Electrician.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble interlocking navigation and interrelated electrical, mechanical systems, subsystems, standby, and related equipment to determine extent of repairs, overhaul, and/or replacement parts needed.
• Make recommendations to supervisor when major repairs are needed to coordinate temporary repair, technical engineering review, and procurement of replacement items.
• Operate, maintain, and monitor installation of new and replacement units within the integrated system for telephone and public address systems.
• Monitor the operation of complex integrated subsystems, analyze operating trends, propose preventive maintenance downtime to assure continued operating capability, and recommend unit replacement or overhaul.
• Conduct regular inspections of electrical equipment, test and adjust electrical systems, instrument apparatus, and equipment; note defects and perform preventive maintenance functions.
• Diagnose, lay out, install, test, maintain, and repair electrical systems, instruments apparatus, and equipment.
• Operate, maintain, and install new replacement cameras and TV monitors and associated fiber optic cable within the integrated system for CCTV safety and security subsystems.
• Operate navigational locks for passage of marine surface traffic or dispatch and clear marine surface traffic in or out of narrow shipping channels.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A pre-employment physical is required.
• Employee must observe established safe working procedures; appropriate protective clothing and/or equipment is provided to minimize or eliminate hazardous conditions and its use is mandatory.
• Subject to random drug testing in accordance with ER 690-1-1218.
• Subject to call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to analyze cause of malfunctioning electrical items and expedite repairs.
• Occasional temporary duty (TDY) travel is required.
• Must possess and maintain a valid State driver’s license.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials, that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element)

WY-2805-08 Level: Must have the ability to perform common repairs to electrical systems. Minimum of four years experience with industrial motor control and troubleshooting. Work under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to ensure they are properly performed. Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

WY-2805-11 Level: Must have a minimum of four years experience with industrial motor control and troubleshooting. Work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to ensure they are properly performed. Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

Physical Effort

• Work requires frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
• Often has to climb ladders and poles and use platforms to reach hard-to-reach places for repairs and installations.
• Uses coordination of eyes, hands, feet, legs, and body in installing, repairing, or testing equipment.
• Lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed inside and outside during the day and at night, as required by emergencies, on high structures over turbulent water with strong currents.
• Work in proximity of moving machinery and high-tension electrical wires, in cramped quarters, and on scaffolds or slings as required by repairs.
• Occasionally works behind bulkheads or in tunnels below water level.
• Extremely subject to falls, drowning, burns, fatal and nonfatal electrical shocks, injury and discomfort, exposure to moving equipment, machinery, loud noise, inclement weather, and dangerous icy conditions.
• Uses safety equipment such as life vests, protective ear devices, hard hats, hard-toe shoes, respirators, and protective clothing.

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. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.