ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN

United States Postal Service; Hartford (VT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Postal Service is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to perform diagnostic, preventive maintenance, alignment, calibration, and overhaul tasks on a variety of mail processing and building systems. The role requires applying advanced technical knowledge to solve complex problems.

You will inspect equipment, run tests, initiate work orders, and help revise maintenance procedures. Collaboration, training others, and potential driving duties are part of the job, with safety

Responsibilities

• Performs complex testing, diagnosis, maintenance, alignments, calibration, overhaul and revision of electronically operated or controlled equipment or systems; may be required to perform maintenance of associated electromechanical equipment and systems.
• Observes operation of systems and equipment and applies various testing and diagnostic methods and procedures to locate and correct malfunctions and/or failures, ensuring maximum system performance.
• Performs equipment inspections to assess the quality of service or maintenance received, discovers incipient malfunctions; initiates work orders requesting corrective actions for equipment not meeting maintenance or operating standards; estimates time and materials necessary to make corrections; conducts investigations of frequent or serious equipment failures to determine the cause of the breakdown and recommends remedial maintenance action.
• Recommends changes to servicing and preventive maintenance activities; assists in the revision of preventive maintenance and operator checklists, and their frequency to sustain the proper degree of maintenance.
• Performs analyses of equipment failures; reviews operational reports, audits, and other information to determine where operational enhancements can be made to prevent equipment or systems deterioration.
• Participates in installation, removal, modification, assembly, and/or disassembly of systems and equipment.
• Participates in classroom, on‑job, and correspondence training programs; attends courses at postal facilities, trade schools, and manufacturer sites; assists in developing and implementing training programs; provides on‑job training to other lower level maintenance employees.
• Provides technical support to other employees in the facility or in installations within area served; performs in‑process and final operational checks and tests work completed by other employees; may work without direct supervision.
• May drive a vehicle or use other appropriate modes of transportation in the course of assigned duties.
• Follows established safety practices and requirements while performing all duties; reads and adheres to instructions listed in applicable maintenance directives; maintains a library of maintenance directives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

Independently performs the full range of diagnostic, preventive maintenance, alignment and calibration, and overhaul tasks on both hardware and software on a variety of mail processing, customer service, and building equipment and systems, applying advanced technical knowledge to solve complex problems.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs complex testing, diagnosis, maintenance, alignments, calibration, overhaul and revision of electronically operated or controlled equipment or systems; may be required to perform maintenance of associated electromechanical equipment and systems.
• Observes operation of systems and equipment and applies various testing and diagnostic methods and procedures to locate and correct malfunctions and/or failures, ensuring maximum system performance.
• Performs equipment inspections to assess the quality of service or maintenance received, discovers incipient malfunctions; initiates work orders requesting corrective actions for equipment not meeting maintenance or operating standards; estimates time and materials necessary to make corrections; conducts investigations of frequent or serious equipment failures to determine the cause of the breakdown and recommends remedial maintenance action.
• Recommends changes to servicing and preventive maintenance activities; assists in the revision of preventive maintenance and operator checklists, and their frequency to sustain the proper degree of maintenance.
• Performs analyses of equipment failures; reviews operational reports, audits, and other information to determine where operational enhancements can be made to prevent equipment or systems deterioration.
• Participates in installation, removal, modification, assembly, and/or disassembly of systems and equipment.
• Participates in classroom, on‑job, and correspondence training programs; attends courses at postal facilities, trade schools, and manufacturer sites; assists in developing and implementing training programs; provides on‑job training to other lower level maintenance employees.
• Provides technical support to other employees in the facility or in installations within area served; performs in‑process and final operational checks and tests work completed by other employees; may work without direct supervision.
• May drive a vehicle or use other appropriate modes of transportation in the course of assigned duties.
• Follows established safety practices and requirements while performing all duties; reads and adheres to instructions listed in applicable maintenance directives; maintains a library of maintenance directives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.