Akima
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Field Service Technician – Land Mobile Radio Tower Climber ($2,500 Sign-On Bonus)
Install, maintain, and climb LMR tower equipment for CBP in San Diego.
Job Highlights
About the Role
• Perform testing, maintenance, and repairs of tower sites using appropriate test equipment. • Support government business managers with price research, IGCE development, and Statements of Work (SOW) as requested. • Identify tactical communication requirements and prepare design and development documents for wired and wireless tactical communication system installations. • Collaborate with Field Support tower technicians to complete installations and maintenance safely and effectively. • Analyze tower sites, identify deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions. • Assist with equipment inventory management and shipping coordination. • Act as lead technical writer and coordinate communications on lab activities across the enterprise. • Perform routine and special circumstance tower maintenance as instructed by the local CBP Supervisor. • Perform layout, installation, integration, testing, programming, and troubleshooting for tower fixed networks and facilities LMR equipment. • Make system modifications to adapt electronic and communication operations for specific projects or locations. • Develop test and evaluation procedures for the TACCOM Lab with TACCOM and OIT engineers. • Operate articulating man lifts and work at heights up to 600 feet. • Prepare site-specific technical documentation: Cabling Requirements, Design Drawings, ROM Estimates, and BOMs. • Manage TACCOM LMR Lab schedules and provide QA/QC for lab testing documentation. • Assist in new tower construction, modification, and decommissioning. • Install and maintain LMR antennas, microwave dishes/systems, mounts, cable ladders, fiber, coax, Ethernet, and other supporting devices on towers and shelters. • Ensure Job Hazard Assessments (JHA) and pre-climb checklists are documented and followed according to ITTD’s Technical Representative. • Conduct site surveys, analyze results, and report findings.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸tower maintenance
- ▸lmr installation
- ▸test development
- ▸design documentation
- ▸lab management
- ▸site surveys
What You Bring
• Current DHS Customs and Border Protection Background Investigation. • Ability to work in remote, challenging, or outdoor environments (rooftops, confined spaces, all weather conditions). • Active security clearance. • Minimum 3 years of experience as a field service specialist and tower climber performing tower maintenance and antenna/equipment installation. • Experience working on P25 infrastructure equipment (required). Experience with similar LMR technologies—such as NXDN, DMR, TETRA, Motorola ASTRO 25, Harris P25, or EF Johnson P25—may be considered but may require customer approval or additional training. • High School Diploma or GED. • Must pass DHS Customs and Border Protection Background Investigation. • Experience with microwave backhaul and tower site analysis. • Experience climbing towers ≥200 ft (minimum 5 climbs) and capable of climbing up to 600 ft. • Experience on energized towers (minimum 5 climbs). • OSHA and ANSI/TIA compliant; Comtrain Competent Climber/Rescuer certification or ability to obtain. • Prior experience supporting DHS Customs and Border Protection as a tower climber or technician.
Requirements
- ▸security clearance
- ▸tower climber
- ▸p25
- ▸microwave
- ▸osha
- ▸high school
Work Environment
Field