Electronics Mechanic

U.S. Army Reserve Command•Fort Jackson, SC

16h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Direct Hire Authority solicitation for a Military Technician position with the 81st Readiness Division, Equipment Concentration Site (ECS) 124, located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The position installs, overhauls, maintains, and repairs electronic components, devices, and equipment. It includes inspecting, diagnosing, troubleshooting, adjusting, modifying, calibrating, aligning, and tuning electronic sets and components; using test equipment to locate faults; preparing reports on equipment that repeatedly fails testing; and providing technical assistance to unit personnel on equipment operation and organizational maintenance procedures. The position requires active membership as a Soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve before a start date can be set. Appointment may require a suitability or fitness determination, background investigation, and medical examination. Work is usually performed indoors in well-lighted, heated, and ventilated areas, with some outdoor work and occasional emergency work in poor weather. The role involves potential exposure to cuts, bruises, scrapes, electrical shock, RF energy, and hot components.

Requirements

Active membership as a Soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve is required before a start date can be set.
Demonstrated ability to perform the work without more than normal supervision, including inspecting electronic equipment, using test equipment to diagnose malfunctions, troubleshooting causes, and completing repairs with hand and power tools.
Ability to frequently lift or carry items weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally items weighing over 50 pounds.
Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, crouch, reach, and stoop.
A personnel security investigation is required.
A medical examination is required prior to employment.
Proof of U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

Install, overhaul, maintain, and repair electronic components, related devices, and equipment.
Replace defective electronic parts and components, including transformers, switches, relays, tubes, circuits, choke coils, capacitors, resistors, cannon plugs, junction blocks, wires, and potentiometers.
Disassemble, inspect, repair, adjust, overhaul, modify, calibrate, align, and tune electronic sets, components, and equipment.
Use test equipment to localize trouble by component unit, circuit, or circuit element.
Conduct inspections, diagnose malfunctions, and troubleshoot to determine the causes of defects.
Prepare unsatisfactory equipment reports for items that repeatedly fail tests, specifying the fault and materials needed for repairs.
Provide technical assistance to unit personnel on equipment operation and organizational maintenance procedures.