Tower Maintenance Technician - PSE*

Job Description:

Tower Maintenance Technician - PSE*

Description

The Job

Immediate vacancy for P/T Telecommunications Tower Maintenance Technician


San Bernardino County's Special Districts Department, Television District near Barstow, is recruiting for Part-time Tower Maintenance Technicians . Working with the Communications Engineer, the Tower Maintenance Technician is responsible for providing superior high frequency TV signals to thousands of residential homes in the area. The Tower Maintenance Technician will perform routine and on-going maintenance and operation of the television system, including two towers on Elephant Mountain, serving the communities of Barstow, Newberry Springs, Hinkley, and Daggett, with UHF and VHF digital television signals utilized by 35,000 households.

This position will report to the office/technical repair station located at Pioneer Park in Lucerne Valley, approximately 60 miles/1 hour from downtown San Bernardino. Elephant Mountain is located near Barstow, an additional 40 miles from Lucerne Valley. Transportation from the Lucerne Valley office to the remote TV District location will be arranged and provided by the department. This position is currently scheduled to work up to a maximum of 29.5 hours per week.

Primary duties include servicing and maintaining electronic components at the various translator sites; technical repair and maintenance of equipment at the office workshop site; tower maintenance, repair, and safety inspections; and general grounds and facility maintenance. This position requires availability to respond quickly to emergency after-hours situations.

Official title is Public Service Employee (Fire/Special Districts Dept). For more information, refer to the Public Service Employee (Fire/Special Districts Dept) job description.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Availability: Must be available to report to Lucerne Valley and work at Elephant Mountain. This is an extra-help, non-regular Public Service Employee position. This position works up to a maximum of 29.5 hours per week and requires availability to work evenings and weekends/holidays as needed. Successful candidates shall be considered at-will throughout the term of employment.

License: A valid California Class C Driver License must be provided at the time of hire and maintained throughout employment. Employees may be required to make provisions for transportation.

Working Conditions: Employees are subject to on-call duties, 24-hour call back, and may be asked to work during unusual hours, inclement weather and other adverse circumstances. Duties include inspecting and maintaining equipment, block house, and transmission site. Duties also include the following: frequent lift and/or carry items weighing 10 pounds and up to 50 pounds; stoop, kneel, crouch, bend over, crawl; and perform other physical activities in the performance of job duties for this position.

Sponsorship: Please note San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Minimum Requirements

Experience: One (1) year of experience in the repair and maintenance of electronic components, such as telecommunications systems, data networks and/or transmission systems, microwave systems, circuitry, radio and/or telephone system installs, or rebroadcast systems.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess three (3) years of experience in the maintenance of television transmission equipment and facilities. This candidate will understand the importance of keeping the system active, and be able to understand and adapt to new technologies, with a desire to attain specialized electronics operations certifications.

Selection Process

T he selection process will consist of a competitive evaluation of qualifications based on the application and responses to the supplemental questions. The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the appointing authority for further consideration.

Application Procedure : To receive priority consideration for this excellent opportunity, please complete and submit the online employment application and supplemental questionnaire as soon as possible. Applications will be processed as needed; recruitment may close at any time once a sufficient number of qualified applications are received.

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Note: Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the application and/or the supplemental questionnaire.

To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete and submit your application before the posted filing deadline. Applicants will be automatically logged-out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the posted deadline. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records.

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EEO/ADA: San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation: If you have a disability and require accommodations in the testing process, submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form within one week of a recruitment filing deadline.

• Veterans’ Preference: Eligible veterans and their spouse or widow(er) who are not current County employees may be awarded additional Veterans’ Preference points. Click here for information and instructions to request Veteran's Preference points.

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This position is an extra help position and is not eligible for benefits through the County of San Bernardino.

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$17.00 Hourly