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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



