Assistant Electronic Maintenance Technician- Power Enterprise, Sfpuc

Job Description
Under supervision, assists in performing skilled technical work including, but not limited to, the installation, calibration, maintenance, testing, trouble-shooting, repair, and modification of electronic equipment, and related control system components.
Essential Functions:
Assists in the repair, of mobile communication equipment such as 2-way mobile radios and docking stations and in the replacement of mobile equipment and/or repair of antennas and cable harness on vehicles;
repairs and performs operational checks on ancillary mobile communication equipment such as microphones, MDT docking station light bars, relay boxes, and power supplies.
Assists in calibrating Automatic Vehicle Location equipment on ambulances, firetrucks, transit vehicles (NEXTbus), and other City vehicles.
Assists in the modification of other communications equipment such as Fire Department Fire-house PA/Intercom amplifiers and transit vehicles PA systems.
Assists in the initiation and/or maintenance of records;
documents the maintenance, installation, removal and modification of electronic systems and equipment.
May operate and use specialized tools such as:
pencil soldering irons, coaxial cable crimpers, volt-ohm meters, coaxial cable TDR and VSWR meters, and various power tools.
Assists in the installation, modification, or removal of radio base stations and wireless back-hauls at various radio sites (e.G., SFMTA Radio Shop, DT Radio Shop).
Assists in the installation of mobile radio equipment, mobile data computers, and vehicular radio modems on various specialized City vehicles such as police cruisers, motorcycles, fire engines and trucks, fireboats, ambulances, street sweepers, pump trucks, and other utility and passenger vehicles.
Assists in the installation of burglar alarm and video camera systems on City buildings.
Orders and tracks repair parts needed;
assists in locating part numbers, equivalent replacement devices, vendors and suppliers.
Assists in interfacing with vendors and suppliers in gathering initial estimated costs of new or replacement equipment and services.
Maintains and organizes the parts room by tracking and maintaining appropriate level of inventory.
Operates motor vehicles to respond to service calls, work sites and conduct other work-related activities.