Air Monitoring Equipment Specialist

Full Job Description

Are you an enthusiastic individual with a strong analytical approach and hands-on experience ready to support our mission of protecting air quality and enhancing environmental health?

The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking an Air Monitoring Equipment Specialist to be a key player in our team, ensuring the precision and dependability of our air quality monitoring systems.

If you have a passion for environmental science and a proven background in working with monitoring equipment, we invite you to apply and help us make a meaningful impact in the community.

Requirements

In this position, you will be required to review automated 2-week precision checks of continuous analyzers, including, SO2, NO2, O3 and CO analyzers, where a known concentration of precision gas is injected into the instruments, and verify that data readings are within acceptable limits. Additionally, you will perform preventive maintenance at remote air monitoring stations every two weeks to avert significant malfunctions of the instruments. Your duties will also include troubleshooting, repairing, replacing, and recalibrating equipment as necessary, while documenting calibration activities through the Air Quality Portal. You will analyze various symptoms and parameters—such as voltages, flows, pressures, temperatures, and sounds—to implement corrective actions. The testing equipment you will utilize includes voltmeters, certified temperature probes, barometers, flow transfer standards, hand tools, schematic diagrams, and vendor data sheets, all aimed at maintaining at least 75% valid data from all air monitoring stations.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.

• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.

• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of technical experience testing and repairing electronic or electrical equipment; or
• An associate degree in electronics, electrical engineering technology, information sciences and technology, or a closely related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

Special Requirement:

• This position requires possession of a valid Pennsylvania driver's license.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position.

Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Veterans:

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If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position.

No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.

Your score is valid for this specific posting only.You must provide complete and accurate information or:your score may be lower than deserved.you may be disqualified.You may only apply/test once for this posting.Your results will be provided via email.