RADIO TECHNICIAN II - Fleet Management

Full Job Description

POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME
AFTER A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED

Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits.
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http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-resources/employee-benefits.html

Requirements

1. Removes/installs emergency lighting, two-way radios, sirens, radar, video, cages and miscellaneous emergency or communications equipment in County vehicles or facilities
2. Troubleshoots and repairs emergency lighting, two-way radios, sirens, radar, video equipment as well as troubleshoots problems related to vehicle wiring
3. Installs, troubleshoots and repairs base stations for two-way radio/communications systems
4. Coordinates planning and systems design with various persons and departments to develop and implement emergency equipment systems
5. Requisitions, orders and picks up parts and maintains inventory
6. Uses personal computer to program two-way radios and keep records
7. Coordinates with various departments to schedule work to be performed
8. Coordinates with vendors for the repair and/or replacement of defective equipment and the purchase of new equipment.
9. Schedules calls to the precinct garages to install equipment on big road equipment
10. Calculates and files billings for repairs
11. Assists in budget preparation
12. Performs all other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

NOTE: You must fill out the work history and education sections of application to show you have years of experience/education as required by hiring department or be disqualified.

High School diploma or GED or approved equivalent technical electronics, radio/communications installation and maintenance experience AND Four to Five (4-5) full-time years' of technical experience with two (2) full-time years' experience installing and repairing radio and video equipment.

Advanced level and demonstrated working knowledge of electronics, video equipment, radio equipment and emergency lighting systems.A current and valid Class C driver’s license is required upon hire.

If hired, must provide proof of educational attainment at new hire processing.Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment.

A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

Additional Information While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to stoop, bend, climb, twist and kneel.