Equipment Specialist

**Duties**:

- Provide advice and assistance to personnel with maintenance advice, assistance, and training for the operation and maintenance of military materiel managed by AMLC Lifecycle Management Command (LCMC).
- Assist Army Commanders and other users solve readiness problems that are beyond their organization?s ability or resources to fix.
- Utilize an intensive knowledge of design and manufacture of equipment to advise military personnel in maintenance procedures on a wide variety of medical systems and equipment and associated materiel.
- Brief area Lead System Technical Representatives (L-STR) or their representatives on such matters as status of maintenance of equipment, maintenance and operation procedures associated with new equipment.
- Plan and conduct training to provide personnel with information, guidance, and instruction on maintenance procedures for complex, recently fielded, or experimental medical equipment systems and components.
- Investigate trends in maintenance problems and the causes for unusual 'down time'.
- Identify problems in design of equipment and recommends design changes.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectee must meet position requirements for Life Cycle Logistics Foundational certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter
- A valid driver's license is required to obtain a military and /or international driver's license when participating in field exercises, deployments, or assigned to a foreign duty station.
- If required, the employee will receive a series of anthrax vaccine immunizations to include annual boosters.
- The employee is required to sign the most current mobility agreement, AMC Form 2884-R, IAW AMC-R 700-19
- May be on-call, work irregular hours, accompany the assigned unit during technical and training field exercises, and deploy to contingency areas to support the command's medical devices systems and equipment as well as sets.
- Single parents or families, where both parents are EE, are required to prepare and present their supervisor an approved family care plan
- Will be required to live under field conditions similar to field-grade officers, in tents consuming field rations such as Meals Ready to Eat (MRE).
- May be required to draw and wear protective clothing (current uniform required for wear by DA Civilians specific to operation or as directed by the Command), Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE),
- and Chemical Defense Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in support of major field exercises, deployments, and mobilization.
- Must be able to function in a CBRN protective equipment and must be prepared to remove facial hair (mustache, beard, sideburns) during training or overseas assignments to ensure the proper fit and function of protective mask.
- The attendance of appropriate training for all equipment, particularly chemical defense equipment, is mandatory.

**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**-
**Specialized Experience**:One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service which includes: experience identify problems in design of medical equipment and recommending design changes; experience providing guidance on medical equipment and components maintenance and readiness; experience providing instructions to users on the operation and maintenance medical equipment; and experience in the resolution of maintenance and supply problems.**Additional Information**:
Due to COVID-19, the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization. At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency's telework policy.- You may be required as a condition of employment to take the series of anthrax vaccine immunizations to include annual boosters. May include other immunizations that may be required for this position/for a position you may fill as an emergency essential alternate. Failure to take immunizations may lead to your removal from position or separation from Federal service. Selection for assignments to this position will require annual physical examinations.**Education**:
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