2nd Class Marine Electrician - Interior Communications (approx. 50% Travel) - Active Interim Secret/Secret Clearance

Overview

Install, maintain, and repair interior communications electrical systems on Navy vessels.

Key Responsibilities

• cable installation
• cable repair
• troubleshooting
• schematics
• bonding
• inspection

Tasks

-Inspection, testing, installation, removal, and repair of shipboard electrical cabling and electronic equipment. -MCT, MCP, and Stuffing Tube opening, packing, closing and testing -May inspect completed work for conformance to specifications. -Complete electrical and data conductor disconnections and reconnections on existing and new equipment for a complete installation. -Maintain effective supervisor and manager communications and relations. -Perform removal and installation of cables found overhead, along bulkheads, or under the deck. -Repair and replace cables/connectors. -As a Marine Electrician, you will be essential in maintaining and repairing electrical systems on marine vessels. -Perform all duties required to layout, fabricate, and install electrical wiring, coaxial cable, or fiber optic onboard Navy vessels. -Troubleshoot, repair, and install electrical equipment and cables. Assist with troubleshooting and diagnosing equipment to efficiently eliminate problems. -Read and interpret schematics and blueprints. Work from blueprints, engineering sketches, charts, work orders, technical documents including controlled work packages, formal work processes and procedures, test documents, reports and task or trip reports. -Under guidance, install, operate, maintain, repair, and modify equipment and structures by performing alterations and installations for fleet modernization on US Navy surface ships. -Remove, plan, execute, install, and modify electrical cable, cableways, conductors, connectors, strain relief, fasteners, and equipment aboard naval vessels. -Marine Electricians install, connect, test, and maintain electrical systems for a variety of purposes, including interior communications. -Bonding and Grounding of Electrical Equipment

Requirements

• dod secret
• fiber optic
• multimeter
• navsea
• electrical
• 3-5 years

What You Bring

-Candidates who have graduated from and/or completed a vocational school or a skilled trades certificate program are preferred. -May require wearing a respirator. -Electrical troubleshooting and testing, using multimeters, and megohmmeters -Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of experience in the operation, maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment on-board Navy vessels, U.S. Coast Guard vessels; MSC or Maritime vessels, and practical shipboard experience with HM&E systems and equipment. -Must be familiar with the proper and safe usage of multimeters and meggers. -Marine Electrician applies basic and some advanced technical knowledge to solve routine problems by interpreting manufacturers' manuals or similar documents. -This technician works under immediate supervision and achieves technical guidance, as required, from supervisor or higher-level technician. -Candidates with NAVSEA Cableway Improvement Program certifications are preferred. -Must be familiar with one or more Interior Communications (IC) systems: -HYDRA (Hierarchical Yet Dynamically Reprogrammable Architecture) -Must be familiar with NAVSEA Standard items. -Must have experience assisting with troubleshooting, maintaining, installing, and repairing electrical distribution systems and its associated equipment and cabling. -Must possess or provide trade specific hand tools. -Must be able to access government installations by obtaining and maintaining a Biometric Defense Identification System (DBIS) credential to perform work on-board US Naval vessels or government assigned work. -Must be able to travel outside the Suffolk, Virginia area, if required. -Candidates with current NAVSEA Fiber Optic certification (NSI 009-123) are preferred. -Apply understanding of production processes towards completion of complicated and non-routine tasks related to installations on shipboard systems and related equipment at company, and/or field locations in accordance with established quality and safety procedures. -Clearance: Must have a DoD Secret clearance. -Must have understanding and ability to accomplish NSI 009-73 requirements: -Candidates with current NAVSEA Multipin Connector Certifications (NSI 009-73) are highly preferred. -Must have knowledge and experience in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining electronic equipment on board vessels and in shipyard facilities. -Must be able to lift, carry and transport heavy equipment and boxes. -MC (General Announcing/Mass Communications) -The exact weight requirements will be determined by the specific job, but no less than 30 lbs. Able to work on and climb ladders, work in extreme temperature environments, aboard ships, in shipyards, under industrial conditions and in confined spaces. -OSHA 10 Maritime Certification a plus. -50% travel required within and outside of the continental United States. -NSI 009-25 - Air testing of penetrations -Must be able to work overtime and weekends upon managerial request. -Education: Must possess a high school diploma, GED or industrial/trade school certificate. -IVN (Integrated Voice Network) -Work requires familiarity with the interrelationships of circuits and judgment in planning work sequence, in selecting tools, testing instruments, and is reviewed for compliance with accepted practices. -Must have prior experience working with Fiber Optic cables and multi-pin connectors. -IVCN (Integrated Voice Communications Network) -Must be familiar with reading electrical drawings and schematics. -Able to perform other duties as required which may involve high heat, humidity, noise and dirty conditions, working aloft or over the sides of vessels. May ride ships at sea for extended periods. -Microsoft Office knowledge is a plus. -Must have experience working in a team environment and be able to communicate effectively with others. -Must have experience with cable removal and installation including the proper methods of opening and securing various types of cable penetrations. -SATCC (Shipboard Air Traffic Control Communications) -SIWCS (Shipwide Inter Wireless Communication System) -Must be able to work under instruction removing, installing, and modifying electrical cable, cableways, conductors, connectors, strain relief, fasteners, cable penetrations and equipment aboard naval vessels. -Candidates with a current or active DoD Secret clearance preferred.

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Security Clearance

-must possess a dod secret clearance.