Electronics Technician

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Round Hill, VA

About The Position

The Electronics Technician works as a member of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Facilities Management Division, Maintenance Branch, HVAC team. The role performs testing, maintenance, and installation of electronic systems, including SCADA monitoring, building management, fire alarm, security, access control, camera, and lighting systems. The position may focus on building automation systems or security and access control systems, and involves integrating software and hardware components and supporting associated infrastructure. The technician installs, repairs, modifies, maintains, and programs digital and analog electronic systems and components. Examples include Tridium-based Plant Jace Controllers, Alerton and Honeywell VAV controllers and input/output controllers, flow meters, valve actuators, pressure gauges, differential pressure sensors, and relays, as well as electronic strikes, magnetic locks, card readers, motion sensors, balanced magnetic switches, and fixed, PTZ, and thermal surveillance cameras. The position also performs related programming, monitors system performance, operator activity, and alarms, provides technical guidance to contractors, and develops sketches and alternative layouts for system and component installations. MWEOC employees have emergency assignments and are considered deployed in place. Exercises and activations may be planned or unplanned and require long hours, nights, weekends, or holidays. Employees are subject to recall during emergencies, must use a government-issued electronic device, and may work above or below ground. Emergency operations may also involve extensive travel with little advance notice, extended assignments, and work at locations other than the official duty station under physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. Selected candidates must attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland within six months of onboarding.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Successfully pass and maintain a background investigation for a Top-Secret/SCI clearance.
Register for Selective Service, if applicable.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
Obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Be able to deploy with little or no advance notice anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period.
GS-10 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09, including assisting with maintenance and repair of analog and digital electronic systems; installing components using sketches and layouts; and interpreting specifications for modifying, testing, or repairing equipment.
GS-11 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-10, including servicing, maintaining, and repairing analog and digital electronic systems; preparing and developing installation sketches and layouts to meet industrial and site-specific standards for commissioning; and developing specifications for modifying, testing, or repairing equipment.
Pass a pre-employment physical paid for by the agency.
Be subject to random drug testing under FEMA's Drug-Free Workplace Plan.
Complete a one-year probationary period if hired as a new Federal competitive service employee.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in network infrastructure and integration of software and hardware components related to Building Automation Systems or Security and Access Control Systems.
Experience in maintenance, installation, fabrication, testing and evaluation, research and development, sustainment, or troubleshooting of electronic systems and equipment.

Responsibilities

Test, maintain, install, repair, modify, and program digital and analog electronic systems, including SCADA monitoring, building management, fire alarm, security, access control, camera, and lighting systems.
Install and maintain building automation components such as controllers, flow meters, valve actuators, pressure gauges, differential pressure sensors, and relays.
Install and maintain security and access control components such as electronic strikes, magnetic locks, card readers, motion sensors, balanced magnetic switches, and surveillance cameras.
Perform programming tasks for related systems and hardware in building automation, security systems, infrastructure support systems, computer equipment, and system software.
Monitor system performance, daily operator activity, and alarms.
Review and provide technical guidance for contractors performing MWEOC facility installation projects, and assist with Contracting Officer's Representative-related duties.
Develop original working sketches and alternative layouts to determine arrangements and design configurations for component installations, support systems, and related equipment when specifications are not available from traditional sources.
Respond to emergency assignments and recall, including work at locations above or below ground and possible travel or extended deployment.
Attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland within six months of onboarding if selected.