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Architect of the Capitol

Instrumentation Controls Technician

Pay: $86,413/yr

Posted: 8 weeks ago

Location: Washington, DC (Onsite)

Last Updated: 5 days ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/2/2026

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A Controls or Valve Technician monitors and repairs gas gauges, pressure valves, and thermostats on manufacturing equipment or machinery.

$65,636 / year median in Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)

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Job Description

Instrumention Controls Technician Legislive Branch Architect of the Capitol Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Utilities Power Plant Operions, Assistant Director Engineering Division, Instrumention and Controls Branch. The Instrumention Controls Technician will provide expertise in troubleshooting, maintaining, installing and repairing ste of the art digital, analog and industrial equipment typically found in power plants. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Utilities Power Plant Operions, Assistant Director Engineering Division, Instrumention and Controls Branch. The Instrumention Controls Technician will provide expertise in troubleshooting, maintaining, installing and repairing ste of the art digital, analog and industrial equipment typically found in power plants. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday

Apply by 12/31/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 31, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $38.35
$44.74 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
Permanent, Full Time Occupions and job series 3359 Instrument Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CPP-2026-001

Control number 876109300 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 Applicions accepted from all U.S. Citizens. 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. This position is open until filled. Duties Help The selectee will perform maintenance, repair, calibrion, installion and reading of various meters, controls and control systems, gauges, and a wide variety of industrial instrumention utilized for the production and control of steam and chilled wer in the Capitol Power Plant.

Duties include:

Performs, maintains, adjusts, troubleshoots and repairs pneumic and digital control mechanisms (e.g., level and pressure transmitters, relays, valve positioners, power drives, pneumic and electric opered valves, pressure controllers and similar mechanisms), refrigerant leak monitors, emissions monitoring equipment, opacity systems, and electromechanical control mechanisms (e.g., wer softener and de-alkalizer control system, fly ash system and chemical field process equipment. Maintains, repairs, adjusts and calibres a variety of field mounted instrumention (e.g. temperure devices, flow meters, differential pressure transmitters, pressure transmitters, pressure switches, differential pressure switches, pneumic and electronic flow indicors, recorders and gauges (e.g. low pressure, high pressure and vacuum. Maintains, adjusts, and repairs electric motor driven valves, electro-hydraulic valves and air diaphragm motor valves with needle type, double seed type or three-way type inner valves in lines associed with control systems for production of steam and chilled wer (e.g., continuous blow down lines, condense lines, city wer supply, boiler feed wer, condenser wer lines and chilled wer lines). Maintains and adjusts the operion of metering pumps and valves associed with automic liquid feed systems in the steam production plant (e.g. softener tanks, brine tanks, de-alkalizers, and hot well and de aeror tanks), the chilled wer makeup and the cooling towers of the refrigerant plants. Solves modere to complex problems by analyzing installion, circuitry and opering characteristics of the control systems. Adjusts and aligns system sensors, transmitters, amplifiers, power supplies, transponders, actuors, installs serviceable components and performs total systems alignments and calibrions in accordance with existing technical instructions. Accomplishes the modificion of components or systems and completes thorough system checks for proper operion. Maintains, modifies, calibres and inspects a wide variety of user test, measurement and diagnostic equipment. Installs, maintains and modifies pneumic, electric, and pneumic controls and control systems for industrial type applicions such as fly ash removal system, stack emission monitoring. Ensures th installed systems and controls function to meet opering needs by mounting instrumention, installing its associed process tubing, and connecting wiring to approprie terminions. Maintains and calibres building ventilion controls for heing and air conditioning. Requires working heights greer than 100 feet above the ground on exterior mounted equipment. 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 job-reled elements. . Qualificions 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. Ability to do the work of this position without more than normal supervision. 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 OPM vet guide 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 . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. 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). The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participe in the Student Loan Repayment Program. 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 reles 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.
-Technical Knowledge
-Interpreting Instructions
-Ability to use hand and power tools to install, maintain, modify, or repair equipment
-Ability to troubleshoot equipment and diagnose.

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 non-selection or disqualificion from 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 . A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacion) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportion; training and development opportunities, etc. 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). The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participe in the Student Loan Repayment Program. 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 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 Page .

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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 Nyika Hinson Phone 202-226-7000 nyika.hinson@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 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.

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Apply by 12/31/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 31, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $38.35
$44.74 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
Permanent, Full Time Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CPP-2026-001

Control number 876109300