ANTENNA MECHANIC WORKER

Construction/Facilities Technician

You will assist in the maintenance and repairs of a VLF antenna network.

You will inspect and repair guy anchor ground, check the guy tension, check tower profiles, and adjust the 26' tall tower guy tensions and tower profiles.

You will clean and coat the 612 guy (430,000 LF) ranging from 1 to 3 1/8-inch diameter, supporting the 26' tall tower.

You will change the oil in gear boxes, grease hoist spindles, grease hoist, inspect hoist drums and change gear lubricant.

You will replace defective jumpers in the cross-arm section, inspect, and repair through bushing.

You will inspect and repair 12 VLF tophat panels, 12 VLF downlead systems by lowering, painting, and wire brushing.

You will inspect and repair the 2200 miles of wire grounding system, spread over 3,000 acres, by checking ground continuity, and locating breaks with a metal detector.

Must be a US Citizen.

Must be determined suitable for federal employment.

Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.

New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.

Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.

This is a bargaining unit position.

You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.

You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

CPR is a requirement for this position.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION: Repairing VLF antenna, Ability to climb up to 980 ft, Maintaining and repairing antenna panels, sea terminals; switch gears and VLF bushings, Inspecting and repairing guy anchor ground, checking the tension and tower profiles, Maintaining the transmission line insulating gas system.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: