Fire Alarm Technician

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 pre‐employment 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