Supervisory Electronics Technician

This position is located with the Chief Information Office (CIO). The CIO manages the Information Resources environment for the Forest Service. The individual will be responsible for facilitating the coordination with field and Forest Service leadership for all information technology infrastructure, business applications, and information management services. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Raymond Adams at raymond.e.adams@usda.gov.

Major duties

• Supervises and performs the installation and corrective/preventive maintenance of Land Mobile Radio systems which may include:.
• Tower work oversight, repeater diagnostics, and incident support that cannot be performed remotely and require physical presence across multiple forests or service areas.
• Utilizes test equipment including service monitors, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, time domain reflectometers, digital multimeters, signal generators, and megohmmeters.
• Highly skilled, experienced in and comprehensive knowledge of: Radio systems: UHF/VHF radios, portable and mobile radios, antenna systems, base stations, repeaters and microwaves.
• Ability to apply new technologies, experience, and judgment to solve a variety of highly complex technical problems involving researching, analyzing, testing, diagnosing, tuning, and aligning complex radio systems.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: Providing technical leadership in the development, enhancement, and integration of land mobile radio (LMR) systems; and/or Installing, maintaining, repairing, and performing corrective/preventive maintenance on LMR systems, components and links; and/or Solving a variety of technical problems involving researching, analyzing, testing, diagnosing, tuning, and aligning LMR systems to restore or ensure continuous and reliable operations. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no education qualification or substitution for this position.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory 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. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will 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.