Automation Technician, Engineering

Job description

**Job Description**

This position is for an IAS/ATG/OPS/GVS Engineering Technician.

Working alone or in small teams, this individual will perform testing and maintenance functions OR survey, design, and installation functions on Automatic Tank Gauging Systems, Independent Alarm Systems, Overfill Protection Systems, and Ground Verification Systems at Department of Defense installations across the United States and Pacific Island locations.

The Engineering Technician performs survey, design, and installation efforts per customer, manufacturer, and program engineering specifications, communicates and modifies design and material requirements as complications are identified, and commissions system components per manufacturer and local and national agency requirements.

Responsible for coordinating travel to customer sites, maintaining on-hand components and assigned safety equipment, and supplying basic hand tools & testing equipment, as well as thorough communication with dispatchers, your manager, and installation teams to ensure schedule is maintained and delays are properly conveyed to the customer.

Technician is required to compile and reconcile travel charging on a weekly basis.

Individual may reside anywhere in the US and will travel extensively to visit military installations across the continental United States, Caribbean, Pacific region.

**Required Education, Experience, & Skills**

Ability to acquire and maintain U.S. government security clearance and/or Common Access Card (CAC)

Ability to acquire and maintain corporate credit card

Ability to travel 100%

Ability to forecast workload and manage level of effort within scheduled work week

Valid state driver s license

High school diploma or equivalent and formal electronics training from technical school, Class A or B military school, or completion of four-year electronics apprenticeship program

Six years of experience reviewing proposal and PWS documentation, conducting system-specific surveys, and/or assisting in the composition of BOE packages for proposal efforts.

Ability to acquire all required certifications to maintain the equipment located within specified region at the time of hire or relocation, to include all manufacture trainings and state-required UST certifications

Proven proficiency with Windows OS and M365 applications

Ability to kneel, lift up to 50 pounds, work from heights of up to 50 feet, and operate safely within confined spaces

**Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills**

Eight years of experience performing and composing surveys, and installation, removal, and testing on Fuel Handling components- gauges, instrumentation, and sensors

Experience with Government fuel accounting systems (AFHE, FMD, FAS, BSM-E, ATG)

Experience with Automatic Tank Gauging Systems including one or more of the following: Veeder-Root, Ronan, Enraf, Barton, Pneumercator, Temposonics/MTS, ProGauge, and E&H

Experience with Independent Alarm Systems including one or more of the following: Scully, Magnetrol, E&H, Fafnir, Mercoid, Omnitrol, Pneumecator, TLC, Bindicator, Devar, Aggressive Systems, and Programmable Logic Controllers

Experience with Overfill Protection or Ground Verification Systems including one or more of the following: Scully, Varec, Fafnir, and Programmable Logic Controllers

Experience with data communications via copper wires, fiber optics, & wireless devices

CAC must be obtained within 30 days

Certifications and/or demonstrated proficiency of applicable equipment manufactures and UST licenses must be established within five months of hire

At least four years of experience providing on-the-job-training to coworkers

**Pay Information**
This position is covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).

The wage range for this position is determined by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor on a contract-by-contract basis.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being.

Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance.

We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance.

Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave.

Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards.

Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

**Automation Technician, Engineering**

**114203BR**

EEO Career Site Equal Opportunity Employer.

Minorities .

females .

veterans .

individuals with disabilities .

sexual orientation .

gender identity .

gender expression

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