Supervisory Electronics Technician (Wildland Fire)

Office of the Secretary of the Interior • Boise, ID

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, ID. The incumbent provides direct daily supervision, oversight, and technical guidance for a group of employees and must be able to meet constantly changing, highly diverse, and often unpredictable maintenance workloads. The work involves a combination of supervisory, administrative, shop, bench, warehouse, travel, and operational activities. Work is performed in offices, shops, warehouses, vehicles, training locations, and outdoor environments. Conditions may involve exposure to rough terrain, adverse weather, temperature extremes, dust, electrical hazards, tools, and moving equipment. The work may also involve travel and operational conditions associated with emergency or incident-related support. Risks are moderate and are controlled through established safety procedures and use of protective equipment. DOI has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster. Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Must be 18 years of age at time of close date of announcement.
• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• Incumbent will be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• If new to the federal government, and this is your first appointment, as a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, or higher in the Federal service, or equivalent.
• To receive credit for experience, your 2 page resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time or part-time, hours must be included ).
• If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
• Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted.
• You may only submit one resume.
• Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes.
• In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed.
• If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualifications or specialized experience a rating of "ineligible" or "not qualified" will be applied and no consideration for employment will be granted.

Nice To Haves

• The incumbent performs recurring walking, bending, stooping, crouching, climbing, and lifting during equipment handling, installation, maintenance, and/or system support activities.
• The work may involve removal and replacement of intricate components, operation of vehicles or off-road equipment, and lifting or carrying moderately heavy items.

Responsibilities

• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; makes assignments based on capability and expertise; evaluates the work performance of subordinates; develops performance standards; gives advice or instruction to subordinates on work and administrative matters; and identifies developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development or training.
• Manages personnel and assigns duties to accomplish the workload safely and efficiently.
• Interviews candidates for positions; recommends appointment, promotion or assignment for positions; hears or resolves complaints from employees; referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher level; and effects minor disciplinary measures.
• Carries out managerial duties in accordance with regulatory requirements in areas such as internal management controls; Merit Systems Principles; Safety and Occupational Health obligations; performance management; management of ethics, conduct and discipline; and hiring reform.
• Responsible for programming and annual budgeting submissions and ensures program accomplishments are within budget allocations.
• Makes recommendations for budget adjustments.
• Responsible for the property tracking and accountability of all WFS owned equipment and must have a working knowledge of associated property regulations.
• Researches, reviews and evaluates technological trends and provides approaches for achieving significant advances in operational and mission requirements by incorporating state-of-the-art equipment.
• Oversees, tracks, and coordinates life-cycle replacement for all federally owned equipment.
• Responsible for conducting the evaluation and technical analysis of electronic, computer, and electro-mechanical equipment and systems to ensure they meet the required section applications and operational parameters.
• Provides technical support for Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) and related electronic, electro-mechanical, telemetry, communications, sensor, and data collection systems used in support of wildland fire operations and other all-risk activities.
• Develops and implements troubleshooting, maintenance, operational, safety, testing, and certification standards and procedures to ensure systems and equipment met established technical and operational requirements.
• Conducts technical analyses of complex systems, evaluates technological advancements, and develops hardware, software, and equipment solutions to improve system performance, reliability, and mission effectiveness.
• Provides technical leadership for equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, testing, operational readiness, and life-cycle requirements while coordinating technical activities with field and depot personnel, interagency users, engineering staff, vendors, and contractors.
• Analyzes complex operational and equipment requirements, establishes technical priorities, and develops solutions involving equipment failures, resource constraints, changing technologies, and time-sensitive wildland fire and all-risk mission requirements.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position.
• A Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for a Federal employee when the employee must move, as directed by the Department of Interior either through a management directed reassignment or selection for employment, to a different location at least 50 miles away from the one where his/her position of record held at time of selection is currently located, due to a need of the agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed