Total 64 Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in Erie, Pennsylvania

• Troubleshoot problematic PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) designs by applying advanced electronic theory to develop solutions that enhance system performance.
• Assist engineers with weapon systems overhaul processes by applying advanced concepts such as RF (Radio Frequency) communication, Fiber Optic, Microwave, Physical Optic and Laser safety.
• Develop schematics to support design, installation, and troubleshooting of complex electronic systems.
• Apply expert knowledge in test station software for test development and adapter design to support testing of complex electronic systems.
• Compute critical power requirements, such as amps, volts, ohms and resistance, for designs and equipment to ensure proper electrical functionality.
• Troubleshoot complex electronic systems via the use of electronic tooling, such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency synthesizers and network analyzers.
• Develop electronic manufacturing fixtures to facilitate production while adhering to technical standards.

• Applies a variety of standardized methods, procedures and techniques to install, maintain and repair equipment such as, but not limited to, hydraulic gates and systems, gate hoists machinery, cranes, sump pumps, and water systems pumps.
• Inspects electrical items such as, but not limited to, circuit breakers and fuses for proper condition and size, replacing defective breakers; tightens connections in circuit breakers, distribution panels, light switches, outlets and light fixtures.
• Welds similar metal components together to fabricate or repair equipment; Uses gas welding, brazing or arc welding; repairs broken or cracked parts; positions and clamps components together before welding.
• Constructs, installs, repairs or modifies items and structures, such as, windows, doors, screens, roofs, siding and floors by removing damaged parts and replacing on toilets, gate houses, storage buildings and similar structures.
• Installs, repairs, replaces and maintains such things as pipe, tile, union joints, faucets and drains.
• Maintains project water supply and sewage facilities.
• Repairs or replaces pumps, valves, faucets, broken waterlines, hand pumps and hydrants; sets pressure gauges on water pumps and pressure tanks.
• Collects water samples for testing.
• Operate overhead shop cranes and various forklift trucks and mobile lifting equipment including man lifts.
• Operates dump truck equipped with a pintle hitch and pulling heavy equipment trailer (Combined weight over 26,000 pounds with trailer weight over 10,000 pounds).
• Collects humidity, temperature and wind velocity readings from weather instruments and makes gage readings pertaining to water storage.

This position is located in a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal correctional facility, in the Special Investigative Services Office.

Serves as an assistant to the Special Investigative Agent (SIA)/Special Investigative Supervisor (SIS) and is responsible for providing assistance during investigations, developing reports, preparing correspondence, maintaining evidence, and computer support.

Assists the SIA/SIS in conducting investigations of inmate violations of BOP prohibited acts of various severity levels, such as assaults, introduction of contraband or narcotics, possession of money or currency, communicating gang affiliation and/or participating in gang activities, and other prohibited activities. Investigations can range in length from several hours to weeks or months depending on severity.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, the Special Investigative Services Technician is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of assigned workload;
• Monitors status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities;
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines as necessary and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems;
• Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for all clinical and administrative services, including pulling stock inventory and material from inventory for delivery, replenishing stock inventory, interacting with customers to resolve issues, maintaining records on stock levels, etc.;
• Performs inventory using bar code equipment and resolves differences between records and physical count of stock;
• Ensures areas are cleaned in accordance with aseptic principles as published in infection control guidelines, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Joint Commission standards as scheduled;
• Receives supplies and materials into the catchment area including unpacking/uncrating supplies from shipping cartons; storing supplies and materials; and ensuring sterility and integrity of the supplies and material as well as the data integrity of the inventory management system; and
• Works with clinical and administrative customers as well as outside vendors with tact and diplomacy to coordinate work activities and resolve operating issues pertaining to supply management requirements.

What are the Major Duties of this Position? Responsible for the collection and processing of clinical laboratory specimens.

Collect clinical laboratory specimens (human blood) for testing requested by a clinician. Collection of specimens will be accomplished via routine venipuncture and capillary procedures.

Collect other body fluids and clinical specimens (i.e. stool, urine, sputum). Instructs patients on proper collection of specimens such as stool and urine for laboratory analysis.

Responsible for specimen processing and transport. Processing will include, but not be limited to, specimen centrifugation, aliquoting, and mixing.

Assists laboratory staff in a variety of laboratory related activities, including but not limited to, ordering entry into a computerized laboratory information system, preparing laboratory related paperwork, storing and inventorying laboratory supplies.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

As a SUPERVISORY DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES SPECIALIST, GS-2030-10, you will assist in the development of plans and direct work within the DOL to include such functions as inventory and storage management, quality assurance, maintenance, procurement and property utilization and disposal. Perform a number of supervisory personnel functions. Render technical assistance and guidance to the DOL, Base Operations Manager, and higher levels of outside command for logistical services, and assists all other directorates with requisitioning supplies and equipment. Review, propose, direct the development of and/or develop local supply management directives including those pertaining to warehousing and stock control. Meet with National Guard Bureau personnel, other governmental agencies, state National Guard Commands and activities on logistical warehousing and storage matters, plans, policies and directives. Assist in the development of plans to support organizations utilizing the GTC. Work under the general supervision of the DOL. The incumbent is responsible for directing and managing the Warehouse and Storage for the Directorate of Logistics.

• You will be responsible for ensuring material is stored and handled in strict compliance with applicable technical manuals, drawings, publications and standards.
• You will coordinate with vendor, shipyard, and contractor technical personnel to investigate and resolve logistics matters.
• You will have knowledge of the full range of stock point responsibilities in the areas of inventory, control, storage space analysis, security, material handling equipment, and transportation.
• You will provide guidance to management concerning storage facility equipment, layout, material handling equipment practices, space/equipment utilization and control.
• You will have knowledge of Defense Transporation Regulations to ship and account for classified material.
• You will conduct warehouse optimization projections based on forecasts, inventory fluctuations, and bi-annual excess material reviews.
• You will have knowledge of Financial Improvement and Readiness Audit (FIAR) requirements including completeness and existence, management review controls, and key supporting documentation (KSD) to overview visits and audits.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Practices sound position management when assigning work, combining, or separating duties, establishing, or abolishing positions, and fulfilling other personnel management duties and responsibilities.
• Oversees, develops, and evaluates technical information related to the job and advises others on technical issues.
• Serves as the resident expert and technical authority consultant to management on engineering operations decisions, new design projects, status of equipment, capabilities of current facilities staff, integration of facilities and utility systems, modifications of existing facilities, equipment and utility systems, and technical contract problems regarding purchase requirements and specifications.
  

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Practices sound position management when assigning work, combining, or separating duties, establishing, or abolishing positions, and fulfilling other personnel management duties and responsibilities.
• Oversees, develops, and evaluates technical information related to the job and advises others on technical issues.
• Serves as the resident expert and technical authority consultant to management on engineering operations decisions, new design projects, status of equipment, capabilities of current facilities staff, integration of facilities and utility systems, modifications of existing facilities, equipment and utility systems, and technical contract problems regarding purchase requirements and specifications.

Serves as a Medication Technician in a Federal Bureau of Prisons Institution.

Responsible for the administration and distribution of medication to inmates in various locations, including the Health Services Unit, Special Housing Units, or other designated areas within the institution.

Administers medications to include but not limited to Oral, Topical, Nebulized, Meter Dose Inhaler, and Insulin, in a manner consistent with nationally recognized safe medical practices, to include accurate identification of the patient, medication, dosage, time, and route.

Reports and records adverse medication reactions.

Assists Pharmacist or other appropriate staff member in a variety of pharmacy related activities, including, but not limited to, entry of physician orders into a computerized pharmacy information system, preparation of medications for Pharmacist review, preparation of medication administration records, storage and inventory of pharmacy supplies, etc.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-07. At the GS-06 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-07. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Cooperates with personnel within other organizational units in the wider employing organization (e.g., insurance verification, revenue utilization review, medical and prescription billing, Veteran services, denials management, outpatient pharmacy electronic claims, and/or accounts management) to solve revenue problems
• Performs 1st and 3rd party billing activity for Non-Medical Care Collections Fund (Non-MCCF)
• Determines whether a release of information (ROI) is needed and how to correctly document ROIs for billing purposes
• Obtains data and other information from VA-specific change notifications and ad-hoc reports to proactively or retroactively correct 1st and 3rd party billing
• Performs daily reviews, audits, and/or corrective actions in response to workload activities or requests received directly from Veteran customers, OGC, internal/external compliance and quality measurement and performance teams, and the VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
• Documents account status updates, transactions, decisions, and other actions for facility revenue billing and payment activities
• Reviews outpatient encounters, inpatient admissions and discharges, long-term care visits, etc. to gain requisite data necessary for 3rd party billing preparation
• Validates and maintains National Provider Identifier (NPI) information from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) for care providers within the VAMC
• Provides accurate and proficient guidance to all customer groups regarding debt relief options such as formal repayment plans and waivers
• Interprets insurance policy coverages, VA eligibility benefits, and other factors that impact Veteran financial accounts for both 1st and 3rd Party billing
• Performs all other duties as assigned

As a Surface Maintenance Repairer, WG-5801-08, you will perform limited diagnosis, routine repairs and maintenance on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical and automotive vehicles. Perform limited diagnoses to determine the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks and/or uses basic test equipment such as compression testers, voltmeters, ohmmeters and pressure gauges. Remove, replace, adjust, cleans and install parts and components such as wheel seals, switches, sensors, fuel pumps, water pumps, power steering pumps, brakes, filters, radiators, bearings, springs, shock absorbers, wheel cylinders, starter motors, mufflers, battery cables, and other items of similar complexity. Independently performs routine repairs and maintenance functions in remote locations that can be accomplished by removing, cleaning, reinstalling, or replacing defective parts of components and systems using standard parts. Conduct limited readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associated equipment supported by the activity. May perform routine maintenance and limited repairs on basic communication equipment such as radios, field telephones, amplifiers, switchboards, recorders, intercoms by removing and replacing components and elements. In conjunction with or in the absence of the Tools and Parts Attendant, may maintain supply documentation, and the receipt, store, issue, and inventory of tools and parts used in the trades operation. Perform other duties as assigned.

As a SUPPLY TECHNICIAN, GS-2005-07, you will perform routine and nonroutine material coordination duties for special programs, maintenance, or production shops. Responsible for local management of decentralized and decontrolled items which requires technical intervention to assure effective supply support and economy. Responsible for limited aspects of storage management. Perform other duties as assigned.

The Health Technician (HT) - Ophthalmology will support Ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, follow-up care and patient counseling. The Full Performance Health Technician (Ophthalmology) performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, educates patients and legal representatives, assists with the education of medical students and residents. The HT may perform many "direct patient care services" under the supervision of Ophthalmologists.

Duties include but not limited to:

1. Checks and performs calibration of technical ophthalmology screening instruments.
2. Obtains patient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for visit; pertinent signs and symptoms; current medication allergies; past ocular and general medical history both ocular and general; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medications and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medications.
3. Accurately tests visual acuity at distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole.
4. Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
5. Performs pupil evaluation recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodation. Performs swinging flashlight test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.
6. Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter.
7. Instills eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops , or antibiotics).
8. Measures intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry.
9. Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
10. Performs intra-ocular lens calculations using an IOL Master or equivalent device.
11. Performs automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines.
12. Performs external photographs and fundus photography.
13. Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve.
14. Performs patient screening and triage of potentially urgent ocular conditions.
15. Assists during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including revision of wounds, biopsies of the eyelid lesions, cultures of conjunctiva, or cornea; reformation of anterior chamber, evacuation of hyphema, repositioning of corneal endothelial grafts, intra-vitreous injections, and laser surgical procedures.
16. Educates patients and legal authorized representatives in eye care, including preoperative and postoperative instructions.
17. Assists in the education and training of medical students, residents and fellows in those facilities with medical school affiliations.
18. Ensures proper cleaning and disinfection; calibration, maintenance, backup, annual inventory and ordering of instruments, supplies and equipment; obtains quotes as needed; and reports needed repairs to biomedical engineering.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telework: Not authorized.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

The Health Technician (HT) - Ophthalmology will support Ophthalmologists in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, follow-up care and patient counseling. The Full Performance Health Technician (Ophthalmology) performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, educates patients and legal representatives, assists with the education of medical students and residents. The HT may perform many "direct patient care services" under the supervision of Ophthalmologists.

Duties include but not limited to:

1. Checks and performs calibration of technical ophthalmology screening instruments.
2. Obtains patient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for visit; pertinent signs and symptoms; current medication allergies; past ocular and general medical history both ocular and general; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medications and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medications.
3. Accurately tests visual acuity at distance and near, with and without correction or with and without a pinhole.
4. Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
5. Performs pupil evaluation recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodation. Performs swinging flashlight test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.
6. Performs basic refractometry utilizing an auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in the phoropter.
7. Instills eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops , or antibiotics).
8. Measures intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry.
9. Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or automated topography to determine corneal curvature.
10. Performs intra-ocular lens calculations using an IOL Master or equivalent device.
11. Performs automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines.
12. Performs external photographs and fundus photography.
13. Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve.
14. Performs patient screening and triage of potentially urgent ocular conditions.
15. Assists during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including revision of wounds, biopsies of the eyelid lesions, cultures of conjunctiva, or cornea; reformation of anterior chamber, evacuation of hyphema, repositioning of corneal endothelial grafts, intra-vitreous injections, and laser surgical procedures.
16. Educates patients and legal authorized representatives in eye care, including preoperative and postoperative instructions.
17. Assists in the education and training of medical students, residents and fellows in those facilities with medical school affiliations.
18. Ensures proper cleaning and disinfection; calibration, maintenance, backup, annual inventory and ordering of instruments, supplies and equipment; obtains quotes as needed; and reports needed repairs to biomedical engineering.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telework: Not authorized.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.