ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS MECH

Duties

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections will be made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application.

This position is being filled under Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce, in accordance with Section Direct Hire Auth 5 U.S.C. § 9905, 6/23/2023

Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following:

• Operates, programs, troubleshoots, and repairs the Allen Bradley Utility Monitoring and Control System (UMCS) and the ICONICS SCADA system; monitors real-time system parameters, interprets computer screen data/alarms, and executes precise manual or computer-controlled override procedures to maintain plant systems in a safe, optimal state.
• Performs comprehensive repairs, preventive maintenance (PM), and corrective diagnostics with little to no supervision on complex utility distribution and generation networks, including Chilled Water, Steam, Electrical (up to 600V), Sewage, HVAC, Municipal Water, Natural Gas, and Storm Drainage systems.
• Serves as a lead worker in the installation, major modification, and operational testing of new or modified industrial control systems; maintains, calibrates, and fine-tunes high-precision devices such as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), VFDs, transducers, transmitters, and digital/analog process loop controllers.
• Responds rapidly to emergency and standard service calls to resolve industrial control system and component failures; diagnoses and repairs mechanical and electronic defects at the component level, including power supplies, signal generators, amplifiers, actuators, valves, and dampers.
• Enforces strict adherence to occupational safety programs, including lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) and confined space entry protocols; prepares and manages safety tags, utilizes specialized PPE, and updates technical working drawings to submit to the PHRP Branch Chief to ensure continuous regulatory compliance and operational safety.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration)
• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment
• Required to participate in the direct deposit program
• This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing
• Selections from this notice are subject to provisions of the DOD Priority Placement Program for displaced employees.
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance. Are you willing to meet this condition of employment?
• The incumbent is required to pass a pre-employment and yearly physical examination for this position.
• This position may require you to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime.
• The employee assigned to this position is designated as a MISSION ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE. Mission essential employees may be required to report for, or remain at, work in dismissal or closure situations.
• This position requires This position requires you to obtain a Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) Level 1 certification within the 1st year of employment.

Qualifications

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Your background must demonstrate a full range of Electronic Industrial Controls Mech tasks, including serving as a lead worker responsible for installing new systems, performing major modifications, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and major repairs to existing industrial control systems.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume.

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.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the questions. The screen-out element for this position is Ability to do the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

PHYSICAL EFFORT/REQUIREMENTS: Work involves significant walking, bending, stooping, crawling, climbing or ladders, use of tools
and lifting of heavy items to perform duties. Must be able to assume uncomfortable positions.

WORKING CONDITIONS: The incumbent works in shops and operating equipment areas; performing tasks near steam generation equipment, refrigeration plant, switch-gear cabinets, sewage pumping station, steam tunnels, manholes, etc. The operating areas are noisy, hot/cold, dusty, dirty, and contain moving equipment, high voltage equipment, and pressurized piping systems, which can be hazardous if improperly operated. The plant contains hazardous chemicals that require special handling procedures and protection. Conditions require that appropriate safety gear be worn, such as hard hats, hearing protection, protective eyewear, and gloves. May be exposed to asbestos and lead.

ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS: Federal agencies treat active duty service member as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligible, when they submit, as part of their application package, a "certification" of active service in lieu of a DD-214, indicating the service member is otherwise eligible and will be discharged or released within 120 days from the date of submission. A "certification" letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. This "certification" must include your rank, dates of active-duty service, type of discharge and character of service (i.e. honorable), and date any terminal leave will begin. It must be signed by, or by direction of, the adjutant, personnel officer, or commander of your unit or higher headquarters. Active duty members that fail to provide a valid "certification" of service with their initial application will be found "not eligible". Members may be appointed before the effective date of their military retirement/separation if they are on terminal leave.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

Additional information

Probationary Periods: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing an online application, you may request an alternative application. Please send an email to the following address for information on how to obtain an alternative application:

Reemployed Annuitants: Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants.

Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.

Nepotism: Under the provisions of 5 USC 3110, an individual may not be appointed into a position if the position is under the supervisory chain of command of a relative.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.