Electronics Specialist, Journey

This is a skilled position with responsibility to operate, maintain, repair, and upgrade, as directed, the automated fire alarm systems on campus. This position also performs hardware and software preventive maintenance, repairs, improvements, and participates in an on-call rotation.

40% – Repair of Fire Alarm Systems

40% – Maintenance of Fire Alarm and all Safety Equipment

15% – Record Keeping and Administration of All Testing and Inspections of Fire Protection Systems

5% – Construction – In-House

This is a mandatory position as defined in the Adverse Weather and Emergency Event policy. Mandatory employees are expected to report to or remain at work during adverse weather and emergency events and, if deemed necessary, to work a different schedule or shift than normally assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE IN ELECTRONICS; OR EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. ALL DEGREES MUST BE RECEIVED FROM APPROPRIATELY ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS.

Additional Requirements:

• NC Drivers License

Preferred Qualifications

• NICET Level II or higher certification in Fire Alarm Systems.
• Factory certification by at least (2) major fire alarms manufactures in programming and operations of their systems.
• Experience in the review of various phases of building design in reference to life safety systems.
• Experience in conducting system operational testing, inspections, and commissioning, in all aspects of Life Safety access-control systems.
• Experience in prioritizing, scheduling, assigning, and managing workload, including: service orders, preventive maintenance programs, emergency request and backlogs.