SURTASS Operations & Maintenance; O&M Technician Crewmember - Communications & Network Specialist

Overview

Overview This position description is subject to change at any time as needed to meet the requirements of the program or company.

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

As We Continue To Grow, V2X Intends To Welcome The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Operations And Maintenance (O&M) Technician Crew members And Field Support Team (FST) Program To Our Extensive Portfolio Of Similar Operations And Maintenance / Sustainment (O&M/S) Programs. We Offer Growth Opportunities, Significant Experience Caring For Personnel Deployed In Austere Environments, And The Operational Advantage Of 24/7 Reach Back Support To Technical SMEs, Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, And Operators On Our Other Programs.

A Few Of These Programs Include:

• Fleet Systems Engineer Team (FSET) program located in key ports around the world, delivering support to the US Navy on complex C4
  
  ISR systems;
• Mobile Sensors (COBRA KING) Radar and Communication O&M/S program, on which we have 25 years of service supporting several vessels which today includes the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Howard O. Lorenzen;
• COBRA DANE Radar O&M/S program at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska, which V2X has operated and maintained for over 50 years;
• The Hughes Air Defense Radar (HADR) Sustainment program that includes SME and Depot support of two radars located in Taiwan;
• Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) program and their efforts in facilitating key communication requirements from Hawaii and Australia; and
• Japanese - Auxiliary Oceanographic Surveillance (J-AOS), on which we have a long history of providing key Field Support.

The SURTASS program provides an on-demand, mobile, and active / passive maritime surveillance capability in support of Joint and Naval Task Force commanders via towed acoustic sensor systems. The ships and installed SURTASS mission equipment are designed for extended duration deployment and independent operations in remote geographic areas; self-sufficiency in operations and maintenance is an important mission objective. It is intended that operations and maintenance be performed on board vessels and in depot maintenance facilities with the objective of maximizing operational readiness.

In performance of this mission, V2X is seeking an experienced Electronics and/or SONAR Technician to work aboard government owned Ocean Surveillance Ships conducting Surveillance Towed Array Sensory System (SURTASS) operations at sea. O&M Technicians will be on a rotational deployment schedule based on ship schedules. Our management team prides itself on its efforts to prioritize quality of life and family for our personnel.

Mission requirements dictate that the successful candidate work in excess of 40-hours per week while deployed in an arduous duty environment  selected candidate can reside anywhere, as long as he/she is flexible for deployments and travel.

This position is contingent upon successful contract award to V2X.

Security clearance

Major Job

Activities:

• Perform the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of all C4I systems and networks onboard SURTASS Vessels.
• Submit and/or verify trouble tickets are submitted to external command, as required, and actively working to resolve open trouble tickets.
• Standing watch in the SURTASS Operations Center (SOC) onboard SURTASS Vessels to operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair SURTASS mission equipment to support Fleet requirements, including maintaining all required records and logs and monitoring and sending record Naval Message Traffic.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on SURTASS mission equipment in accordance with the PMS and other reference documents, as required.
• Conduct preventative and corrective maintenance on:
• Passive Array winch, to include all hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical systems.
• Antennas, including preservation
• Electrical generation and distribution equipment and systems.
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, limited to routine system checks and filter changes.
• Van doors
• Protected Distribution System
• Van lighting systems, internal and external
• Freshwater washdowns, minor preservation, and minor painting of the vans
• Utilize the WILD trouble ticket application to log all maintenance trouble tickets for action in the JSN / WKRQ log, which shall include all applicable labor, external technical assistance, parts, and…