Job Details
Job Type
Full-time, Contract
Description
Range Maintenance and Support Technicians operate, maintain, and provide support to 17 Ranges spread over 350 geographically separated acres throughout the Virginia Beach, VA area, varying from static and dynamic indoor/outdoor small arms live fire ranges to explosives testing ranges and Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facilities.
- Be able to write correspondence in a military format, when necessary, such as correspondence using the Navy Correspondence Manual (specific to the team leads and range liaison personnel).
- Be willing to attend and satisfactorily complete, required training associated with job responsibilities.
- Cross-train with other contracted positions to fill in during absences (specific to exempt/salaried positions).
- Be able to perform data entry on PC-based computers utilizing current versions of Microsoft Windows and Office products.
- Maintain all supported ranges, facilities, and associated equipment.
- Ensure that repairs are completed in a timely manner.
- Conduct maintenance and repairs so that there are no training delays or mission impacts due to unmaintained ranges
- Perform inspections, function tests, and maintenance and repair of portable and installed target systems. Trouble shoot, repair or replace as required.
- Fabricate facades, target structures, obstacles, theatre specific gates and doors as required.
- Install hollow core, solid core, residential steel, industrial steel, marine grade watertight doors and hatches, gates, windows and various locking systems for use as targets.
- Inventory management of various target types (paper, 3-D, head plates, backer board, doors windows, and locks) to ensure proper quantities are on hand
- Inventory management of maintenance and repair parts to ensure readiness.
- Conduct pre- and post-training event inspections. Document and report damage to Range Manager.
- Conduct maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs to various range and target electronic systems and components.
- Understand function and use of various sensor systems for target activation.
- Calibration of target systems.
- Assist in preparing ranges and supporting documents for inspections for Range, Explosive and Laser safety and compliance.
- Range maintenance and target support consists of a broad variety of maintenance, repair and logistics functions and tasks in order to ensure that training areas and live-fire ranges are available, set-up, and ready for use by the customer for training.
- Maintain records of findings of maintenance and repairs made.
- Set-up and take down target systems ahead of training evolutions
- Participate in range cleanup as required. Assist with range facilities cleanup to ensure compliance with environmental, industrial hygiene, and safety regulations
- Build basic target structures of both wood and mild steel.
- Roughly join mild steel target parts and / or barriers by welding.
- Schedule range maintenance and range use in the Range Scheduling tool.
Requirements
Range Technician II :- Posses and maintain a SECRET security clearance
- Posses and maintain a valid state driver's license, and be able to obtain appropriate special license/certification for equipment required, such as fork lifts, 1.5T truck, hydraulic equipment, bush hogs/mowers, Utility Cart, Skidsteer/Bobcat, light duty front end loader.
- Pass a drug screening and adhere to FAR 252.###-####, Drug Free Workforce and submit to random drug screenings throughout employment.
- Be capable of lifting and carrying a minimum of 70 lbs. unassisted.
- Have basic structural skills, basic carpentry skills, basic welding skills, basic pneumatic tool skills, basic electrical skills, basic construction drawing interpretation skills, basic computer skills.
Salary Description
$65,000-$70,000