Provides technical support applied to design, installation, maintenance, and repair of complex radio telecommunications systems owned and operated or utilized by National Park Service (NPS), Midwest Region (MWR), which encompasses a 13-state area, including over 60 NPS sites and 5 centralized radio dispatch communications centers. Provides technical and analytical work to identify, develop, and evaluate options or new technologies for telecommunications systems throughout the Midwest Region.

Duties

Incumbent installs, tests, maintains, and services a wide variety of highly complex radio telecommunications electronic equipment, systems, components, and devices. This includes a wide variety of technologies, with a focus on Land-Mobile-Radio (LMR) systems and Radio-over-IP (RolP) systems. Typical LMR systems include conventional narrowband analog, P25 conventional FDMA and P25 TDMA, mobile and hand-held radios, stand-alone base radios and repeaters, and complex simulcast repeater systems connected via IP based network, MF, HF, VHF, UHF, 700/800 MHz radio systems or equipment, IP based dispatch consoles or digital microwave transceiver systems. Knowledge of backup power systems, local area network (LAN) infrastructure, wide area network (WAN) infrastructure, computers, peripherals, in-band and cross-band repeaters, antenna systems, and physical infrastructure, such as equipment shelters and radio towers. The incumbent routinely uses varied and complex test equipment and testing methodologies to calibrate, align, and adjust equipment and systems to meet prescribed standards and tolerances. Includes installation and maintenance of lightning protection, surge suppression, grounding, environmental controls, alarm and remote monitoring solutions, and back-up power systems. Recommends suitable locations for radio system components and equipment. Incumbent monitors evaluates and records equipment and system performances and implement maintenance strategies and overall planning efforts as directed by the regional radio program manager. Executes a scheduled preventative maintenance program on radio systems and makes timely replacements and/or repairs needed to minimize outages. Keeps abreast of developments in radio telecommunications technologies and implements improved methods and techniques in the design, modification, operation, and maintenance of telecommunications systems. The work involves routine travel from assigned duty station upwards of 14 days a month or more. Use of tools, power equipment and climbing of radio towers or structures. Prepares technical reports, trip reports, cost estimates, fact sheets, and status reports, as necessary. Provides training and assistance to park radio coordinators. Work requires some physical exertion, mostly during field surveys and service calls to remote sites. Physical labor typically includes walking and hiking while carrying medium to light loads. More strenuous activities such as off-trail hiking, portaging, shoveling, digging, and carrying of heavy loads over a short distance may occasionally be required. Service to remote sites may occasionally require carrying heavy loads of up to 60 pounds or more across uneven terrain. Physical Demands: The work requires some physical exertion, mostly during field surveys and service calls to remote sites. Physical labor typically includes walking and hiking while carrying medium to light loads. More strenuous activities such as off-trail hiking, portaging, shoveling, digging, and carrying of heavy loads over a short distance may occasionally be required. Service to remote sites may occasionally require carrying heavy loads of up to 60 pounds across uneven terrain.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/02/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your 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 full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: maintaining radio telecommunication system performance through use of established tools and instructions; installing, management and testing new, standardized radio telecommunications equipment; and monitoring and alerting telecommunication managers regarding deterioration in system performance. Additional experiences evaluating, analyzing, developing, managing, or improving radio communications systems, procedures, and requirements that demonstrated knowledge of current developments and trends in communications concepts and technology, specifically with radio telecommunications technologies. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a Ph.D. degree or equivalent Doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Major study -- electrical or electronic engineering, mathematics, physics, public utilities, statistics, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, business administration, industrial management, or other fields related to the position. You must include transcripts. -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have six months of the specialized experience described above (50% of the experience requirement), and 45 semester hours or 68 quarter hours of directly related graduate level education in an accredited educational institution (50% of the qualifying education). The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include 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 Interior Region 3, 4 and 5 601 Riverfront Drive Omaha, NE 68102 US
• Name: MWR HR West Team
• Phone: 402 661 1986
• Email: [email protected]