Engineering Technician (Biomedical)

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About the Position: The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), a subordinate research laboratory under the U.S.

Army Medical Research and Development Command, is the lead medical biological defense research laboratory for the DOD Chemical Biological Defense Program.

For additional information about USAMRIID and Fort Detrick, please visit http://usamriid.health.mil and http://www.detrick.army.mil.

USAMRIID is participating in an alternative personnel system known as the Personnel Demonstration Project (PDP). The DE-03 payband is equivalent to the GS-09 step 1 to GS-11 step 10 level.

In keeping with the Demonstration pay fixing policies, employees earning a salary that falls within this payband equivalent, will not receive an immediate pay increase (promotion) if appointed to this position.

Future pay increases within the payband will be accomplished through the pay for performance management system.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Current Term Defense Health Agency HQs Research and Development Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Experience inspecting the conditions of laboratory and medical equipment used in research facilities; 2) Experience performing biomedical equipment maintenance repairs; and 3) Experience performing medical research equipment and systems preventive maintenance and diagnostics testing.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-02/GS-08).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Perform installation, maintenance, repair, calibration, and troubleshooting of medical devices and systems in accordance with manufacturer and Medical Command regulations.
• Assist staff with Preventive maintenance and primary on troubleshooting repairs.
• Accomplish services in a timely, economical, and professional manner, adhering to established priorities.
• Coordinate and work effectively with multiple scientific departments, including scheduling of repair and access to equipment.
• Provide clear and concise detailed annotations of work performed within the automated system.
• Verify contracted equipment location and determine decontamination requirements for those under use with Good Laboratory Practices prioritization.
• Complete and maintain the necessary requirements for unescorted Biological Safety Level (BSL) 3/4 suite access.