Electronics Mechanic (Fire Alarm Systems)

Electronics Mechanic (Fire Alarm Systems) Legislive Branch Architect of the Capitol Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol(AOC), Office of the Chief Opering Officer, Superintendent House Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent Facility Operions Division; Electrical Branch; and Electrical Night Section. The incumbent serves as an Electronics Mechanic performing journey level Fire Protection System equipment troubleshooting, testing, installion, maintenance and repairs. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol(AOC), Office of the Chief Opering Officer, Superintendent House Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent Facility Operions Division; Electrical Branch; and Electrical Night Section. The incumbent serves as an Electronics Mechanic performing journey level Fire Protection System equipment troubleshooting, testing, installion, maintenance and repairs. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $36.49

• $44.74 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11
• 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Permanent, Full-time Work schedule Full-time
• This is an excepted service position and does not require or confer civil service competitive stus.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) 2604 Electronics Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

HOB-2026-210

Control number 869033500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Please be advised th federal retired annuitant candides may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in th capacity. Duties Help The tour of duty for this posiiton is Sunday

• Friday 10:00 p.

m. to 6:30 a.m.

Note:

This position is emergency essential

• Depending on the type of emergency the employee may be required to report to work during emergency situions.

Major Duties:

Duties below are sted the WG-12 level. Duties include, but are not limited to: Maintain, test, troubleshoot and repair diverse vendor smoke and he fire alarm systems and devices. Assist contractors to loce and install system components ranging in complexity from the older electrical and analog devices to the newer moderely complex digital computer-controlled systems requiring some programming. Replace defective sensors and circuit control boards consisting of various electronic and electrical relays. Inspect, maintain, clean, repair, bench test, perform functional tests and adjust the specified accuracy of a variety of equipment and circuitry, such as hard wire alarm transceivers, control consoles, printed circuit boards and cards, VHF antennas, electrical buzzers, bell circuits, fire alarm clocks, rheosts, thermosts and smoke detectors. Work from verbal instructions, work orders, blueprints, schemics, maintenance schedules and inspection schedules to perform maintenance, diagnose system or equipment malfunctions, make repairs and replace equipment as required. Evalue the fire alarm system module, component, device and circuit failures. Isoles the system failure and replaces the defective part or component, minimizing downtime and restoring circuit integrity in a timely manner. Provide support for nightly sprinkler and fire alarm testing, additions to, upgrading of, and maintenance and repair of fire alarm equipment. Assist with the changeover from hard ware systems to an addressable, multiplex system. Install new circuits and communicion loop routes and connections. Assists contractors in identifying and finding circuitry. Install or assist contractors to install new systems or upgrades of existing fire protection devices and systems. Provide technical support to Fire Protection Engineers in solving problems/breakdowns found in test programs. Perform connection, test and restorion work on fire protection systems and/or earlier assigned systems requiring major adjustments. Provide expertise on the lest and most technologically complex electronic systems. Examine, troubleshoot, overhaul and test electronic equipment and complete operional systems involved with an assortment of construction, maintenance, repair and renovion projects. Troubleshoot the cause of operional problems on novel or improved systems when technical specificions are inadeque. Identify problems in designs and guidelines. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen. You must be able to pass a drug test. Your resume and question responses must demonstre the competencies. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the cegories below: A citizen of the United Stes; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declarion of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United Stes (nionals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nionals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United Stes. Qualificions You must meet the United Stes Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualificion requirements (including specialized experience and/or educional requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualificions requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualificions Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site General Schedule Qualificion Standards . You must meet all eligibility and qualificion requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. You must meet the following

SCREEN-OUT

(S) required for this position:

WG-11/12

Ability to perform journey-level Fire Protection System equipment troubleshooting, testing, installion, maintenance, and repairs without more than normal supervision. Educion There is no educional requirement for this position. Additional informion Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislive branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separed under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documention of disability, if applicable. For more informion, please Vet Guide for HR Professionals. If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registrion under Selective Service Law, you must provide approprie proof of exemption. Please the Selective Service System website for more informion.

DRUG TESTING

: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candide tentively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Sisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candide must test negive prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test. The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and sisfactory adjudicion to be eligible for employment the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an

E-VERIFY

Participant.

E-VERIFY

is an Internet-based system th compares informion from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verificion, to da from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administrion records to confirm employment authorizion in the United Stes. If you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 verified through the DHS "

E-VERIFY

" electronic system. For more informion on E-Verify, please http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1185221678150.shtm. The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminion on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, nional origin, sexual oriention, gender identity, genetic informion and/or disability. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Moving expenses are not authorized. Relocion expenses are not authorized.

Probionary Period:

A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probionary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probionary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency. This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol. All applicion merials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits, including medical and life insurance, flexible spending accounts and student loan repayment and forgiveness. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have—whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for considerion and qualificions for the position determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. Your resume evalued based on evidence of your ability to demonstre the job elements for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience rele to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions rele to the following job elements and competencies: Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. Electronic Equipment New Methods Test Equipment Troubleshooting Tools Your responses to the self assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial ring. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses evalued by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject mter expert against the informion provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self assessment questions. Falsifying your background, educion, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or disqualificion for further considerion. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion). You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits, including medical and life insurance, flexible spending accounts and student loan repayment and forgiveness. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have—whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable educion and your contact informion. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade. The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division. If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must apply online. 

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NEED HELP?

If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday

• Friday 7:00 a.

m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call (202) 226-7000 for directions. Agency contact informion Albert Martin Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Your resume should include relevant work experience, applicable educion and your contact informion. For current or previous federal employees, include the pay plan, series and grade. The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division. If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must apply online. 

FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to USAJOBS Help Center

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NEED HELP?

If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk 1-866-656-6831 or by e-mail MGSHELP@monster.com. The help desk is available Monday

• Friday 7:00 a.

m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS "Saved Documents" feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call (202) 226-7000 for directions. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Albert Martin Phone 202-226-7000 TalentAcquisitionandClassificion@aoc.gov Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into http://www.usajobs.gov . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the 'Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $36.49

• $44.74 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11
• 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Permanent, Full-time Work schedule Full-time
• This is an excepted service position and does not require or confer civil service competitive stus.

Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

HOB-2026-210

Control number 869033500