These positions are located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in the Administration Division.

Duties

Installs, tests, maintains, and services a wide variety of moderately complex electronic equipment, systems, and devices. This includes primarily land mobile radio systems composed of handheld radios, vehicle radios, and repeaters. Works with radio dispatch systems, fiber-optic networks, broadband data circuits, T-1/T-3 circuits, telephone systems (PBX, VoIP), backup power systems, local area network, wide area network (WAN), computers, networks, modems, multiplexers, in-band and cross-band repeaters, radar equipment, microprocessor controlled fire/security alarm systems, access control systems, telemetry systems, uninterruptible power supplies, traffic counters, and solar power systems. With supervision, performs radio encryption key and network Radio Over Internet Protocol (RoIP) and climbs communication towers to provide installation and maintenance of antennas and Coax/Helix/Waveguide runs to radio system equipment installed at various locations. Assists with scheduled preventative maintenance and makes timely replacements and/or repairs minimizing unit and systems outages. Assists in maintaining telecommunications equipment inventories and performs data management of radio programming archives which include word documents, spreadsheets, and radio specific data files. Creates or modifies mounts, brackets, and minor construction projects for radio system operation and maintenance. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work involves both bench work and field work. The bench work portion of the job is usually sedentary and will involve the usual amount of siting, walking, standing, and bending associated with office type work, informal meetings, and the use of bench equipment such as computers, analyzers, and soldering stations. Bench work includes working with micro-miniature circuitry, requiring the use of magnification devices and clean, precise working practices. The field portion of the job will include driving, hiking, and carrying equipment. Thus, the employee will occasionally carry a heavy backpack (up to 50 lbs.) and hike over rough, uneven, rocky terrain or slippery surfaces at elevations from 1,000 ft. to over 10,000 ft. and in temperatures from 20F to115F. Once arriving at work sites, field work involves some physical exertion such as long periods of standing, recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, and recurring lifting of moderately heavy items. Considerable and strenuous physical exertion is required to work in high elevations on antenna supporting structures up to 150 feet above the ground, and in inclement conditions. Work involves driving long distances in hazardous conditions, such as four-wheel drive access areas, over steep and mountainous or rough high-desert terrain. the position may require flying in helicopters and boating in varying weather conditions. Work requires the operation of a motor vehicle on steep mountainous roads. Incumbent must be able to perform occasional travel assignments. WORKING CONDITIONS: Office work is performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office, which requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time working at a bench. The incumbent will also be exposed to radio frequency hazards, high voltages, noise, and slippery and uneven surfaces. It also includes working in voice and data equipment rooms and computer rooms. Field work includes exposure to extreme weather conditions (over 100 degrees F), steep and uneven terrain, pesticides, poisonous plants, biting insects, and wild animals. Field conditions involve the employee being exposed to noise, dust, heat, weather, and aircraft turbulence. The tower climbing work is performed under variable and unpredictable working conditions in many locations, sometimes in inclement weather and at high altitudes. Work occasionally includes travel to different sites over long distance and exposure to extreme weather conditions (i.e., rain, snow, and fog). Poor air quality afflicts Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, especially during summer months - generally May to October. Hogh ozone levels may be the most harmful pollutant here. In summer months, concentrations often exceed the federal ozone health standards.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-10/25/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Applicants must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service. Examples include: Providing support for two-way radio infrastructure, such as analog and P25 digital repeaters, LMR encryption, duplexers, combiners, and/or other antenna system components; using industry standard test equipment appropriate to the task and systems under test; installing and maintaining digital and PBX and telephone systems; applying basic diagnostic and troubleshooting techniques to locate and evaluate malfunctions in telecommunications equipment and systems. You must show hours worked. -OR- A master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related, include major study in electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, industrial management, or other related fields. You must submit transcripts. -OR- A combination of specialized experience and education as described above (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level). You must submit transcripts. Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Contacts

• Address Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 47050 Generals Highway Three Rivers, CA 93271 US
• Name: Victoria Barela
• Phone: (505) 988-6808
• Email: [email protected]