ASRC Federal Communications is seeking a Fire Alarm Technician for our ISS2 contract supporting our Air Force customer. This position is located on Wake Island.
It’s a rotational position in which the selected employee will work a schedule of 3 months on the island and 1 month off, unpaid. Wake Island is 2,100 miles away from HNL. While working on-site, housing is provided in the form of a dormitory facility. All meals are furnished through the cafeteria. You are responsible for the flight from your home base to HNL. Transportation to Wake Island is provided by government-sponsored aircraft. This is a negotiated union position.
Summary:
Installs, inspects, tests, maintains, and repairs intrusion detection and fire alarm detection and suppression systems in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and National Fire Protection Association standards.
Essential Duties & Job Functions:
• Inspects fire alarm detection and annunciation equipment and replaces defective components
• Repair fire alarm systems as required to eliminate all trouble signals
• Accomplish recurring scheduled inspections and or maintenance
• Respond to all reported troubles and correct system errors
• Maintain fire alarm systems per UFC 3-601-2
• Tests initiating and signal circuits, detectors, and system transmitter
• Makes needed repairs, checks pressure gauges on suppression system storage containers and recharges or replaces containers
• Assure suppression systems are free of corrosion and assure operation
• Coordinate and report all system status to the station fire chief
• Maintain maintenance and inspection computerized records up to date in the NFPA required format
• Performs related work as assigned.
Accountable For:
• Common safety practices and protective equipment used on a construction site.
• Procedures for the safe operation and maintenance of electrical circuits, both overhead and underground.
• Solid-state and conventional control circuitry,
• Using hand and power tools commonly used in the construction trade.
• Understanding and following directions.
• Reading and working from blueprints and engineering drawings.
Work Conditions:
The employee is regularly required to talk and hear to understand instructions, provide information and respond to safety warnings. Work conditions require the employee to stand; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; taste or smell; and work on scaffolding and ladders, as well as elevated platform and confined spaces when required to access systems. The employee may frequently lift and/or move objects weighing up to 35 pounds without assistance and lift and/or move heavier objects with assistance.
Job Requirements:
Mandatory
• Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in installation, commissioning, inspection, and repair of fire alarm, detection, annunciation and suppression systems
· Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for fire alarm detection and annunciation systems
• Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for special hazards suppression systems
• Current CPR certification or the ability to obtain.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Valid state driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
· Ability to pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI)
· Ability to successfully pass a preemployment fingerprints, physical, and drug test
Preferred:
· Electrical Journeyman License or Certificate of Fitness with two years’ experience as a journeyman.
· Current and ability to maintain NICET Level II certification for water-based suppression systems
· Manufacturer system certification as applicable (e.g. Monaco, Ansul, Firetrace, etc)
• Experience working in a remote location
• Confined space training