This Supervisory Electronics Technician is in the Office of the Deputy Director of Engineering Service at VA Boston Healthcare System, located in West Roxbury, MA. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/07/2025. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-10. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-10 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Work as a technician, instructor, inspector, or mechanic (civilian or military) that showed progression in theoretical and practical knowledge of electronic theory, and of the characteristics, function, operation, and capabilities of a variety of types of electronic equipment. This experience must have included the use of schematic diagrams, a variety of test equipment, and the application of appropriate electronic formulas involved in such duties as testing, troubleshooting, modifying, designing, calibrating, installing, maintaining, repairing, constructing, developing, and instructing on electronic equipment, or similar functions. Experience in developing policies, standards, and procedures for maintenance, installation, or similar functions, provided the work clearly shows that the applicant applied a specialized knowledge of the theories and principles of a variety of electronic systems or equipment. OR Education: Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. Three full years of graduate education or a doctoral degree meets the requirements for GS-11. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. (NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.) OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education. (NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Decision Making Electronics Manages Human Resources Problem Solving Project Management Technical Competence 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is a combination of sedentary and requiring physical effort and exertion such as e.g., walking, standing, carrying light items such as manuals or briefcases, or driving or traveling by motor vehicle. Long periods of standing, bending, and stooping is also required to observe and study work operations in project construction areas/sites, confined spaces, use of scaffolding multi-stories tall, mechanical equipment rooms, and other spaces that are noisy, dirty and close quarters, and lifting of light to moderate heavy items weighing less than 50 pounds. Work Environment: The work area is generally adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated typical of such places as offices, training rooms, and libraries. The work environment also involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions. There are regular and reoccurring visits (at least 25% of duty time) to work sites, mechanical equipment rooms, confined spaces, use of scaffolding, and other spaces that are noisy, dusty, where strong odors exist, dirty and close quarters which may involve moderate risks or discomforts. Worksites are often outside or on rooftops and requires work in inclement weather. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is required in many of these spaces and required to be worn to ensure safety on a daily basis in construction zones. There will be regular and reoccurring exposure to moderate risks or discomforts in storage areas, mechanical equipment rooms, boiler plants and steam tunnels, outdoor conditions involving exposure to cold/hot weather, rain, and wind. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Oversees daily operation of Electronics Technicians, to ensure agency policies and priorities are being followed; develops performance standards; and evaluates work performance of subordinates. Advices, counsels, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Resolves minor complaints from employees. Interviews candidates for positions in the unit; recommends appointments, promotions, and reassignments to unit positions; identifies and provides for training needs; and finds ways to improve production or increase the quality of work to support Engineering section. Provide technical expertise related to electronic and facility enterprise systems via planning, design, implementation, testing, evaluation, project management, professional consulting and reporting, data mining, and full life cycle management. Handle project management: stabilizing the expansion of existing enterprise systems to newly constructed areas and station-level projects under renovation or modernization and serving as a Contracting Officer's Representative for approved projects/implementations. This entails detailed schematic review and ensuring technical language is written into the architectural and/or construction documents. Planning and oversight during installation of electronic and facility enterprise systems as well as directs modifications to equipment and/or designs to remediate issues presented by unforeseen site conditions. Consulting and reporting information from enterprise systems through software applications that interface with system servers. Entering information into a format that can be understood by non-technical staff. Performs full life cycle management of responsible systems is initiated by a clinical need for technology, pre-procurement assessment, design of the equipment necessary to meet the need as well as interface with the network, development of the on-going support strategy, and then end of life replacement strategies. Performs lifecycle management of complex electronic and facility enterprise systems encompasses the following: technology assessment including defining requirements and analyzing alternatives with end users; technology acquisition including technical evaluation and best value determination of proposed equipment and systems; technology implementation including site preparation, incoming performance inspections, device/system integration, network device security, and user/technical training; technology sustainment including regular and scheduled maintenance, upgrades and enhancements, continuing education; end of useful life tasks including decommissioning, data sanitization, and technical evaluation for condition prior to disposal; and strategic planning for end of life replacement in conjunction with using services. Responsible for technical supervision of highly complex electronic and facility enterprise systems to include (but is not limited to): design, installation, modification, evaluation, testing, troubleshooting, calibration, and end user competency training. Performs duties of a broad scope and complexity including analyzing, diagnosing, and maintaining electronic and facility enterprise systems. Analyze organizational needs to design, develop, and implement, customized solutions utilizing software and/or hardware. This also includes developing and implementing a support strategy for the customized systems or interfaces. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: To be determined by management Telework/Virtual/Remote: Not Authorized Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Electronics Technician/PD523-03531-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required