, evaluate, adjust, and repair electronic sensing and control equipment used for HVAC operations.
Install, operate, maintain, calibrate, and troubleshoot hard-wired and wireless sensors, actuators, device controllers, and interfaces with building equipment.
Monitor system performance, operate DDC software, and recommend interface improvements.
Install, modify, operate, maintain, calibrate, evaluate, troubleshoot, adjust, and repair DDC components downstream of building routers, including RS-485/MSTP/ARCNET networks, twisted-pair cabling, and related mechanical equipment.
Troubleshoot and repair commercial refrigeration systems, including walk-in and reach-in boxes, water coolers, and deep-freeze boxes, as well as commercial cooking equipment and mixers.
Operate the BAS terminal and related equipment to display and print point status, change set points and alarm limits, and operate manually controlled points.
Develop changes to detailed schematics, drawings, and maintenance procedures for lower-grade employees.
Evaluate and adjust new system installations and repair existing systems during operational tests; modify test equipment as needed.
Guide lower-grade controls mechanics in operating smart-building controls and performance-monitoring software, including DDC, lighting, electrical, mechanical, and fire-alarm systems.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

Health insurance plans
Retirement system with investment options
Paid holidays
Paid sick and annual leave
Life insurance
Incentive systems
Subsidized transportation
Training and development opportunities
Potential credit toward a higher annual leave accrual rate based on qualifying prior service
Opportunity for eligible employees to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program